Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Documents work by Ken Isaacs that was done independent of UIC but completed during his time there. It includes exhibit proposals, contest entries and correspondence.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Documents work by Ken Isaacs that was done independent of UIC but completed during his time there. It includes exhibit proposals, contest entries and correspondence.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Covers Isaacs' work as Director of Graduate Studies, including Stanley Tigerman's dismissal and supervision of the John Etenza scholarship. It also documents projects not tied to single semesters or classes and contains work by Isaacs’ students. Overlap of content amongst Sub-subseries occurs, because of how Isaacs himself filed the material.

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....

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Documents work by Ken Isaacs that was done independent of UIC but completed during his time there. It includes exhibit proposals, contest entries and correspondence.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Covers Isaacs' work as Director of Graduate Studies, including Stanley Tigerman's dismissal and supervision of the John Etenza scholarship. It also documents projects not tied to single semesters or classes and contains work by Isaacs’ students. Overlap of content amongst Sub-subseries occurs, because of how Isaacs himself filed the material.