Michael Kalil papers
1966-2004 (bulk 1966-1991)
- Collection Overview
- Biographical note
- Scope and Content of Collection
- Organization and Arrangement
- Administrative Information
- Related Materials
- Keywords for Searching Related Subjects
- Collection Inventory
- Series I. Personal papers, 1966-1991
- Series II. Professional papers, 1968-1991
- Series III. Office records, 1982-1990
- Series IV. Project records, 1980-1991
- Series V. Posthumous materials, 1991-2004
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Guide to the Michael Kalil papers
Collection Overview
- Repository
- Kellen Design Archives
- Creator - Creator
- Kalil, Michael
- Title
- Michael Kalil papers, 1966-2004 (bulk 1966-1991)
- Extent
- 114 linear ft: 30 boxes, 7 oversize boxes, approximately 350 flat drawings and sketches. Unprocessed 1A16-20
- Summary
- Michael Kalil (1943-1991) was an interior architect, philosopher, educator and artist, known for his innovative work with new materials and for humanizing digital technologies. From 1981 to 1991, he was the principal of Kalil Designs/Kalil Studio, a firm that specialized in high profile commercial, prototype and theoretical, and residential design commissions. Kalil also was an adjunct faculty member at the Parsons School of Design, and taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The collection includes Kalil's personal and professional papers, including original artwork, sketchbooks, journals, photographs, project records, architectural drawings, photoprints and sketches, design prototypes, and posthumous materials.
Biographical note
Michael Thomas Kalil (1943-1991) was born in Lowell, Massachusetts and raised in Rochester, New York. Between 1962 and 1965, he studied theology at St. Basil’s Seminary in Methuen, Massachusetts while studying painting and sculpture at the nearby St. Anselm College. In 1965, Kalil left seminary, moved to New York City, and entered Pratt Institute to study design and architecture. In 1968, Kalil left Pratt prior to obtaining a degree, and instead found design-related employment with several of America’s leading designers and firms, including Ward Bennett (who became a life-long mentor and friend), Walter Dorwin Teague and Associates, and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. During this time, Kalil also traveled the U.S., South America and Mexico, and developed an aesthetic sense informed by pre-Columbian and non-Western architecture, classically derived principles of form, and modernist design. In 1972, Kalil immersed himself in the arts of stone carving, metalwork and weaving during a nine-week residency at Skowhegan.
During the 1970s, Kalil supported himself as a decorative arts object designer and by taking on interior architectural design commissions (including remodeling apartments in the building he lived in). He also launched his career as a design educator. In 1973, he was hired as an adjunct professor at Parsons School of Design, and he also taught at the New York School of Interior Design. In 1979, along with Giuseppe Zambonini, Kalil founded the Open Atelier of Architecture in the downtown warehouse district of Tribeca. The Open Atelier was an innovative, non-accredited design school that presented an array of courses in the historical, theoretical and practical aspects of the design process. By 1981, Kalil had formally established his own interior architecture firm, Kalil Designs (re-named Kalil Studio in the mid-1980s). As principal and self-styled "space engineer," Kalil rapidly gained international recognition for his innovative work with mechanical and digital technologies and new materials, and for his rigorous application of harmonic proportions and "sacred geometry" to the interior spaces he designed. Among Kalil's clientele were Tiffany & Company, The Museum of Modern Art Strata Oil & Gas, Armstrong World Industries, Dunbar Furniture Company, and Synchronal Corporation. He also won numerous high-end residential commissions. Notable Kalil Studio colleagues, collaborators and associates include Peter Barna, Jean Gardner, Karyn Issa Ginsberg, Martin Spegiel, Nader Ardalan and Ton Alberts.
Many of the core design concepts that Kalil applied to his realized work were derived from a series of ongoing prototype and theoretical investigations (Elysian Fields I, II and III). These commissioned or independent projects were supported by grants, or by his commercial and residential projects. Prototype designs include an award-winning prototype of an automated office space for Armstrong World Industries, and a Space Station habitation module prototype (HM1) for NASA (1983-1986).
