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Registration Now Open for MICHIGAN MODERN: Design that Shaped America, A Symposium, June 13-16, 2013
MICHIGAN MODERN: Design that Shaped America Cranbrook Educational Community, Bloomfield Hills, June 13-16, 2013 To learn more about the event, download the symposium registration brochure. For a printer-friendly copy of the symposium brochure, click here. To request a hard … Continue reading
Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America UPDATE
Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America UPDATE An Exhibition and Symposium at the Cranbrook Educational Community June 2013 Michigan’s industry and design intertwined creating an epicenter of modern design. Michigan visionaries touched nearly every aspect of American life. Detroit’s automobile … Continue reading
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Tagged "Design that Shaped America", Cranbrook, Exhibition, Michigan Modern, Symposium
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MichiganModern™ Talk in Ann Arbor – October 9
Ann Arbor to Celebrate Modernism October 9 As Part of a National Observance Honoring Modern Design ANN ARBOR – State Historic Preservation Officer Brian Conway will be at the Bentley Historical Library in Ann Arbor on October 9, 7:00 p.m., … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Arbor, Architecture, Design, DOCOMOMO, Historic Preservation, Michigan, Michigan Modern, MichiganModern, Mid-Century, Modernism, Tour Day
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Yamasaki Lecture Series: “The Michigan Modern Project: Work in Progress”
Michigan Modern is many things at once: a place and time; a design movement and cultural phenomenon; a small world of big achievements; a confluence of indigenous, imported and exported design; a receding source and emerging archive; a new history … Continue reading
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Tagged Eric Hill, Michigan, Michigan Modern, Minoru Yamasaki, Modernism, Wayne State University
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Architectural Exhibition Curator Michigan Modern Exhibition RFP
The Michigan State Housing Development Authority, State Historic Preservation Office (“Authority”) is seeking an individual or firm that is authorized to do business in Michigan to curate a Michigan Modern museum exhibition that will showcase Michigan’s architectural and design heritage, … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Cranbrook, Curator, Design, Exhibition, Michigan, Michigan Modern, Modernism, Museum, RFP
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Michigan Modern Project Announcement Follow-Up
After we announced the Michigan Modern project, there was a healthy discussion on the SHPO’s listserv. Here is a summary of that discussion: I think there is one largely overlooked gem in Ann Arbor, the Muschenheim residence, designed by the … Continue reading
