Isaacs, Ken
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1927 - 2016
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Book outline; "Episode in Cultural De-Tuning"
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_27_08_02
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-12
Cranbrook Art Academy design workshop
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_67_15_03
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-06
Inflated Air House Has Rounded Top With Brick Walls in Background
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_71_08_03
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
Inspecting a Chair at CAA design workshop
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_67_15_02
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-06
Kenneth Dale Isaacs Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2021-01
Abstract
A graduate and former head of the Design Department at Cranbrook Academy of Art in the 1950s, Ken Isaacs was an American designer, author and educator best known for his portable, customizable Living Structures and Microhouses. He claimed his design philosophy was influenced more by anthropologists than by architects. Moving from place to place and working with commonly available building materials were experiences in Isaacs’ own childhood and capabilities that he prioritized in his designs....
Dates:
1900 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1945 - 2016
Long-haired UIC Students Around the New World Pickup
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_70_14_02
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
Student Poses with Boot on Stack of Wood Beams
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_70_15_03
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
Students Build House Frame at University of Illinois Chicago, with Skyscrapers in Background
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_72_18_01
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
Students in Coats Assemble the Air House Outdoors with Chicago Highrises Behind Them
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_71_08_02
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
The Liberating Cube article copy, collaged to center Isaacs
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_52_56_01
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-12