#information system

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Ken Isaacs, Knowledge Box, (exterior view), 1962 [MAAT – Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia, Lisboa. Courtesy the University Archives and Special Collections, Paul V. Galvin Library, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL]

In Ken Isaacs, the Matrix and the Establishment of the Quintessentially Modern, Interview with Susan Snodgrass by Maria Kruglyak / maat, MAAT – Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia, Lisboa, August 17, 2022

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I CAN'T DRAW FOR SHIT ANYMORE!!!!

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Susan Snodgrass, Inside the Matrix: The Radical Designs of Ken Isaacs, Half Letter Press, Chicago, IL, 2019 [Art: © Estate of Ken Isaacs]

From the back cover: «Inside the Matrix: The Radical Designs of Ken Isaacs surveys the highly individual practice of American architect and designer Ken Isaacs (1927-2016), whose populist, DIY designs created from the 1950s to the 1970s challenged conventional architectural concepts in housing, as well as mainstream definitions of modernism. His flexible, accessible plans provided alternative solutions to the spatial and environmental challenges of midcentury modern life, while influencing subsequent generations of architects and designers interested in nomadic architecture, sustainability, and DIY practices.»

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Ken Isaacs, (1974), How to Build Your Own Living Structures, Edited by Pierre Hourquet and Christophe Daviet-Thery, Design by Pierre Hourquet, Text by Susan Snodgrass, Christophe Daviet-Thery, Paris, 2025 [Saint-Martin Bookshop, Bruxelles-Brussel. Les presses du réel, Dijon. © Estate of Ken Isaacs]

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Ken and Barbara Isaacs, Micro Dorm, ca. 1967 [Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN. Photo courtesy the artist]

In Enter the Matrix: An Interview with Ken Isaacs, by Susan Snodgrass, republished from the exhibition catalogue Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia, Edited by Andrew Blauvelt, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2015; Exhibition: October 24, 2015 – February 28, 2016

See also Ken Isaacs, Chicago Living Structure, ca. 1961 [MAAT – Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia, Lisboa. © Joshua Isaacs. Courtesy the Cranbrook Archives, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research, Bloomfield Hills, MI]

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Ken Isaacs, Chicago Living Structure, ca. 1961 [MAAT – Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia, Lisboa. © Joshua Isaacs. Courtesy the Cranbrook Archives, Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research, Bloomfield Hills, MI]

In Ken Isaacs, the Matrix and the Establishment of the Quintessentially Modern, Interview with Susan Snodgrass by Maria Kruglyak / maat, MAAT – Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia, Lisboa, August 17, 2022

See also Ken and Barbara Isaacs, Micro Dorm, ca. 1967 [Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN. Photo courtesy the artist]

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Ken Isaacs demonstrates the reclining function of Superchair, 1967 [Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN. © Estate of Ken Isaacs]

In Enter the Matrix: An Interview with Ken Isaacs, by Susan Snodgrass, republished from the exhibition catalogue Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia, Edited by Andrew Blauvelt, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2015; Exhibition: October 24, 2015 – February 28, 2016