The First Twin Towers–The Chrysler Building (1930) and the Empire State Building (1931) The Empire State Building: Part One Like the clouds of fog hovering around its spire, the Empire State Building is shrouded in myth, lore, and legend. Design-wise, it is an...
Raymond Mathewson Hood (1881-1934) The Radiator Building (1924) Alone among a gathering of preening male artists commandeered by her husband, Alfred Stieglitz, to represent American Modernism, Georgia O’Keeffe began painting the most phallic of topics, the New...
Walter Teague and the Radio Technology as Furniture In 1936, designer Walter Teague discussed “Industrial Art and Its Future” at New York University in relation to the upcoming New York World’s Fair, saying that although the fair would be a large...
Walter Dorwin Teague (1883-1960) The Camera in Style The timing of the Gift Kodak could not have been worse and boded ill for the new partnership of Walter Teague and America’s most famous maker of cameras. Released in November of 1931, the “Gift...
Walter Dorwin Teague (1883-1960) From Art Deco to Streamline It is now time to speak of Bluebirds and Bantams and the occasional Marmon, with the inclusion of the late arrivals, Pringles, all of which were designed by Walter Teague. Teague brought us the modern gas...