In the early 1980s, Kalil contacted NASA in an effort to research lightweight metals and robotic technologies applicable to his ideas regarding kinetic and modular interior spaces. NASA took an immediate interest in Kalil’s work and invited him and Martin Spiegel, a friend and colleague, to sit in at monthly Human Factors planning meetings in Washington D.C. This led to an invitation by Brian Kramer, NASA’s Director of Human Factors, for Kalil to give a presentation to NASA about his prototype work for Armstrong. Soon thereafter, Kalil Studio was invited to participate in a two-phase grant cycle directed by NASA engineer Marc Cohen to explore design solutions and produce a scale model prototype of living quarters aboard the International Space Station. During this project, Kalil, in close collaboration with design educator, artist and author, Jean Gardner, developed the notion of "quantum architecture"-- an integrative, "New Age", and postmodern theory-inflected thesis that addressed the physical, philosophical, and aesthetic implications of outer space exploration and its impact on the future of both zero-gravity and also terrestrial housing design.
In 1990, Kalil was invited by Jan McCarther, the Chair of the Department of Housing and Interior Design at UNCG, to lead an intensive two-week Honors Studio, in which selected students were given the opportunity to gain real-world experience by designing furniture prototypes for Brayton International and the Steelcase Partnership. This project continued into the spring of 1991. In addition to completing this project and despite the fact that Kalil was terminally ill, he also maintained a busy studio schedule until within only a couple of months of his death later that year.
| Timeline: | |
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| 1943 | Born in Lowell, Massachusetts. |
| 1958-1962 | Attends Benjamin Franklin High School, Rochester, New York. |
| 1962-1965 | Attends St. Basil's Seminary, Methuen, Massachusetts. |
| 1965 | Moves to New York City. Enrolls at Pratt Institute. |
| 1965-1966 | Employed as a store display designer at Lord & Taylor. |
| 1966-1967 | Employed by Walter Dorwin Teague and Associates. |
| 1967-1968 | Employed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Leaves Pratt Institute prior to obtaining a degree. |
| 1970-1971 | Travels through the United States, Mexico, South America and Europe. |
| 1970-1971 | Submits Mylar-laminated and brass chain face mask to the exhbition, "Face Coverings," at Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York City. |
| 1971 | Granted nine-week artist's residency at Skowhegan. |
| 1972 | Self-employed as jewelry and decorative arts object maker. Granted teaching appointment at Parsons School of Design. |
| 1976-1978 | Seeks grant funding for development of ideas concerning movable floor spaces. |
| 1978 | Teaches architectural history at the New York School of Interior Design. |
| 1979-1981 | Co-founds Open Atelier School with Italian architect and teacher, Guiseppe Zambonini. |
| 1981-1991 | Establishes interior design firm, Kalil Designs. |
| 1984-1986 | Kalil Designs enters two-phase contract cycle with NASA, Ames Research Center, to design and create prototype for space habitation module (HM1). |
| 1990-1991 | Teaches Honors Studio at University of North Carolina, Greensboro. |
| 1991 | Dies of complications relating to AIDS. |
| 1994 | Honored posthumously by Pratt Institute for outstanding alumni achievement. |
| 2001 | The Michael Kalil Foundation is established. The Michael Kalil Endowment for Smart Design is established at Parsons School of Design. The exhibition, "Michael Kalil Retrospective: Designs for the 21st Century" is held at Parsons. |
Scope and Content of Collection
The Michael Kalil papers consist of textual records, visual materials and artifacts from Kalil's life as an artist, designer, theorist, teacher, and principal of his commercial interior architecture studio. The majority of this collection represents the scope of Kalil’s professional activities between the years 1966 and 1991, and includes press clippings, administrative and project records, and hundreds of drawings, photoprints and sketches (axonometric, perspective, plans, elevations, sections, and details) generated during the course of commercial, prototype and theoretical and residential commissions undertaken by Kalil Designs/Kalil Studio. Kalil’s prototype of an automated office space for Armstrong Industries (1981-1983), and his prototype for Space Station Habitation Module (HM1) are particularly well represented. The collection also includes posthumous materials.
Organization and Arrangement
Organized in 5 series. Arranged alphabetically within each series.
- Personal papers, 1966-1991
- Professional papers, 1968-1990
- Office records, 1982-1990
- Project records, 1980-1991
- Posthumous materials, 1991-2004
Administrative Information
Collection guide written by Jen Larson.
Publication Information
Kellen Design Archives September 30, 2011
66 5th Ave./lobby level/
New York, NY, 10011
212.229.5942
archivist@newschool.edu
Use Restrictions
To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the Kellen Design Archives. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Jean Gardner, Karyn Issa Ginsberg and Martin Spiegel, 2010.
