Between the mass production of accessible, timeless car designs, and the artistic innovation that pushed the automotive industry into each new age, Detroit’s influence on American car design, technology, and manufacturing has remained since the turn of the 20th century when Henry Ford touched down his Detroit Automobile Company and Charles Brady King test drove the first self-propelled carriage along…
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The Custom Build: Mapleridge/MPN
For contact information and more go to Mapleridge Construction and MPN Builders. Photography: Speckman Photography
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Systems of design
“People find their own ways of using things regardless of how prescriptive it can be,” said Lee Fletcher, principal and co-founding partner of Fig40, an award-winning, multi-service, industrial design firm based in Toronto, Ontario. “We need to have a sensitivity to that.” This intention to the intrinsic human nature of design underscores the Fig40 portfolio, which Fletcher has been building…
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The Custom Build: Derocher/DesRosiers
For contact information and more go to Custom Homes by Derocher Inc. and DesRosiers Architects Inc. Photography: James Haefner Photography
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The Custom Build: Eastmark Construction
For contact information and more go to EastmarkConstruction.com Photography: Ashley Avila Photography
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Gallery in the woods
A well-travelled summer destination in northern Michigan, the small but vibrant township of Glen Arbor rests in the crook of Lake Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Bay, offering walkable shoreline and sunsets second-to-none, and thick pockets of forested areas that cool active summer months. It is one of these areas a gem of revived architectural prowess sits. The Glen Arbor Arts Center,…
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The Custom Build: Glennwood Custom Builders
For contact information and more go to glennwoodcustombuilders.com Photography: Mike Gullon of Phoenix Photographic
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The Custom Build: Zahn Builders Inc.
For contact information and more go to zahnbuilders.com
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Scavolini in Detroit
A rich vein of high Italian style, both rustic and traditional, and sleek and contemporary, permeates international interior design markets, including that in the American Midwest. Since its founding in Pesaro Italy in 1961, Scavolini has been a brand synonymous with stylistically relevant, highly functional and Italian-made living arrangements. It is known for its ability to transform kitchens and bathrooms…
