thanks for the view mr. mies: lafayette park, detroit. A collaborative work by three editors, graphic designers Danielle Aubert, Lana Cavar, and Natasha Chandani

A must read for any  Mies enthusiast, student, resident or anyone curious of this magical place called Lafayette Park.
Essays written by Marsha Music, Noah Resnick, Melissa Dittmar, Toby Barlow, Bill Dickens, Hilary Robie, Cordella Brown and more.
Portraits by Corine Vermeulen and Vasco Roma
Interviews with long time residents, one who was one of the first residents to move into Lafayette Park. Historical insight and so much more.

Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies: Lafayette Park Detroit will be available starting tomorrow, Oct. 17, at the Source Booksellers, 4201 Cass Ave. A book launch party at Signal-Return (1345 Division St.) is Oct. 17 (that's tomorrow night), 6-9 p.m. On Thursday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m., the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (4454 Woodward) will host a panel discussion between the editors, Marsha Music, and Joe Posch, moderated by Robert Fishman. Finally, there will be author readings at Book Beat in Oak Park at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21. Book Beat is at 26010 Greenfield Rd.  

Please see below two links,  a book review and WDET interview with Danielle Aubert and Neal McEachern

Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies: Lafayette Park, Detroit

Danielle Aubert and Niel McEachern interview on WDET

Photo's from a Mies Enthusist, thanks Juliana.....

Another perspective from Juliana, a Mies enthusiast from Toronto.

Paintings in dinning room...

You get a sense of how much light there is at the top of the stairs. 

my favorite room in the house, the study...

the park is so plush and green these days.. beautiful

Dinning In these days....

Dinner is served! I finally have my table, it arrived yesterday. The dinning room is simple. A table, I chose a Fronzoni 64 made by Cappellini, six chairs 4- Herman Miller bent plywood and two Thonet's, a rug (looking for a 6' x 9') and an old 50's floor fan.
That's about it.  I've hung two of my paintings on the separating wall but re-thinking that.  I'm working with artist NAI SAMMON (Detroit) to do a mural, it's the prominent wall everyone sees from outside. My paintings might be better in the basement.
The finished dinning area.                                       

View of the front yard

These are my doll paintings, wanted color with a white table and black floor.

I'm rethinking the wall, moving the paintings and having a mural painted of color, patterns and shapes. Artist NAI SAMMON tediously tapes off and spray paints using various techniques. This is a mural he did for my daughter, my Iphone pictures do not do it justice.  Click on the image to make it larger to see the complexity and beautiful layers, he has an amazing sense of color.

Artist: NAI SAMMON

thenaisammon@gmail.com

 Entry way at dinning room.

 Hall, coat room and second bath along inside wall.

Inside Lafayette Park Exhibition April 14-22 The Settlement Shape

If your around the area, you won't want to miss this exhibition ......

Panelists:

- Danielle Aubert – WSU Professor of Graphic Design

- Robert Fishman – U of M Professor of Urban Planning

- Kevin Harrington – Professor of architectural History, IIT

- Michelle S. Johnson – Historian/Civil Rights Consultant

  April 22nd: Society of Architectural Historians tour through Lafayette Park and through the exhibit

To help make this week-long pop-up exhibition event a success, we urge you to help tell our story and spread the word.

Contact: Noah Resnick (resnicns@udmercy.edu)

See the Rouge HAA Facebook page for updates.
Inside Lafayette Park:  featured photographs by Vasco Roma and Corine Vermeulen
http://www.knightarts.org/uncategorized/meet-mies-in-the-park-inside-lafayette-park-and-urban-futures

Happy 126th Birthday Mies Van Der Rohe

                       http://life.time.com/culture/architect-mies-van-der-rohe-and-the-poetry-of-purpose/?iid=lf%7Cmoreon#1    

     

                           Ludwig van der Rohe - born March 27th 1886

Google Doodle, very well done..