Isaacs, Ken
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1927 - 2016
Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:
Furniture sketches: Triangular chair
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_03_27_04
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-13
Injection Molded Hanging Clothing Storage
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_08_03_03
Dates:
Digitized: 202101_08_03_03
Instant Study or Office Capsule for the Home
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_08_05_01
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-09-29
Isaacs in Sunglasses Sit on Green Superbed on Today Show set
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_70_13__02_04
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
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
Isaacs' Tension Rod Interior Design for The Little Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_66_22_02
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
Isaacs Watches Host Hold Microphone Inside
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_70_13_01_01
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
Jo Isaacs seated in Ken Isaacs' Living Structure for Life magazine
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_66_24_03
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
Johnny Carson and Guest Climb Living Structure Loft
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_78_37_03
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
Ken and Barbara Isaacs and another woman work in E. 38th Street Living Structure
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_66_35_03
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05