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...
A Fair at the Edge of Time The Futurama of Norman Bel Geddes In the early decades of the twenty-first century, when women speak out and say “Me Too,” one has grown accustomed to the time-honored art historical practice of ignoring the bad behavior of male...
Aerodynamics and the American Home Norman Bel Geddes and Consumerism The American public learned how to spend money on consumer goods in the Roaring Twenties. The Great War had forced the United States to grow up quickly and the techniques of mass production or...
Bringing Streamline Design Home Norman Bel Geddes (1893-1958) Today the name “Mar-a-Lago” is on everyone’s lips but for all the wrong reasons. The current owner is not important in the history of design but the architect for this famous dwelling was...
