Michael Graves Archives

December 12, 2013Report: Penney cutting back on Joe Fresh, Michael Graves and Martha Stewart

New York -- J.C. Penny will eliminate the jcp menswear brand and reduce the assortments in its Joe Fresh, Michael Graves and Martha Stewart lines, Reuters reported. All...

June 7, 2013Accidental Hitler Teapot Sells Big at JC Penney

Michael Graves, one of America's most influential postmodern architects, is somewhat amused he is now Internet famous for a completely unintentional design—the so-called Hitler teapot. Graves said...

May 31, 2013Anti-Defamation League, Mayor of Culver City Respond to J.C. Penney's Hitler Tea Kettle Billboard

A tea kettle designed by architect Michael Graves, who has a long history of designing consumer products that don't resemble a saluting Hitler, has J.C. Penney back in the news for the wrong reasons yet again. After the Hitler tea kettle story went viral, J.C. Penney took to Twitter to reassure the public there was no intended connection between the product and the Nazi leader.