Dezeen promotion: a bronze bench that mimics a desert landscape and a sculptural traffic cone are among a range of furniture designs on show at the Cranbrook Art Museum in Michigan.
Cranbrook: A New Domestic Landscape showcases work by over 20 designers, including both recent Cranbrook Academy of Art graduates and artists in residence at the historic American design school.

Highlights from the show include black lacquered furniture by Ania Jaworska, sewn rope lighting by Doug Johnston, lumpy aluminium and resin seating by Chris Schanck and boiled leather vases by Mark Dineen.
Other exhibits range from Kristina Gerig Hunter's colourful ceramics to Brian Dubois' more traditional variations on a wooden side table.

Cranbrook Art Museum forms part of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, which was first established over a century ago. Specialising in art, design and architecture, the school boasts a number of prolific designers in its alumni, from Charles and Ray Eames, to Eero Saarinen and Florence Knoll. This exhibition focuses on Cranbrook Academy of Art alumni who have graduated since 2001 ? to show that the school's latest crop of students are just as talented as their predecessors.

"Cranbrook is practically synonymous with modern furniture design, with designers like Eero and Pipsan Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames, Harry Bertoia, Niels Diffrient, and Florence Knoll," said Cranbrook Art Museum director Andrew Blauvelt.
"Today, a new generation of Cranbrook art...