Fall in love with Corrado Parducci, Detroit’s designer extraordinaire

Corrado Parducci designed much more than architectural ornamentation — he also painted intricate designs on the walls of his home, wove tapestries, carved wooden busts of his children, and designed hub caps and bumpers for cars. A guest post about Detroit’s most prolific designer from the maker of a new documentary.

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Links for Friday, 5-20-11

A documentary about the Brewster-Douglass projects, ongoing headaches at the Jim Scott Fountain, the continued relevance of local media, kids in costumes. And kittens.

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