What would you do if you gave a party - part two.....

In the early 70’s, Professor Marco Nobili of the Industrial Design Department of CCS in Detroit invited a “famous architect” to speak to the students of the school. This was before my time there, but Marco related the story to me after my arrival. He was so very happy to have this architect in Detroit (I have never known who this was) but he was full of excitement.

In order to give this visit the prestige it deserved he changed the venue from the school to the Detroit Institute of Art, a block away but a world away in ambiance.

As the time moved closer, he was concerned as he had chosen to rent the small lecture hall, and it could be too small. In a last minute effort, he changed the venue to the main hall of the museum which seated 1200.

On the big day, fifty people were in attendance.