Processing Information note
Many of Kalil's project files were orignially housed in black, plastic, three-ring binders. These materials were rehoused during processing, but within project files it is still readily apparent which materials derive from the binders.
During the course of processing, two VHS tapes were digitized. See Kellen Design Archives archivist for access.
External Support
The processing of this collection was supported by the Michael Kalil Foundation.
Related Materials
During the course of processing this collection the project archivist conducted a group and individual oral history interview with Jean Gardner, Karyn Issa Ginsberg, and Martin Speigel. (See Kellen Design Archives archivist for access.)
The scale model of the Space Habitation Module that Kalil Studio created for NASA's Ames Research Center can be found at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). MoMA also has twenty-five design development studies for the "Osmotic Membrane," and "Community Chamber," integral parts of the NASA module design, and one artist's file for Kalil.
Additionally, since January 2011, project archivist Jen Larson has produced a blog about Kalil's life and career: http://kellenmichaelkalil.wordpress.com/
Keywords for Searching Related Subjects
Corporate Name(s)
- Ames Research Center.
- Armstrong World Industries.
- NASA.
- Parsons School of Design.
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Genre(s)
- Administrative records.
- Clippings (information artifacts).
- Correspondence.
- Ephemera.
- Magazines (periodicals).
- Manuscripts.
- Measured drawings.
- Photographs.
- Project files.
- Reports.
- Research notes.
- Sketches.
- Transcripts.
- Videotapes.
Occupation(s)
- Interior designers.
- Professors.
- Sculptors.
- Theorists.
Personal Name(s)
- Barna, Peter
- Cohen, Marc M.
- Gardner, Jean, (Jean M.)
- Ginsberg, Karyn Issa
- Kramer, Brian
- Russell, Beverly
Subject(s)
- Aerospace engineering.
- Architecture.
- Decorative arts.
- Furniture designers.
- Industrial design -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York.
- Interior architecture.
Collection Inventory
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Series I. Personal papers, 1966-1991
This series consists of textual records and visual materials relating to Kalil's student years and lifelong artistic practice. |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Correspondence, 1973-1987 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Datebooks, 1974-1991 | 1 | 2-5 | ||
| Face Accessory, 1971 | 24 | |||
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Kalil created a laminated Mylar and brass face mask as part of a design assignment while attending Pratt. This piece was included in an exhibition, "Face Coverings," presented by the American Craft Council at the Musuem of Contemporary Crafts (September 30-January 3, 1971). |
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| High school 25th anniversary reunion booklet, 1987 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Title | Box | |||
| Paintings, (1-4), 1970-1971 Paintings 1 through 3 constitute a triptych; the other painting is a standalone work. |
28 | |||
| 29 | ||||
| Photographs, 1979-1989 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Realia, circa 1970-1991 | 27 | |||
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Includes a linen tapestry with gold metalic thread (unknown if woven by Kalil), and a sampling of Kalil's artmaking and craft materials. |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Sketchbooks and journals, 1970-1979 | 1 | 8-9 | ||
| 2 | 1-4 | |||
| 3 | 1-5 | |||
| 4 | 1 | |||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Sketches, poetry and notes, 1967-1983 | 4 | 2-6 | ||
| OSx-1 | 1 | |||
| OSx-1 | 2 | |||
| Slides, 1966-1987 | ||||
| Kalil's apartment, 1971 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Sculptures by Kalil, 1972-1987 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Skowhegan, 1971 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Travel, 1983-1984 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Soundless Sound installation,1988 | MC A 1 | 2 | ||
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Sketches for the “Art of Sound” exhibition presented by RAMSA Interior Sound System by the Matsushita Communication Industrial Company (Panasonic), at Gallery 91, October 5-14, 1988. |
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| Student artwork, circa 1966-1970 | MC A 1 | 3 | ||
| Student work, 1966-1971 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Suntracker, circa 1970-1978 | MC A 1 | 4 | ||
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Series II. Professional papers, 1968-1991
This series consists of documents pertaining to Kalil's professional career and design activities that either pre-date the establishment of Kalil Designs, or were independent of his professional responsibilities as the principal of Kalil Designs/Kalil Studio. |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Awards, 1980, 1989 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Correspondence, 1968-1991 | 5 | 6-7 | ||
