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Spotlight: Michael Graves

Patrick Kunkel — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 14:00:00 +0000

As a firm believer in the importance of making good design accessible to the public, Michael Graves (July 9, 1934 – March 12, 2015) produced an enormous body of work that included product design alongside his architecture. Graves brought Postmodernism to the public eye through his emphasis on ornament and aesthetics, and stood firmly behind his design philosophy even as it went out of vogue.

"A Joy of Things": The Architecture World Remembers Michael Graves

Rory Stott — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 09:30:48 +0000

This past Thursday Michael Graves, the famed member of the New York Five and one of the Postmodern movement's great icons, passed away at age 80. With a legacy spanning more than 350 buildings and 2,000 product designs for companies like Alessi, Target and J.C. Penney, Graves will be remembered as a prolific designer, but for many within the profession his 50-year career will be memorable for so much more. Since news of Graves' death broke on Thursday, tributes have been posted all around the internet, starting with his company's official statement which said:

Designers Don't Get Science (And That's A Dangerous Thing)

Michael Mehaffy & Nikos Salingaros — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

This article, by Michael Mehaffy and Nikos Salingaros, originally appeared in Metropolis Mag as "Science for Designers: The Meaning of Complexity."