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| − | '''Ken Isaacs''' (7 February 1927, Peoria, Illinois – 8 June 2016) was an American designer. He is known for his creation of a matrix-based modular system to build living structures. | + | '''Ken Isaacs''' (7 February 1927, Peoria, Illinois – 8 June 2016, Granger, Indiana) was an American designer. He is known for his creation of a matrix-based modular system to build living structures. |
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* Susan Snodgrass, ''Inside the Matrix: The Radical Designs of Ken Isaacs'', Chicago, IL: Half Letter Press, 2019, 80 pp. [https://susansnodgrass.com/ Author]. [https://halfletterpress.com/inside-the-matrix/ Publisher]. | * Susan Snodgrass, ''Inside the Matrix: The Radical Designs of Ken Isaacs'', Chicago, IL: Half Letter Press, 2019, 80 pp. [https://susansnodgrass.com/ Author]. [https://halfletterpress.com/inside-the-matrix/ Publisher]. | ||
** ''Dans la matrice: le design radical de Ken Isaacs'', Sombres torrents, 2020, 72 pp. [https://sombrestorrents.com/dans-la-matrice.html#/ Publisher]. {{fr}} | ** ''Dans la matrice: le design radical de Ken Isaacs'', Sombres torrents, 2020, 72 pp. [https://sombrestorrents.com/dans-la-matrice.html#/ Publisher]. {{fr}} | ||
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| + | * Tributes: [https://cada.uic.edu/news/architecture-professor-emeritus-ken-isaacs-1927-2016/ CADA UIC Chicago], [https://www.jstor.org/stable/24916294 Design Issues]. | ||
Latest revision as of 18:14, 4 September 2024
Ken Isaacs (7 February 1927, Peoria, Illinois – 8 June 2016, Granger, Indiana) was an American designer. He is known for his creation of a matrix-based modular system to build living structures.
- Work
Ken Isaacs, Beach Matrix, installation view in Westport, Connecticut, c. 1967. [3]
Ken and Barbara Isaacs, Micro Dorm, c. 1967. [4]
Ken Isaacs, 8’ Microhouse installed on-site with assembled tetrahedron legs, c. 1972. [5]
- Publications
- Ken Isaacs, How to Build Your Own Living Structures, New York: Harmony Books, 1974, 136 pp.
- Culture Breakers: The Living Structures of Ken Isaacs, Bloomfield Hills, MI: Cranbrook Art Museum, 2014, 15 pp.
- Susan Snodgrass, "Enter the Matrix: An Interview with Ken Isaacs", in Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia, ed. Andrew Blauvelt, Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2015.
- Susan Snodgrass, Inside the Matrix: The Radical Designs of Ken Isaacs, Chicago, IL: Half Letter Press, 2019, 80 pp. Author. Publisher.
- Dans la matrice: le design radical de Ken Isaacs, Sombres torrents, 2020, 72 pp. Publisher. (French)
- Links
- Tributes: CADA UIC Chicago, Design Issues.