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Notable correspondents include Diana Vreeland (1968), Buckminster Fuller (1979), and Beverly Russell (multiple dates). |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Early portfolio, 1966-1971 Includes oversize photoprints from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Walter Dorwin Teague Associates. |
5 | 8 | ||
| MC A 5 | 3 | |||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Education, juries, lectures and panels, 1984-1990 | 6 | 1-7 | ||
| 7 | 1-3 | |||
| Exhibitions, 1972-1989 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Fundamental Furnishings, 1976-circa 1986 | 7 | 5 | ||
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Includes partnership contract drafts for "Fundamental Furnishings," a high-end furniture design business concept (unrealized) that may have been conceived by Alan Morton, who was a former client of Kalil (1973; 1984). |
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| Grants, 1976-1977 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Notes and manuscripts, 1976-1989 | 7 | 7-9 | ||
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Includes a typewritten and illustrated document, "Quantum Architecture," by Jean Gardner and Michael Kalil. |
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| Open Atelier brochures, 1978-1979 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Research files, 1966-1991 | 8 | 1-2 | ||
| Résumés, 1972-1990 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Title | Box | |||
| Rolodex (1-2), 1981-1991 Contains contact information for colleagues, vendors, fabricators, furniture dealers and trade companies with whom Kalil may have worked or associated during the course of his professional design practice. |
25 | |||
| 26 | ||||
| Slides, 1980-1989 | 8 | 4-8 | ||
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35-mm reference and teaching images. |
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| Store display and fashion industry, 1966 | 8 | 9 | ||
| University of North Carolina, Greensboro, 1980-1990 | ||||
| Correspondence | 8 | 10 | ||
| Faculty retreat | 8 | 11 | ||
| Honors Studio: Notes and drafts of annual reports | 8 | 12 | ||
| Honors Studio: Slides of student work for catalog | 8 | 13 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Honors Studio: Steelcase-Brayton International Project, 1990 | 8 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 1 | |||
| Mission statements | 9 | 2 | ||
| Notes | 9 | 3 | ||
| Photographs, slides and transparencies | 9 | 4 | ||
| Promotional materials: School of Human Environmental Sciences | 9 | 5 | ||
| Research materials | 9 | 6 | ||
| Seminar literature and notes | 9 | 7 | ||
| Slide lecture notes | 9 | 8 | ||
| Syllabi and workshop proposal | 9 | 9 | ||
| VHS tape 01: interviews | 9 | 10 | ||
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This VHS tape (digital access file: VHS-tape 01_interviews.mov) consists of footage of Kalil conducting the Honors Studio class as well as two separate interviews with Kalil. One of the interviews includes Alex Forsyth, a British furniture designer. Kalil discusses his teaching methodology and the current state of design education. Total running time: 1:15:59 |
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| VHS tape 02: Brayton International/ UNGC Honor Studio, 1990 | 9 | 10 | ||
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This VHS tape (digital access file: VHS_tape-02_Kalil_promo.mov) consists of a looped, promotional video created in conjunction with the 1990 Honors Studio class. Appears to have been edited from exerpts derived from VHS tape 01. Total Running time: 12:12. |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Work by Kalil students, 1973 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Writings by others, 1973-1989 | 10 | 2-3 | ||
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Includes Peter Barna's Pratt Institute Masters thesis (1973) that investigates the physical and psychological properties of light. |
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Series III. Office records, 1982-1990
Consists of administrative documents relating to the day-to-day office operations of Kalil Designs/Kalil Studio. |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Administration | 10 | 4 | ||
| Correspondence | 10 | 5-6 | ||
| Exhibitions and grants | 10 | 7-8 | ||
| Limited partnership guidelines (M. Speigel) | 11 | 1 | ||
| Notecard sample | 11 | 2 | ||
| Press: Magazine | 11 | 3-9 | ||
| Press: Newspaper | 11 | 10 | ||
| Press: Photographs | 11 | 11 | ||
