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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Eventually Everything Connects
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the launch of Eventually Everything Connects: Mid-C
 entury Modern Design in the US\, the exhibition catalog published by Phaid
 on to accompany our landmark exhibition of the same name. Curators Andrew 
 Satake Blauvelt (Director\, Cranbrook Art Museum) and Bridget Bartal (Mill
 erKnoll Curatorial Fellow) will be joined by Amy Auscherman (Director of A
 rchives and Brand Heritage\, MillerKnoll) for a conversation celebrating t
 he book and show.\n\nThis 464-page book is a surprising and joyful visual 
 tour of American mid-century modernism through hundreds of photographs\, d
 rawings\, and pieces of ephemera. Known as the "cradle of mid-century mode
 rnism\," this project shines a light not only on Cranbrook’s pivotal rol
 e in one of the most important and persistent movements of modern design t
 o emerge in the twentieth century but also offers new scholarship on other
  important designers of the period. \n\nTaking its title from the famous 
 quote by Cranbrook alumnus and teacher Charles Eames\, “Eventually every
 thing connects: people\, ideas\, objects\,” the volume contains works by
  artists\, architects\, and designers that explore the multitude of relati
 onships between these three fundamental pillars. This large-scale survey c
 elebrates works from iconic Cranbrook figures like Charles and Ray Eames\,
  Harry Bertoia\, Florence Knoll\, Ralph Rapson\, and Eero Saarinen alongsi
 de historically eclipsed contributions of women\, LGBTQ+ individuals\, and
  designers of color including Joel Robinson\, Ray Komai\, Ruth Adler Schne
 e\, Gere Kavanaugh\, Olga Lee\, Miller Yee Fong\, Lucia DeRespinis\, Dorot
 hy Liebes\, and many others.  \n\nTold through thematic essays and “sp
 otlights” on individual people\, designs\, and events with insights by 2
 8 historians\, Eventually Everything Connects explores the evolution of 
 American modernism from the optimism of the post-World War II era through 
 the transformative decades of the 1960s and 1970s. While rooted in moderni
 st principles of form and function\, this design movement embraced bold ne
 w materials\, playful innovations\, and diverse influences that rendered i
 t both practical and profoundly human. \n\nThe book signing will take pla
 ce at 6pm\, and the panel discussion will begin at 6:30pm. This event is f
 ree and open to all!\n\n 
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CATEGORIES:Eventually Everything Connects: Mid-Century Design in the
 US,Eventually Everything Connects: Mid-Century Modern Design in the
 US,Lectures + Talks
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