Biographies Timeline
| Image | Designer |
Birth/Death Age |
Summary | Key Words |
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Gordon Florian |
U. S. industrial designer who studied at Yale... |
biography | |
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Paul T. Frankl (1886-1958) |
U.S. industrial designer born in Vienna, Austria, who was a member of the... |
biography | |
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Nathan George Horwitt (1898-1990) |
U.S. industrial designer born in Russia and as a child... |
biography | |
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John McLeod Little (1906-1996) |
U.S. industrial designer born in Minneapolis, Minnesota who studied... |
biography | |
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John Gordon Rideout (1898-1951) |
U.S. industrial designer born in St. Paul, Minnesota, who... |
biography | |
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Walter Dorwin Teague, Jr. (1910-2004) |
U. S. industrial designer born in Forest Hills Gardens, New... |
biography | |
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Chauncey Eugene 'Chick' Waltman (1896-1962) |
U.S. industrial designer born near Columbus, Indiana,... |
biography | |
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Behrens, Peter | 1868-1940 |
German architect and designer who was born in Hamburg and studied painting at Karlsruhe and... |
Behrens |
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Urban, Joseph | 1872-1933 |
U.S. designer and architect born in Vienna, Austria, where he studied at the Royal Academy of... |
Urban |
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Gray, Eileen | 1878-1976 |
Irish interior, furniture and architectural designer who studied at the Slade School of Art in... |
Gray |
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Stout, William Bushnell | 1880-1956 |
U.S. automotive and aeronautical designer who was born in Quincy, Illinois, and attended Hamline... |
Stout |
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Teague, Walter Dorwin | 1883-1960 |
US industrial designer, called the "dean of industrial design" by many. Born in Decatur, IN, he... |
Consumer Products, Teague |
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Gropius, Walter Adolph | 1883-1969 |
German architect and educator who had pivotal role in the modern movement. He was born in Berlin... |
Gropius |
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Rohe, Ludwig Mies van der | 1886-1969 |
Architect, furniture designer and educator, Mies is one of the four great "form givers" of the... |
furniture |
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Dryden, Helen | 1887-1981 |
U.S. artist and industrial designer born in Baltimore with unusual artistic ability, designing... |
Dryden |
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Iannelli, Alfonso | 1888-1965 |
Sculptor, graphic artist, interior and industrial designer who was born in Italy, came to the U.... |
Iannelli |
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Arens, Egmont | 1888-1966 |
US package and industrial designer. He was sent by his family to New Mexico to recover from... |
Arens |
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Northup, Amos | 1889-1937 |
US automotive designer born in Bellevue, Ohio, and attended Cleveland Polytechnic Institute,... |
Northup |
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Nessen, Walter Von | 1889-1943 |
This lighting and furniture designer was born in Germany and emigrated to the US in 1925. In... |
Architecture, furniture, Lighting, Walter Von Nessen |
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Weber, Kem | 1889-1963 |
German industrial designer who apprenticed as a cabinetmaker and graduated from the... |
Airline chair, Modern Furniture |
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Sinel, Joseph (Jo) Claude | 1889-1975 |
He was self-described as the first "industrial designer" in the US, because he stamped the title... |
Hearing Aids |
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Geddes, Norman Bel | 1893-1958 |
Born Norman Melancton Geddes in Adrian, MI, he studied briefly at Cleveland Institute of Art and... |
Geddes |
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Earl, Harley J. | 1893-1969 |
Automotive designer, born in Hollywood, CA. Earl attended the University of Southern California... |
Earl |
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Vassos, John | 1893-1985 |
US industrial designer. Born in Constantinople as the son of a Greek publisher and diplomat, he... |
RCA |
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Loewy, Raymond FIDSA | 1893-1986 |
Probably the most widely known US industrial designer. Born in Paris, and as a 15-year old boy,... |
Brand, FIDSA, Raymond Loewy, Transportation |
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Rohde, Gilbert | 1894-1944 |
US industrial designer, born in New York. He became familiar with cabinetmaking in his father's... |
Rohde |
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Kuhler, Otto | 1894-1977 |
US industrial designer born in Remscheid near Essen, Germany, who became one of the best known... |
locomotives |
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Dietrich, Raymond | 1894-1980 |
U.S. car designer who worked as an engraver before joining Brewster and Co., coachbuilders in... |
Dietrich |
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Deskey, Donald | 1894-1989 |
US industrial and packaging designer. He was born in Blue Earth, MN, studied architecture at the... |
