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Island School of Design before 
receiving a master’
s degree in 
design at Cranbrook.
“She fell into textile design by 
chance. She designed a house 
for a competition but couldn’
t 
find any draperies she thought 
were modern enough, so she 
drew her own into the design. 
A couple of architects saw those 
designs and desperately wanted 
them for an automotive show-
room they were building. They 
offered her an advance, and she 
started designing and produc-
ing herself.
”
For a time, she and her late 
husband, Edward, ran a Detroit-
based business that brought her 
concepts into homes and com-
mercial centers. Their store was 
among the first in the country 
to sell modern furniture and 

fabrics.
Schnee received the Kresge 
Eminent Artist Award, Woman 
of Arts Lifetime Achievement 
Award and American Institute 
of Architects’
 International 
Color Award among other rec-
ognition. She is the subject of 
the documentary The Radiant 
Sun: Designer Ruth Adler 
Schnee, which will be shown at 
the museum to go along with 
the exhibit.
“Design brings order to the 
world by creating an aesthetic 
unity of space, light, color, tex-
ture and pattern,
” Schnee has 
told the JN. “
As a designer, I 
never wanted to see what the 
market would bear. I have tried, 
instead, to find the best possible 
expressions of beauty and func-
tion.
” 

COURTESY CRANBROOK ARCHIVES, THE EDWARD AND RUTH ADLER SCHNEE PAPERS 

Ruth Adler Schnee 
working with 
designs for Slits 
and Slats and Pits 
and Pods. 
BELOW: Ruth 
Adler Schnee, 
Manufactured 
by KnollTextiles, 
Fission Chips, 2012, 
polyester.

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