Design
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:
Inflated Air House Has Rounded Top With Brick Walls in Background
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_71_08_03
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
Ken Isaacs' structure sketches, notes
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_27_04
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-12
Living Structure drawing with a suitjacket, red and yellow
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_88_01_01
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-13
Living Structure in Chicago Apartment, with Granny Square Blanket
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_80_14_02
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
Living Structure in Proposed Ken Isaacs Exhibit
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_37_31_03
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-06
Man sits with crossed arms and legs inside The Meditator
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_70_05
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
Matrix Camp Structure at Groveland
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_11_13
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-13
Matrix Research Project structure illustration in black on white
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_11_19_02
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-13