Brian D. Conway - Michigan Modern : Design That Shaped America FB2

9781423644972
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1423644972
"Michigan Modern" is an impressively curated collection of important essays touching on all aspects of Michigan's architecture and design heritage. The Mitten State has always been known for its contributions to twentieth-century industry, but it's only beginning to receive wider attention for its contributions to Modern design and architecture. Brian D. Conway, Michigan State Historic Preservation Officer, along with colleague Amy L. Arnold have curated nearly thirty essays and interviews from a number of prominent architects, academics, architectural historians, journalists, and designers (including designer Todd Oldham and Metropolis magazine editorial director Paul Makovsky) describing Michigan's contributions to Modernist design through architecture, the automobile industry, and furniture and industrial design., "Michigan Modern: Design That Shaped America" is an impressive collection of important essays touching on all aspects of Michigan's architecture and design heritage. The Great Lakes State has always been known for its contributions to twentieth-century manufacturing, but it's only beginning to receive wide attention for its contributions to Modern design and architecture. Brian D. Conway, Michigan's State Historic Preservation Officer, and Amy L. Arnold, project manager for "Michigan Modern, " have curated nearly thirty essays and interviews from a number of prominent architects, academics, architectural historians, journalists, and designers, including historian Alan Hess, designers Mira Nakashima, Ruth Adler Schnee, and Todd Oldham, and architect Gunnar Birkerts, describing Michigan's contributions to Modern design in architecture, automobiles, furniture and education., Michigan has always been known for its contributions to twentieth-century industry, but it's only beginning to receive wider attention for its contributions to Modern design and architecture. Brian D. Conway, Michigan State Historic Preservation Officer, along with colleague Amy L. Arnold have curated nearly thirty essays and interviews from a number of prominent architects, academics, architectural historians, journalists, and designers (including designer Todd Oldham and Metropolis magazine editorial director Paul Makovsky) describing Michigan's contributions to Modernist design through architecture, the automobile industry, and furniture and industrial design.

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