Isaacs, Ken
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1927 - 2016
Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:
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
Ken, Carole, Joshua Henry and Seven More Around the Shoebox House Porch
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_70_18_04
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
Ken Isaacs' conversational resume
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_27_29
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-12
Ken Isaacs Holds Cigarette, Peers into a Wiffle Ball in RISD Classroom
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_68_01_01
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
Ken Isaacs with "Chaos, Order" on Blackboard
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_73_16_03
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-06
Letter naming Ken Isaacs new Director of Graduate Studies at University of Illinois Chicago
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_25_06
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-12
Long-haired UIC Students Around the New World Pickup
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_70_14_02
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
Magnificent Obsessions: Notes on the Teaching of CRAFT
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_42_15
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-12
Memo about copymaking from Stanley Tigerman
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_24_21
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-13
Notebook with Progressive House photos on cover
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_22_04
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-06