06–29–1943, Seattle, Washington - d. 06–12–2003, near Sydney, Australia) was an American architect, artist, and designer, co-founder of the collective Ant Farm.
[9] The group was a self-described "art agency that promotes ideas that have no commercial potential, but which we think are important vehicles of cultural introspection."
Ant Farm's installation, Cadillac Ranch, remains an iconic sculpture in American popular culture.
[10] In 1972, Michels and Lord collaborated with Houston architect Richard Jost on the House Of The Century, a futuristic concept of a home.
[1] In 1979, Michels presented the Teleport media room in Houston, an artwork created with Richard Jost and Alex Morphett, that consisted of futuristic communications devices, foreshadowing many telecom innovations now commonplace.