Blog Entry # 5

The Artist I choose to look up was Michael Graves, and I was suprised to find a bunch of information about him and Michael Graves and Associates and Micheal Graves Design Group. Micheal Graves has contributed to the field of interior design in many ways. He is known for things like the Swan and Dolphin hotels in Disney World, which looking at through pictures amaze me. He is also known for the Alexander House, Crooks House, Hanselman House and the Portland Building. He has designed furniture shows and it is said that he would and has drawn anything you could think of. He has also designed things like china and silverware for Alessi, his own home was even featured in the Home and Garden magazine. By reading about him and looking at his work what impresses me the most about him is that when he first started out he had a hard time being noticed. I love to hear stories about people who struggled than made it to the top, just so they can prove everyone wrong. Yet he remains a teacher at Princeton and says that it takes up a lot of time but he did so well and owes something to the university. Micheal Graves uses dominance in different ways. Some of his work is dominent just because of the size and how extravegant it is. While others are dominent in color or materials that he uses. He addresses the human form by making things for the people and making them comfortable to sit in, use or live in. It is suprising but I actually have been influenced by his work, it is very well done and in a unique way. I think that it is something that I will research more on my own time. In his work Micheal Graves uses color that fits what he is working on, making the things he does look more comfortable and inviting. He uses colors and materials that go with what he builds to make the structures appear more natural and appealing.