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Posts Tagged ‘events’

Talking Smart Home

Talking Smart Home

May 13, 2011 | 1 Comment

It is so good to be back home at the Smart Home: Green +Wired. It has been remodeled and packed full of very cool eco-ideas. In fact, I think this is the very best year yet. The gardens designed by Bernie Jabobs and the University of Illinois are coming alive and so is the home.
I [...]

Cusp 2010 conference

Cusp 2010 conference

Sep 20, 2010 | Discuss

I be speaking at the Cusp 2010 Conference in Chicago at the Museum of Contemporary Art Theatre on September 22-23, 2010. If you are in town, come and join! It looks like a great line-up with interesting peeps.
For more information, check out the Cusp website.

CUSP 2010

Green Festival, Chicago

Green Festival, Chicago

Apr 07, 2010 | Discuss

Michelle will be speaking about the Smart Home: Green + Wired at the Green Festival in Chicago on May 22, 2010 at 11am.
If you are in Chicago that weekend, come and join!
www.greenfestivals.org


WOOD SUMMIT SMÅLAND 2010

WOOD SUMMIT SMÅLAND 2010

Mar 16, 2010 | Discuss

Michelle will be a keynote speaker June 29, 2010 on “Architecture of Necessity” at WOOD SUMMIT SMÅLAND 2010 at the Virserum Art Museum in Sweden. The event is a seminar on architecture, sustainable development and sustainable urban planning taking place on June 29 and 30, and connected with the exhibition Wood 2010 going on from [...]

Speaking at Berkley’s Environmental Design Library’s

Speaking at Berkley’s Environmental Design Library’s

Mar 08, 2010 | Discuss

I will be speaking at the reception for Berkeley’s Environmental Design Library’s “Stock Options: Houses for Everyone” this Thursday evening along with my great friend Dan Gregory (editor-in-chief of houseplans.com), Alfred Willis (architectural historian and librarian at Hampton University) and the always interesting John King (urban design critic) will be moderating. It should make for [...]

Salon Series: Urban Agriculture

Salon Series: Urban Agriculture

Nov 16, 2009 | 1 Comment

Last Thursday we had a fabulous Re:Vision Salon on “Urban Agriculture” with Josiah Raisin Cain (Chief Design Officer with Design Ecology) and Urban Re:Vision. Urban Agriculture has become one of the hottest movements in the  sustainable design world. And rightly so. As Josiah described, the ideas with Urban Agriculture “are close to exploding” given recent [...]


Salon Series: Better Living Through Density with David Baker

Salon Series: Better Living Through Density with David Baker

Sep 10, 2009 | 1 Comment

Last night we had our first Re:Vision Salon, where a group of Re:Visionaries get together to discuss topics of relevance and importance in designing a better world.  David Baker, the king of beautifully designed affordable housing, was the one to frame the conversation on Density. He started with a short video he made titled “Better [...]

Past Events

Mar 08, 2009 | Discuss

Speaking at Berkley’s Environmental Design Library’s “Stock Options: Houses for Everyone
Thursday, January 28, 2010

Housing Washington 2009 Conference
Sep 29, 2009 — Michelle will be a plenary speaker at this year’s Housing Washington conference this September at the Spokane Convention Center.

West Coast Green
Oct 2, 2009 — Michelle will be a featured speaker discussing Housing 3.0 and [...]

Eco Principles


EcoPrinciple One: Thoughtful Design

EcoPrinciple One: Thoughtful Design

Feb 22, 2010 | 1 Comment

In our practice at Michelle Kaufmann Studio, “thoughtful design” means designing to use less, collaborating with the outdoors, using techonology to improve quality while reducing quantity, and designing for longevity, flexibility and a joyful living environment. Homes should be built to human scale, using only what is needed, but remaining open and airy. High [...]

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the story of the smart home

the story of the smart home

Apr 08, 2012 | 1 Comment

Michelle Kaufmann from After Black Hammer on Vimeo.
My talented and dear friend Garret Curtis made this beautiful video of the story behind the Smart Home in Chicago. I love his eye and gift for story telling. Lord knows I am no easy subject to deal with.
More of Garret’s work is at After Black Hammer and [...]

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