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Includes prints and contact sheets from photographer John Naar for Naars's book, Living in One Room (New York: Random House, 1976), Kalil with Beverly Russell and Guiseppe Zambonini, and a portrait of Kalil by Ken Skalski. |
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| Product development | 12 | 1-6 | ||
| Public relations | 12 | 7 | ||
| Title | Section | |||
| Publications | Shelf 2-B-6 | |||
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Commerical publications that feature Kalil's work and/or discuss aspects of Kalil's oeuvre. |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Résumés of principals; press packet draft | 12 | 8 | ||
| Retail catalogs | 12 | 9-10 | ||
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Features bookmarks designed by Kail. |
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| Sample office forms | 12 | 11 | ||
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Series IV. Project records, 1980-1991
This series consists of material associated with specific Kalil Designs/Kalil Studio projects undertaken from 1981 to 1991. Project files may include correspondence, contracts, materials packages, drawings, photoprints, photographs and transparencies. Of note in the Commercial records are files and visual materials for Kalil's first high profile corporate commission, Strata Oil and Gas (1981), consisting of an office space, signage and custom furniture for CEO Thomas Thorton. The Prototype and Theoretical records includes project files and visual materials for Elysian Fields I:(Earth House), II (Space Habitation Module) and III (Community Chamber). These projects explored the integration of kinetic and digital technologies, ergonomics and proportional geometric arrangements of interior spaces. The Residential Subseries includes substantial documentation for extended commissions for the Kramer, Katsky and Smolev residences. |
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| Commercial, 1980-1990 | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Art Awareness, 1988-1990 | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Drawings, photoprints, sketches, ephemera | 13 | 2 | ||
| MC A 5 | 2 | |||
| OSxxx-1 | 1 | |||
| Lexington House Historic Structures Report | 13 | 3 | ||
| Photographs, slides, transparencies | 13 | 4 | ||
| Project files | 13 | 5 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Chase Manhattan Bank (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill), 1968 | OSxxx-1 | 1 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Domore showroom, 1987-1989 Kalil Studio redesign of furniture showrooms in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. Includes a photoprint by New York Architects, with Kalil Studio tissue overlays. |
13 | 6 | ||
| Hive B | 16 | |||
| Hive C | 1 | |||
| MC A 5 | 1 | |||
| OSx-1 | 3 | |||
| Mailman Brothers, 1990 | OSxxx-1 | 1 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Schaengold International Landscape, circa 1987 | OSx-1 | 3 | ||
| OSxxx-1 | 2 | |||
| Strata Oil and Gas, 1980-1981 | ||||
| Drawings, sketches, photoprints | MC A 2 | 1-2 | ||
| Materials package | 13 | 7 | ||
| Slides, transparencies | 13 | 8 | ||
| Synchronal Corporation, 1987 | ||||
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CEO Ira Smolev was also a residential client of Kalil. |
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| Correspondence | 22 | 8 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Drawings, photoprints, sketches | 13 | 9 | ||
| MC A 2 | 2 | |||
| OSx-1 | 3 | |||
| OSxxx-1 | 2 | |||
| Project files | 22 | 8 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Walter Dorwin Teague and Associates, Inc. (undentified project), circa 1967 | OSxxx-1 | 2 | ||
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Two perspective drawings, signed by Kalil. |
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| Prototype and theoretical, 1973-1989 | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Bilgore apartment competition, 1977 Proposed apartment renovation, submitted by Kalil to a design competition devised by Beverly Russell, the editor of Interiors magazine. |
14 | 1 | ||
| Hive C | 2 | |||
| MC A 2 | 3 | |||
| OSxxx-1 | 1 | |||
| Design objects and furniture, circa 1973-1986 | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Bookmarks and letter opener Includes prototypes and final versions of brass and plated bookmarks that Kalil designed for retail sale at Tiffany's and Company, DaPolo Dunbar and/or MoMA. |
14 | 2 | ||
| OSx-1 | 5 | |||
| Munari silverware | OSxxx-1 | 4 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Rug for Threeing Sketches are likely associated with the V'Soske "Rug for Threeing" designs that Kail worked on with Jean Gardner and Paul Ryan in 1990-1991. |
14 | 3 | ||
| OSx-1 | 5 | |||
| OSxxx-1 | 4 | |||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Salad bowl | MC A 2 | 4 | ||
| OSxxx-1 | 4 | |||
