Isaacs, Ken
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1927 - 2016
Found in 90 Collections and/or Records:
Furniture sketches: Triangular chair
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_03_27_04
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-13
Green and Red Vehicle drawing
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_37_29_04
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
Injection Molded Hanging Clothing Storage
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_08_03_03
Dates:
Digitized: 202101_08_03_03
Inspecting a Chair at CAA design workshop
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_67_15_02
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-06
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 Portrait in Superchair, Detail of Contact Sheet
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_69_26_02
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
Isaacs' Tension Rod Interior Design for The Little Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_66_22_02
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05