Interior designer Lynda Charfoos, who is based in Bloomfield Hills and sits on the board of governors of Cranbrook, furnished the space with pieces by school alumni like Florence Knoll, Harry Bertoia, Charles Eames, Ralph Rapson and Niels Diffrient.  Photo 1 of 10 in How to Build a Design Collection by Robert Gordon-Fogelson from The Director's House: Cranbrook

How to Build a Design Collection

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It’s only fitting to start our design collection tour with an Eero Saarinen-designed house on Cranbrook’s campus. After 15 years of disuse, the school's former director, Reed Kroloff, and interior designer Lynda Charfoos renovated the home and furnished it with pieces by school alumni like Florence Knoll, Harry Bertoia, Charles and Ray Eames, Ralph Rapson, and Niels Diffrient.

Interior designer Lynda Charfoos, who is based in Bloomfield Hills and sits on the board of governors of Cranbrook, furnished the space with pieces by school alumni like Florence Knoll, Harry Bertoia, Charles Eames, Ralph Rapson and Niels Diffrient.