Michael Graves’s Work for Target: His Most Enduring Legacy?
Graves’s defection from Modernism began with his design of the Plocek House (1977) in Warren, New Jersey. Michael Graves Architecture & Design 341 Nassau St. Princeton, NJ 08540 . info@michaelgraves.com .

c.1980. Description: Michael Graves (1934-2015) for Alessi stainless steel tea set. Included in set is tea kettle with blue handle and red bird whistle, H.9 1/2", covered sugar bowl, creamer, glass honey container with spoon and round tea tray with hammered edge 17 1/8". The democratization of design is the great design story of our age, and Graves is the only serious architect who has participated in it with total, unconflicted zeal. The structure is reminiscent of an Italian palazzo with its classical yet abstracted columns, with an exaggerated arch signifying the entrance. Postmodern American architect Michael Graves, who died last week aged 80, injected more childlike exuberance into his buildings and product designs than any of his contemporaries – …