This large-scale survey of one of the most important and persistent movements of modern design in the United States in the twentieth century shines a light on Cranbrook’s pivotal role in its development and the contributions of additional women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and designers of color during this period. Based on …
Images clockwise from top left: 1) Helena Serrano, Day of the Heroic Guerrilla (October 8), 1968, poster for the Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America (OSPAAAL). 2) Gonzalo Córdoba, Habana Lounge Chair, 1964, for Dujo Muebles, mahogany and leather. Photo: David Avilés. 3) Marco Castillo, Beltrán, 2019, …
Director of Cranbrook Art Museum and Cranbrook Academy of Art Alumnus Honored for Illustrious Career Bloomfield Hills, Mich., June 15, 2022 – Cranbrook Academy of Art and Cranbrook Art Museum are pleased to announce that Andrew Satake Blauvelt (Design ’88) has been awarded an AIGA Medal, the most distinguished honor in …
Exhibition Dates: June 20–September 19, 2021 ArtMember Preview Days: June 18–19, 2021 “My endeavor was to make the Cranbrook development an eye-opener.”— George Booth as quoted by Eliel Saarinen (BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI — MAY 4, 2021) — This summer, Cranbrook Art Museum is pleased to debut With Eyes Opened: Cranbrook Academy of Art Since 1932, the first …
Artist Profiles Hugh Acton Sven Adolph Shiva Ahmadi Kinji Akagawa Adela Akers Don Charles Albinson Olga de Amaral Anders Lennart Anderson Edmund Bacon Benjamin Baldwin Laurence Barker Florence Knoll Bassett Robert Beauchamp Vivian Beer Harry Bertoia McArthur Binion Constance Birdsall Peter Bohlin William Joseph Brown Jon Brumit Clyde Burt Susan …
Architecture of the Interior Barbara Isaacs* Benjamin Baldwin Charles Eames Chris Schanck Clyde Burt Eero Saarinen Eliel Saarinen Emily Baker Florence Knoll Gere Kavanaugh Gerhardt Knodel Harry Bertoia Harry Weese Hugh Acton Jack Craig Jack Lenor Larsen Jam Handy Organization* James Haefner* John Risley Julius Schmidt Ken Issacs Marianne Strengell …
In 1932, a remarkable educational experiment opened on the Cranbrook campus in the suburbs of Detroit, a new Academy of Art for advanced studies in the visual arts. Described by the New York Times as “part laboratory, part atelier, and part artist’s colony,” Cranbrook Academy of Art dedicated itself to …
This retrospective exhibition of the work of textile and interior designer Ruth Adler Schnee (b. 1923), still in active practice at age 96, affirms her pivotal role in the development of the modern interior. The exhibition presents at its core the body of textile patterns that Adler Schnee has created …
JAMES HAEFNER • CRANBROOK CENTER FOR COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCH The 1930 Saarinen House in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., mixes Arts and Crafts and art deco, with Finnish touches. I thought it would be easy, on a Friday afternoon in August, to hop on a tour of Saarinen House, the eclectic 1930 …
In 1970, shortly after graduating from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Stephen Frykholm joined Herman Miller as its first in-house graphic designer. The modern furniture company was established in 1923 by D.J. De Pree in Zeeland, Michigan, and has manufactured the designs of Cranbrook students and faculty, including Charles and Ray …
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