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A Colorful Life: Gere Kavanaugh, Designer
Contributor(s): Sandhaus, Louise (Author), Catmur, Kat (Author)

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 ISBN: 1616897627     ISBN-13: 9781616897628
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
OUR PRICE: $34.00  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: April 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2018026560
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 7.7" W x 10.1" L (2.20 lbs) 220 pages
Features: Index, Price on Product
 
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The designer Gere Kavanaugh is an irrepressible force of nature who epitomized the craft and folk vibe of the '60s and '70s California design scene and remains a larger-than-life personality today. Raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Kavanaugh became in 1952 only the third woman to earn a degree in Cranbrook Academy of Art's design program. After successful stints as one of GM's so-called Damsels of Design and as director of interiors for Victor Gruen's architecture and planning firm, she opened Gere Kavanaugh/Designs. There, Kavanaugh put her unique stamp on textiles, furniture, toys, graphics, store and restaurant interiors, holiday decor, housewares, and public art--even designing and curating exhibitions. But perhaps her most enduring project has been the joyful, open-ended, ongoing experiment of her own lifestyle and homes, a dream of color and handcraft. Kavanaugh was awarded the AIGA Medal in 2016, recognizing her prodigious and polymathic approach to design.
 
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