Deskey, FIDSA |
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Moholy-Nagy, László | 1895-1946 |
Hungarian painter, photographer, filmmaker, typographer and educator. He studied law in Budapest... |
Bauhaus |
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Doren, Harold Van | 1895-1957 |
Born in Chicago as Harold Livingston Van Doren, he finished high school in New Jersey and... |
Doren |
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Fuller, Buckminster | 1895-1983 |
Born Richard Buckminster Fuller, he was one of the Century's most intellectual and radical... |
Fuller, IDSA |
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Walker, George W. | 1896-1993 |
U.S. automotive and industrial designer who was born in Chicago, and attended the Cleveland... |
Walker |
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Hibbard, Thomas | 1897 |
U. S. automotive designer, born in Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, NY, who before graduation from... |
Hibbard |
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Dohner, Donald R. | 1897-1943 |
A US industrial designer, grew up in Indiana and studied at John Herron Art Institute,... |
Dohner |
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Patten, Raymond E. | 1897-1948 |
Ray, a U.S. industrial designer born in Malden, MA, attended Harvard and studied engineering at... |
Geneal Electric, Raymond E. Patten, Transportation |
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Tjaarda, John | 1897-1962 |
A US product and automotive designer, Tjaarda (pronounced "charda") was born in Holland of a... |
Chrysler, Ford |
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Darrin, Howard A. "Dutch" | 1897-1982 |
U.S. automotive designer born 1897 in Cranford, NJ to a family involved in the electrical... |
Darrin |
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Lamb, Thomas Babbit | 1897-1988 |
A US inventor, industrial designer and cartoonist, Tom Lamb was born in New York City. He... |
ALCOA, Cutlery, FIDSA, Thomas Babbit Lamb |
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Sakier, George | 1897-1988 |
American industrial designer, artist, and engineer who studied engineering at Columbia... |
Sakier |
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Jensen, Gustav | 1898 |
Danish industrial designer, artist and letterer who emigrated to U.S. and settled in New York... |
Jensen |
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Guild, Lurelle | 1898-1986 |
Lurelle Van Arsdale Guild was born in Syracuse, New York in 1898. He attended Syracuse... |
Guild |
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Kostellow, Alexander Jusserand | 1900-1954 |
Regarded by many as the "father" of industrial design education, he was born in Persia (Iran) as... |
General Motors, office |
| Swainson, Anne | 1900-1955 |
Swedish designer who emigrated to the U.S. and studied Fine and Applied Arts at Columbia... |
Swainson | |
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Jiranek, Leo | 1900-1990 |
This US industrial designer was born in Grand Rapids, MI and known as Jerry. After preparing for... |
furniture, Jiranek |
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László, Paul | 1900-1993 |
Paul László, Hungarian architect, interior and product designer, was born László Pál in Debrecen... |
Biographies |
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Sakhnoffsky, Alexis de | 1901-1964 |
Automotive and industrial designer who was born in Moscow, Russia as Alexis Wladimirovich de... |
Automotive |
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Leamy, Alan H. | 1902-1935 |
U.S. automotive designer born in Arlington, Maryland, grew up in Columbus, Ohio. In 1905 he was... |
Leamy |
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Budlong, Robert Davol | 1902-1955 |
U.S. industrial designer born in Denver, Colo., studied art at Cummings School of Art in Des... |
Budlong |
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John Richard 'Jack' Morgan | 1903-1986 |
U.S. industrial designer, born Juan Ricardo Morgan in... |
bio |
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Doner, H. (Albert) Creston | 1903-1991 |
US industrial designer born in Nevada, Ohio, he was raised on farms in Nebraska and Pennsylvania... |
Doner |
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Muller-Munk, Peter | 1904-1967 |
Peter studied as a silversmith at the University of Berlin and emigrated from Germany to the US... |
ALCOA, Carnegie Institute of Technology, FIDSA, Peter Muller-Monk, PMMA, Tiffany’s |
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Dreyfuss, Henry | 1904-1972 |
US industrial designer. Henry Dreyfuss was born in Brooklyn, NY to a family in the theatrical... |
Dreyfuss, FIDSA |
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Wright, Russel | 1904-1976 |
Between 1921 and 1924, Wright attended the Art Students League in New York and the Columbia... |
American Modern, Russel Wright |
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Noguchi, Isamu | 1904-1988 |
U.S. sculptor and designer who was born in Los Angeles to Leonie Gilmour, an Irish-American... |
Noguchi, Zenith Radio |
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Buehrig, Gordon M. | 1904-1990 |
U.S. automotive designer born in Mason City, IL who graduated from Bradley Polytechnic in Peoria... |
Buehrig |
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Bredendieck, Hin | 1904-1995 |
Industrial designer who was born in Aurich, Germany. Bredendieck enrolled as a Bauhaus student... |
Bredendieck |
