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Keywords: Automobile, Music, History, Regeneration, Industrial

Population: 4,425,110
Founder: 1701
Nicknames: D-Town,The Motor City, Motown, Hockeytown, Rock City, The D
Motto: We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes

Tourism / Place branding / Historic Landmarks

• The Henry Ford – The largest indoor-outdoor museum in North America
• General Motors Technical Center – Eero Saarinen
• Garden Bowl in the Majestic Theater Center

Design businesses

• Design 99* – (architecture, retail, publishing)

Creative initiatives

• Power House Project by Design 99
• Detroit Tree of Heaven Woodshop
• Celebrate Michigan – AIGA Detroit

Local businesses

• The big 3 – Automobile
• GM, Chrysler, Ford
• Paul Kotula (gallery)

Institutions / Organizations

• Motown Historical Museum
• MOCAD
• Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit
• AIGA Detroit
• AIA Michigan
• IDSA Michigan

Art and Design Schools

• Detroit Institute of Arts

Articles / Blogs / Other

• Mies van der Rohe – Lafayette Park
• Detroit House: $100 – Bold new ideas for the city: Priceless
• Designing Detroit
• Chief Culture Officer: fixing Detroit now
• North American International Auto Show