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URL:https://cranbrookartmuseum.org/events/fine-design-book-launch-and-disc
 ussion-with-scott-klinker/
SUMMARY:Fine Design Book Launch and Discussion with Scott Klinker
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the launch of Fine Design: A Studio Guide
  to Remixing Design\, Art\, Craft\, and Industry\, a publication by former
  Designer-in-Residence of 3D Design\, Scott Klinker (CAA MFA Design ‘96)
 . The book is a guide to contemporary studio practice that combines instru
 ctional methods with significant student and alumni projects developed dur
 ing his years at Cranbrook Academy of Art. Scott will be joined in convers
 ation by Director of Cranbrook Art Museum\, Andrew Satake Blauvelt (CAA MF
 A Design '88)\, following the signing.  \n\nScott Klinker designs furnitu
 re\, lighting\, and spatial systems that operate at the intersection of de
 sign\, architecture\, art\, and craft. Trained as an industrial designer\,
  he approaches each project through an architectural lens\, exploring how 
 people inhabit and experience space. \n\nHe has partnered with design-dri
 ven companies\, including MillerKnoll\, Alessi\, Steelcase\, Landscape For
 ms\, and Burton Snowboards. His industry projects have received numerous p
 rofessional awards\, while his limited-edition works are represented by Pl
 ayground Detroit. \n\nKlinker earned an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art
  and has held professional positions at IDEO in Palo Alto and Sony Ericsso
 n. Before returning to Cranbrook\, he taught design for two years in Japan
  at the Kanazawa International Design Institute. His studio is based in Me
 tro Detroit\, Michigan. \n\nThe book signing will begin at 6pm\, and the 
 conversation will follow at 6:30pm. This event is free with museum admissi
 on.\n\n
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LOCATION:Cranbrook Art Museum deSalle Auditorium\, 39221 Woodward Ave.\, Bl
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