Design
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Article; "Ken Isaacs: Master Designer"
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_38_13
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-12
First letter, "The Design of Utopia"
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Identifier: 202101_34_12
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-12
Flier for Discussion of Ken Isaacs and the social responsibility of designers
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_48_08
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-12
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
Living Structure in Proposed Ken Isaacs Exhibit
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_37_31_03
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-06