About Michael Graves

Recipient of the National Medal of Arts and the American Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal, Michael Graves has been credited with raising public interest in good design as an element essential to the quality of everyday life. His product designs are known for both their humanism and wit.

"Because I see architecture and design as part of the same aesthetic continuum, I don’t distinguish between making a building, a piece of furniture, or a teakettle, aside from differences of size and function. What is important in creating all of these things is to have a sense of domesticity, which enriches design at any scale. In other words, it’s a matter of caring what’s around you, whether it’s in your place of work, your home, where you shop - anywhere you spend your life. And you don’t have to be an architect to feel this way."

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