Join ARTBOOK @ MoMA PS1 for the launch of Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies, (edited and with text by Danielle Aubert, Lana Cavar, Natasha Chandani | Placement Publishing) a new publication from Metropolis Books that looks at a middle-class residential complex in downtown Detroit called Lafayette Park, home to the largest collection of buildings designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in the world. Completed in 1963, Lafayette Park is one of the city’s most racially integrated and economically stable neighborhoods. In the book, Lafayette Park is examined through interviews with and essays by residents of the buildings, giving the reader an understanding of the organic and idiosyncratic ways that people actually use the unique modernist architecture that they live with on a daily basis.

The book is outstandingly designed, full of archival materials related to the buildings’ history, and generously illustrated with newly commissioned and previously unpublished photographs of the homes.

Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies was conceived, edited, and designed by graphic designers Danielle Aubert, Lana Cavar, and Natasha Chandani. They will speak about the origins of the project, how their research led to this compelling book, and what happens when modernist design is let loose in the everyday world.

Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies Book Launch: Placement in Conversation with Michael Bierut
Sunday, October 14, 2012, 4pm
MoMA PS1 Lobby, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY

Additional Resources
Order Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies on Amazon
Read A New Book Celebrates Mies van der Rohe’s Lafayette Park Complex in Detroit, NYTimes.com, October 3, 2012