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Discovering Design: Peter Bressler Peter Bressler
Jim Hansen on Discovering Design
Jim Hansen on Discovering Design James Hansen, FIDSA

Jim Hansen talks about childhood interests that foreshadow becoming an industrial designer.

IBM PC Keyboard
IBM PC Keyboard Tom Hardy

Tom Hardy talks about getting the details and performance right in developing the first IBM P.C. keyboard.

Working for Studebaker-Worthington in France
Working for Studebaker-Worthington in France Paul Specht

Paul Specht talks about working for Studebaker-Worthington in France on a large scale machinery.

Lessons learned in graduate school
Lessons learned in graduate school Tom David

Tom David talks about graduate school and learning from Clair Samhammer, Melvin Best, and Dean Meyers.

Designing the DC 10 automated test bench
Designing the DC 10 automated test bench Tom David

Tom David talks about the design of the DC 10 Automated Test Bench and the unique contributions that industrial design makes within companies.

Design work on the DC 10
Design work on the DC 10 Paul Specht

Tom David talks about his years as a designer for McDonnall Douglas and his, work on the DC 10.

Adaptability
Adaptability Paul Specht

Paul Specht talks about designing in Europe and tells a story about adaptability.

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Successful design Rudy Krolopp

Rudy Krolopp, former design director for Motorola talks about the keys to successful design.

An Internship with Raymond Loewy
Designing the Tucker automobile Budd Steinhilber

Excerpt from Bret Smith's 1995 interview with Budd Steinhilber. Copyright 1995 and 1997, Bret H. Smith. All rights reserved.

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Learning how to manage industrial design projects Liz Powell

Excerpted from a 1995 interview with Liz Powell, former director of design for Sony USA, and former Vice President of Sony Signitures. Copyright 1995 and 2007 Bret H. Smith. All rights reserved.

An Internship with Raymond Loewy
An Internship with Raymond Loewy Budd Steinhilber

Budd Steinhilber, FIDSA, recalls his time as a summer intern at the Raymond Loewy office in New York City. This clip is excerpted from an interview with Bret H. Smith, IDSA in 1995. Copyright 1995 and 2003, Bret H. Smith. All rights reserved.

Eliot Noyes, Gliders and Observation
Eliot Noyes, Gliders and Observation
Eliot Noyes, Gliders and Observation Tom Hardy

Tom Hardy talks about Eliot Noyes and about the importance of observation. From an interview with Bret Smith in 2007. Copyright 2007 and 2008, Bret H. Smith. All rights reserved.

The John Deere 4020 presentation
The John Deere 4020 presentation. Chuck Pelly

Chuck Pelly talks about how even the best planned presentations can have unexpected results.

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Michael Graves' tea kettles Ed Zagorski

Ed Zagorski,FIDSA speaks about Michael Graves' Tea Kettles. This clip is excerpted from an interview with Bret H. Smith, IDSA in 1996. © Copyright 1996 and 2008, Bret H. Smith. All rights reserved.