| Photographs, slides and transparencies | 14 | 4 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Diverse Neutral Atria: Photomechanicals, circa 1986-1988 | 18 | 4 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Elysian Fields I: Earth House--Notes,1982-1990 | 14 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 6 | |||
| Elysian Fields I: Earth House--Project files, 1982-1990 | 14 | 6 | ||
| Elysian Fields II: Armstrong room, 1983-1984 | ||||
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Kalil Studio prototype of an automated space as part of the "Twelfth Interiors Initiatve Project" sponsored by Armstrong World Industries. |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Drawings, photoprints, sketches Includes drawings by Peter Barna, who was lighting designer for the Elysian Fields II (Armstrong Room) project. |
14 | 7 | ||
| MC A 2 | 3-4 | |||
| OSxxx-1 | 3 | |||
| Tube 1 | 1 | |||
| Photographs, slides and transparencies | 14 | 8 | ||
| Project files | 14 | 9 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Elysian Fields III: Community Chamber--Project files, 1979-1989 The Community Chamber was an integral facet of the NASA Space Habitation Module. In 1988 Kalil built a full-size model of this environment for display in an exhibtion, "The New Urban Landscape," held at the World Financial Center in New York City. Includes slides and transparencies of this installation. |
14 | 10-11 | ||
| 15 | 1-2 | |||
| Furniture partnerships, 1983-1988 | 15 | 2 | ||
| International City, 1988-1989 | 15 | 3-4 | ||
| Mondo Materials, 1989 | 15 | 5 | ||
| NASA: Ames Research Center, 1983-1988 | ||||
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Documentation encompasses initial contacts with NASA's Collaborative Development Group (CDG), through the two- phase contract cycles with Ames Research Center. Included here are notes, correspondence and project reports, as well as outreach in pursuit of additional funding to continue NASA-inspired work on space habitation environments. |
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| Aerospace and Space Studies Institute | 15 | 6 | ||
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Contains materials that were generated by Martin Spiegel, and that have been integrated into this collection. |
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| Aerospace research materials | 15 | 7 | ||
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From Martin Spiegel's records. |
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| Drawings, photoprints, sketches | OSxxx-1 | 5 | ||
| Martin Spiegel notes | 16 | 1 | ||
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Originally labeled by Spiegel, "Elysian Fields" / Air, Earth, Fire, Water," consists of Spiegel's notes on Kalil Design Studio's working relationship with NASA and interest in participating in a space habitation module design study. |
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| Notes and sketches | 16 | 2 | ||
| Photographs, slides, transparencies | 16 | 3-9 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Project files | 17 | 1-8 | ||
| 18 | 1-2 | |||
| Project files: Phase III | 18 | 3 | ||
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Residential, 1972-1991
This series represents Kalil's commissions for the private homes of clients. |
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| Title | Box | Slot | ||
| Unidentified projects: Drawings, sketches, photoprints, undated Client and project are not listed, and are indeterminate based on the visual content of these materials. |
Hive B | 15 | ||
| MC A 1 | 1 | |||
| OSx-1 | 9 | |||
| Unidentified projects: Photographs, slides, transparencies, 1975-1980s | 22 | 3 | ||
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The 8 1/2 x 10 inch black and white photographs are credited to either Stan Reis or John Naar, and were probably taken between the years 1975-1980. The 4 x 5-inch photographs appear to be snapshots taken at an unidentified job site, probably from the mid-late 1980s. |
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| 1 East 67th Street penthouse | MC A 2 | 5 | ||
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These photoprints are identified by address, but no client name is listed. |
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| 201 East 90th Street (triplex penthouse), 1976-1983 | OSxxx-1 | 6 | ||
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There is no client name listed on these materials. |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| 307 East 76th Street renovation, 1976-1983 Includes materials associated with Kalil's collaboration with landlord John Pacci, Jr. to renovate apartments for the building Kalil lived in, and where his studio was located. |
MC A 2 | 5-6 | ||
| OSxxx-1 | 7 | |||
| Tube 1 | 2 | |||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Condominium rehabilitation, 1985 Includes sets of photoprints by the contractors, Elkin Sabota Architects and Dean Marchetto, Architect. The Marchetto photoprints have Kalil tissue overlays. Kalil may have been a consultant on this project. |
