Founders of American Industrial Design /
Gantz , Carroll , 1931 -
Founders of American Industrial Design / Carroll Gantz - Jefferson , North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc. , Publishers , [2014] - x, 208 Pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
The artless and art industries -- The arrival of art deco -- Modern design meets the depression -- Streamlining and the Chicago Fair -- Industrial design unleashed -- Recovery, plastics, and education -- Labor design and design organization -- War drums and the New York Fair -- Organic design and World War II -- The club and postwar -- Celebrity and good design -- Competition and controversy -- Cold War, mergers, and computers -- Postmodern and passages.
"As the 1929 Great Depression started, creative individuals from artistic fields responded to unprecedented demand style in the appearance and form of mechanical consumer products. The popular, modern designs by "Machine Designers" increased sales and profits dramatically. This book is about those few dozen industrial designers, and how they founded/developed today's profession of 50,000 practitioners"--
9780786476862 (softcover : alk. paper)
2014021287
Industrial designers--United States--Biography
Industrial design--History--United States
TS139 / .G36 2014
Founders of American Industrial Design / Carroll Gantz - Jefferson , North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc. , Publishers , [2014] - x, 208 Pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
The artless and art industries -- The arrival of art deco -- Modern design meets the depression -- Streamlining and the Chicago Fair -- Industrial design unleashed -- Recovery, plastics, and education -- Labor design and design organization -- War drums and the New York Fair -- Organic design and World War II -- The club and postwar -- Celebrity and good design -- Competition and controversy -- Cold War, mergers, and computers -- Postmodern and passages.
"As the 1929 Great Depression started, creative individuals from artistic fields responded to unprecedented demand style in the appearance and form of mechanical consumer products. The popular, modern designs by "Machine Designers" increased sales and profits dramatically. This book is about those few dozen industrial designers, and how they founded/developed today's profession of 50,000 practitioners"--
9780786476862 (softcover : alk. paper)
2014021287
Industrial designers--United States--Biography
Industrial design--History--United States
TS139 / .G36 2014