The Department of Design at the Cranbrook Academy of Art has been the starting point for many of the most respected and influential names in American design. In the period form 1980 to 1990, the work of the department's students, designers-in-residence Katherine and Michael McCoy, and alumni, in graphic, product, furniture, and interior design, has challenged the accepted notions of what design can accomplish. An overview of this decade of innovative design is provided in this book.