MC A 5 | 4 | ||
| OSx-1 | 4 | |||
| OSxxx-1 | 8 | |||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Decome, 1979 | MC A 3 | 1 | ||
| OSxxx-1 | 3 | |||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Esanu, 1983 | MC A 3 | 2 | ||
| OSxxx-1 | 4 | |||
| Friedman bedroom, 1980 | MC A 3 | 2 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Giles bedroom, 1984 | MC A 3 | 2 | ||
| OSxxx-1 | 4 | |||
| Ginsberg, 1981-1983 | ||||
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Karyn Issa Ginsberg was Kalil's studio assistant between the years 1981 and 1986. She collaborated with Kalil on this renovation of her personal residence in Connecticut. |
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| Photographs by Adrienne DePolo | OSx-1 | 6 | ||
| Project file | 18 | 6 | ||
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Includes printed scans from Polaroids returned to client. |
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| Katsky: Central Park West, 1981-1986 | ||||
| Correspondence | 18 | 7 | ||
| Title | Box | Slot | ||
| Drawings, photoprints, sketches | Hive C | 3 | ||
| MC A 3 | 3 | |||
| OSxxx-1 | 5 | |||
| Tube 1 | 3 | |||
| Materials book | 18 | 8 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Project files | 18 | 9-10 | ||
| 19 | 1-5 | |||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Miller, circa 1985-1987 | OSxxx-2 | 4 | ||
| Kramer, 1981-1991 | ||||
| Title | Box | Slot | ||
| Drawings, sketches, photoprints | Hive C | 4-6 | ||
| MC A 3 | 3-6 | |||
| OSx-1 | 7-9 | |||
| OSx-2 | 1-6 | |||
| OSxxx-1 | 6 | |||
| OSxxx-2 | 3 | |||
| Tube 2 | 1-4 | |||
| Photographs, slides and transparencies | 19 | 6 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Project files | 19 | 7-10 | ||
| 20 | 1-10 | |||
| 21 | 1-10 | |||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Morton, 1972-1987 | 21 | 10 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Drawings, photoprints Includes photoprints of the Morton residence by Frank B. Hollenbeck, Architect and other properties. Annotations likely by Kalil or a Kalil Studio associate. |
MC A 5 | 5 | ||
| MC A 5 | 6 | |||
| OSxxx-2 | 1-2 | |||
| Photographs, slides, transparencies | 22 | 1 | ||
| Project file | 22 | 2 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Saidenberg: Drawings, photoprints, sketches, 1989-1990 | 22 | 7 | ||
| Hive C | 7 | |||
| MC A 4 | 1-3 | |||
| OSx-3 | 1 | |||
| OSxxx-2 | 5 | |||
| Saidenberg: Project files, 1989-1990 | 22 | 5-6 | ||
| Shudha table, 1980-1987 | MC A 3 | 4 | ||
| Smolev penthouse, 1983-1991 | ||||
| Correspondence | 22 | 8 | ||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Drawings, photoprints, sketches | 22 | 9 | ||
| Hive C | 8-9 | |||
| MC A 4 | 4-8 | |||
| OSx-3 | 2-6 | |||
| Tube 1 | 4 | |||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Project files Contains project files and correspondence from the Smolev penthouse renovation and Synchronal Corporation. Smolev was both a residential and commerical client of Kalil Studio. |
22 | 10-12 | ||
| 23 | 1-4 | |||
| Series V. Posthumous materials, 1991-2004 | ||||
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Correspondence | 23 | 5 | ||
| Kalil website (CD-R) | 23 | 6 | ||
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TXT., SWF, and HTML files that comprised a website created in 2004 for the Michael Kalil Foundation. |
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| Michael Kalil Endowment for Smart Design | 23 | 7 | ||
| Michael Kalil Foundation | 23 | 8 | ||
| Obituary and memorial ceremony | 23 | 9 | ||
| Thomas Garvey inventory | 23 | 11 | ||
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Thomas Garvey, a former Kalil Studio assistant, conducted a formal inventory of Kalil's belongings in 2001. This folder contains his original typewritten documents. |
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| Retrospective exhibition, 2001 | ||||
| Compact discs (CD-R; DVD-R) | ||||
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Contains master tiff files of digitized images of Kalil Studio projects. Selected image rom these discs were printed and mounted on foam core for the 2001 Kalil Retrospective exhibition. |
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| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Project file | 23 | 10 | ||
| Title | Box | |||
| Visual materials Consists of foam core panels of reproduced photographs, original drawings and explanatory text for the Armstrong "Smart Pavillion", the NASA Space Station Habitation Module (HM1), "Evolution of Quantum Architecture" and "Rug for Threeing." |
30 | |||
| OSx-4 | ||||
| OSxx-1 | ||||
| Title | Hive | Slot | ||
| Unprocessed materials (found post-processing--nd to be integrated) | A | 16-20 | ||
| MC F 5 | a bunch (tk) | |||