Kalil, Michael
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Michael Kalil oral history project
Collection
Identifier: PC-07-01-05
Summary
The Michael Kalil Oral History Project consists of audio interviews with colleagues, collaborators, and friends of interior designer Michael Kalil (1943-1991). Jean Gardner, Karyn Issa Ginsberg, and Marty Speigel discuss Kalil's education, career, and ideas with project archivist Jennifer Larson. Kalil's work—incorporating diverse principles of architecture and philosophy—was considered by many to be revolutionary in the 1970s and 1980s.
Dates:
2011
Michael Kalil papers
Collection
Identifier: KA-0119-01
Abstract
Michael Kalil (1943-1991) was an interior architect, philosopher, educator and artist, known for his innovative work with new materials and for humanizing digital technologies. From 1981 to 1991, he was the principal of Kalil Designs/Kalil Studio, a firm that specialized in high-profile commercial, prototype and theoretical, and residential design commissions. Kalil also served as an adjunct faculty member at the Parsons School of Design. The collection includes Kalil's...
Dates:
1966 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1991
Found in:
The New School Archives
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Michael Kalil papers