Portfolio

Summary

Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.

Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.

Artifact

Portfolio (Container)

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2019.144.963

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Leather
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Color

Black (Color)
Brown
Cream (Color)
Red

Dimensions

Height: 0.875 in

Width: 6 in

Length: 8.5 in

Inscriptions

on inside front cover: Graves / GRAVES / DESIGN on pad: Graves on inside back cover: Spinneybeck / MADE IN U.S.A.

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