June 19-21, 2014 | Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Michigan has been a center of modern design since the turn of the twentieth century. This symposium and series of seven tours continues the exploration of Michigan’s contributions to Modernism that began at the Cranbrook Educational Community in 2013. The convergence of influences in Michigan—industrial design and the automotive industry; the Cranbrook Academy of Art under Eliel Saarinen; the work of designers like Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson and Finn Juhl for Michigan’s furniture companies; and architects Eero Saarinen and Minoru Yamasaki —defined modernism in the postwar world and shaped the American dream.
Symposium tours include Herman Miller facilities, a Marcel Breuer church, and Frank Lloyd Wright residences.
Register now and find out more at michiganmodern.org.
