Michigan Modern

MICHIGAN LINKS
This section contains links to Michigan institutions and organizations that have played a role in developing Michigan’s modern heritage.

Cranbrook Archives
“Cranbrook Archives is the primary research center for the documentation and study of Cranbrook’s remarkable history.”

The Henry Ford: Herman Miller Consortium Collection
In 1988, Herman Miller, Inc. established the Herman Miller Consortium to share the historical product collection that had been accumulating as part of Herman Miller’s corporate archives in Zeeland, Michigan. The consortium collection, now held by thirteen museums all over the country, contained about 750 pieces of furniture, as well as a large quantity of product literature. As the lead institution in the consortium, The Henry Ford maintains the record of the consortium holdings. The Herman Miller consortium online database now provides access to these records.

The Palmer House
A site devoted to the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed William and Mary Shuford Palmer House in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Features a short history of the house, incredible photos, and you can reserve the house for your event.

University of Michigan A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
“Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan seeks to improve the human condition through thoughtful design and planning for the built environment.”

1946 Evans Products Company
Evans Products was a company in Grand Haven that worked with Charles Eames in the development of his early molded plywood chairs. Herman Miller signed an agreement with Evans Products in 1947 to market and distribute the chairs. Evans Products continued to make the chairs until 1949 when Herman Miller took over production and moved it to its Zeeland plant.

KETC | Living St. Louis | Eero Saarinen
KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS Producer Patrick Murphy explores the work of Eero Saarinen

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NON-MICHIGAN LINKS
This section contains links to sites that feature information on architects who are from, or studied at institutions in, Michigan. The sites, however, are primarily focused on non-Michigan resources.

Cape Cod Modern House Trust
This site features information on architect Olav Hammerstrom, who married Marianne Strengell, one-time head of Cranbrook’s Fiber Department. Hammerstrom worked for Eero Saarinen, Walter Gropius, and eventually led his own firm.

Triangle Modernist Houses
This site includes information on architect George Matsumoto who studied at Cranbrook.

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GENERAL INTEREST
This section contains links to sites of general interest.

DOCOMOMO US
DOCOMOMO US is the national working party for the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the Modern Movement.

Embrace Modern
This site features a plethora of photographs, as well as posts that cover architecture, designs and furniture.

Lotta Living
This site includes a forum discussion on modernism in Michigan – along with many other topics. The site, in full, includes many resources dedicated to modernism.

MidCentury Architecture
A nice site with great photographs and a great number of fun and useful links.

The Mid-Century Modernist
A nice site that features all aspects of modern design. Great photos and links as well.

Modernism 101
Specializes in rare and out-of-print books and periodicals that cover modernist architects.

Our Modern Mess
A fun, blog site of an Atlanta, Georgia-area couple that chronicles their renovate and restore their 1962 split-level house.

Prairie Mod
Site features both shorter blog posts, and more indepth articles… plenty of good links as well.

World Monuments Fund: Modernism at Risk
“The Modernism at Risk initiative represents extraordinary—yet threatened—20th-century sites that transcend specific definitions, and brings advocacy and education to the forefront.“