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1991

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2016

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Poster, How can a design be compa

This is a Poster. It was production directed by Cranbrook Academy Design Department. We acquired it in 1991. Its medium is offset lithograph support: paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Cranbrook Academy Design Department. It is credited Gift of Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Its dimensions are

61 x 93.9 cm (24 x 36 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Imprinted in white ink at UC: How can a design be compatible?; at UC: Bicycles have always been..; at C: 2/ Buildings can be designed to fit the scale/ of an existing urban setting; at LR: Funded by the Michigan Council for/the Arts...; at lower margin C: Design Michigan

Cite this object as

Poster, How can a design be compa; Production directed by Cranbrook Academy Design Department; USA; offset lithograph support: paper; 61 x 93.9 cm (24 x 36 15/16 in.); Gift of Cranbrook Academy of Art; 1991-69-97

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