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Diamond, Freda | 1905-1998 |
Ms. Diamond was born in New York City, the daughter of a theatrical costume designer. She... |
Diamond |
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Kepes, György | 1906-2001 |
Painter, designer, educator and art theorist born in Selyp, Hungary. In 1924, he enrolled in the... |
Bauhaus |
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Schreckengost, Viktor | 1906-2008 |
Born in Sebring, OH to a potter father, Schreckengost studied cartooning at the Cleveland School... |
Jazz, Murray, Schreckenost |
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Girard, Alexander | 1907- 1993 |
US architect and interior designer, Alexander Girard was born in New York City and raised in... |
Girard |
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Eames, Charles | 1907-1978 |
US architect, designer and film-maker Charles Eames was born in St. Louis and studied... |
Charles Eams |
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Hershey, Franklin (Frank) Q. | 1907-1997 |
U.S. automotive designer who was born in Michigan and raised in Beverly Hills and La Puente, CA... |
Hershey |
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Beck, George A. | 1908-1977 |
U.S. industrial designer who graduated from the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, worked under Ann... |
architect |
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Stevens, Brooks | 1908-1986 |
Brooks Stevens (1911-1995). Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he studied architecture at Cornell... |
Automotive, FIDSA, Housewares, Stevens |
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Nelson, George | 1908-1986 |
Architect, furniture designer and author George Nelson was one of the most influential figures... |
FIDSA, Nelson |
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Gregorie, E.T. "Bob", Jr. | 1908-2004 |
U. S. automotive designer who was born in New York City and raised in Cedarhurst, Long Island.... |
Gregorie |
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Exner, Virgil Max | 1909-1973 |
U.S. automotive designer born in Ann Arbor, Mich. Exner studied art at Notre Dame and started as... |
Exner |
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Chapman, David | 1909-1978 |
David Chapman, US architect and industrial designer, was an architectural graduate of the Armour... |
Chapman, FIDSA |
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Reinecke, Jean Otis | 1909-1987 |
Jean Reinecke was born in Bourbon County, Kansas and started his own sign painting shop at age... |
FIDSA, Reinecke |
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Wallance, Don | 1909-1990 |
US industrial designer born in Queens who graduated from New York University with a BA and the... |
Wallance |
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Lippincott, J. Gordon | 1909-1998 |
US industrial designer who graduated from Swarthmore College in 1931 as an engineer, and... |
Lippincott |
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Sandin, Raymond C. | 1910- 1986 |
U.S. industrial designer who was born in Sweden. He came to the U.S. at age 20 and studied... |
GE |
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Saarinen, Eero | 1910-1961 |
U.S. architect and furniture designer, born in Kirkkonummi, Finland, son of Eliel Saarinen,... |
Saarinen |
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Noyes, Eliot Fette | 1910-1977 |
US architect and industrial designer Eliot Noyes was born in Boston, studied architecture at... |
FIDSA, Noyes |
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Hodgman, Clare E. | 1911-1972 |
U.S. Industrial designer born in Buchanon, Michigan who started his career as a designer with... |
Hodgman |
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BecVar, Arthur N. | 1911-2003 |
U.S. industrial designer who graduated with a BFA from Notre Dame University in... |
BecVar, GE, Rideout |
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Mitchell, William L. | 1912-1988 |
U.S. automotive designer who was born in Cleveland and grew up in Greenville, PA. His father was... |
Mitchell |
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Lambach, Adolph | 1912-2008 |
United States Industrial designer born in Hamburg, Germany who immigrated with his parents to... |
Art Center, Habley Library, Lambach |
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Landor, Walter | 1913-1995 |
Industrial and package designer born in Munich, Germany, Landor was a founder/partner of the... |
Brand, Landor, Package, Trademark |
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Margulies, Walter | 1914-1986 |
Margulies had been an architect and interior designer for the Schine Company chain of hotels and... |
Brand, Lippincott, Margulies, Product |
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Renwick, William Crosby | 1914-1992 |
Bill Renwick received an architectural degree in 1937 and a masters degree in architecture in... |
Loewy, Renwick |
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Tremulis, Alex Sarantos | 1914-1994 |
U.S. automobile designer who was born in Chicago, Ill., and as a youngster, loved toy cars,... |
Tremulis |
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Dailey, Donald Earl | 1914-1997 |
A United States industrial designer who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and attended art... |
Dailey, FIDSA |
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Bertoia, Harry | 1915-1978 |
