IIDA Spokane: CEU - Leading Modernism: The Designers who Forwarded the Movement

Name: IIDA Spokane: CEU - Leading Modernism: The Designers who Forwarded the Movement
Start: 2026-05-14T11:30:00-07:00
End: 2026-05-14T13:00:00-07:00
Location: Avista Utilities Auditorium

Thu, May 14

Avista Utilities Auditorium

Time & Location

May 14, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Avista Utilities Auditorium , 1411 E Mission Ave, Spokane, WA 99252

About the Event

In this course, participants will learn about modernism’s roots in the Bauhaus; the relationships of major midcentury designers, including Marcel Breuer,

Harry Bertoia, Mies van der Rohe, Gilbert Rohde, Eliel and Eero Saarinen, Florence Knoll, Ray and Charles Eames, George Nelson, Alexander Girard; the influence these designers had on two companies at the center of modernism; and the role the companies and designers played in shaping America’s tastes in design.

After the CEU, Matt Thompson will share excited updates from MillerKnoll regarding their recently opened Archives and the Manufacturing Modern & Eventually Everything Connects exhibits.

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