Sculptor and furniture designer who was born in Italy, Bertoia emigrated to U.S. in 1930, and... |
Bertoia |
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Yamasaki, Kim | 1915-1999 |
A U.S. industrial designer born in Los Angeles CA of Japanese immigrant... |
biography |
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Painter, David L. | 1915? |
U.S. industrial designer born in Monroeville, IN, who was a... |
biography |
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Risom, Jens | 1916 - |
This US industrial designer was born in Copenhagen and studied at the Copenhagen School of... |
Risom |
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Sixten Sason | 1916-1967 |
Swedish industrial designer born Sixten Andersson in Skövde, Sweden, was trained as a fine... |
Hasselblad, Husqvarna, Saab, Sixten Sason |
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Bourke, Robert E. | 1916-1996 |
This American industrial designer attended Chicago Art Institute and started as a staff designer... |
Bourke |
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Hauser, Jon William | 1916-1999 |
US industrial designer, born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Hauser began his career in 1936 with... |
FIDSA, Hauser |
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McCobb, Paul | 1917-1969 |
U.S. industrial designer who had no formal design training, but who opened his own studio in New... |
furniture |
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Boldt, Melvin H. | 1917-1981 |
U.S. industrial designer born in Chicago who attended the Armour Institute (now Illinois... |
Boldt |
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Hodges, Audrey Moore | 1918-1996 |
U.S. automotive designer born Audrey Moore in Plymouth, MI, she was probably the first full-time... |
Hodges |
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Penraat, Jaap | 1918-2006 |
US architect and industrial designer born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where he trained as an... |
Penraat |
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MacMinn, Strother | 1919-1998 |
U.S. auto designer and educator who grew up in Pasadena CA. A frequent visitor to automobile... |
MacMinn |
| Goldberg, Robert I. | 1919-ca. 2009? |
U.S. industrial designer born in Brooklyn, NY, who attended special art... |
biography | |
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Bordinat, Eugene | 1920-1987 |
U.S. automotive designer born in Toledo, Ohio who attended the University of Michigan for two... |
Bordinat |
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Doblin, Jay | 1920-1989 |
Jay Doblin (1920-1989) US industrial designer and educator. Jay was born in Brooklyn, NY and... |
Doblin, FIDSA |
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Latham, Richard S. | 1920-1991 |
Dick Latham was born in Kansas City, and studied engineering at Kansas City Engineering School.... |
FIDSA, Latham, Loewy |
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Egan, Philip S. | 1920-2008 |
US industrial designer born in Evanston, IL. Egan attended Stewart Technical Institute in New... |
Egan |
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Schory, Kenneth P. | 1921-1991 |
US industrial designer who graduated from Pratt Institute in 1942. He worked with Grumman... |
ASID |
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Alexander, James M. | 1921-2008 |
US industrial designer born in Chattanooga, TN who received a BS in architecture from the... |
architect, dean, FIDSA, Raymond Lowey |
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Jackson, Gifford L./IDSA, FDINZ, MCSD | 1922 |
U.S. industrial designer born in Auckland, New Zealand, who, at 90... |
biography |
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Graser, Clarence F. (Cal) | 1923- 2000 |
U.S. industrial designer who was born in Toledo, Ohio, served with the Army Air Force in World... |
Graser |
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Teague, Richard A. | 1923-1991 |
U.S. automotive designer who was born in Los Angeles. His mother worked in the motion picture... |
Teague |
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F. Eugene Smith (1923-2011) | 1923-2011 |
... |
biography |
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Papanek, Victor | 1925-1998 |
Designer, anthropologist, writer, and teacher, Victor Papanek was born in Vienna, Austria and... |
Author, furniture, Papanek |
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Specht, Paul | 1925-2005 |
That’s why I have a passion to try to understand. . . It’s a way of dealing with what I suppose... |
paul |
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Jordan, Charles 'Chuck' | 1927-2010 |
Automotive designer born in Whittier, CA. who, as a national award winner in the Fisher Body... |
Jordan |
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Stumpf, William "Bill" | 1936-2006 |
US industrial designer born in St. Louis, who received a degree in industrial design from the... |
furniture, Herman Miller, Stumpf |
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Hardy, Tom | 1946 |
Design strategist Tom Hardy was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1946. He attended Auburn... |
Tom Hardy |
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Otto, Carl | d.c. 1986 |
U.S. industrial designer, who was born Carl Louis Otto in Michigan and was trained as an... |
Otto |
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Farey, Arden | unknown-2009 |
Arden Farey, FIDSA A Personal Remberance I first met Arden in 1970 when I interviewed for an... |
Farey, FIDSA |