| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 339 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Series |
Excelsior editions |
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Excelsior editions.
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| Contents |
List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Origins of the Firm. Chapter 1. The Education of Henry Dreyfuss ; Chapter 2. Doris Marks, Borough President's Daughter ; Chapter 3. Launching the Firm -- Part II. The Path to Recognition. Chapter 4. Stepping Stones to Success ; Chapter 5. The Famous Train, 20th Century Limited ; Chapter 6. American Export Lines ; Chapter 7. Lockheed Aircraft and Air Force One ; Chapter 8. Promotional activities -- Part III. The ensemble becomes an orchestra. Chapter 9. Bell telephone system ; Chapter 10. John Deere ; Chapter 11. Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company ; Chapter 12. Crane Company ; Chapter 13. Anthropometrics -- Part IV. Reorganization and Eventual Dissolution. Chapter 14. Expanding Business ; Chapter 15. Reorganization ; Chapter 16. After Dreyfuss Left -- Appendix. Design Highlights Chosen by Dreyfuss. 10 Years of Industrial Design 1929-1939 ; A Record of Industrial Designs 1929 through 1946 ; Industrial Design, A Progress Report, 1929-1952 ; Industrial design, a pictorial accounting, 1929-1957 ; Industrial design volume 5 |
| Summary |
Celebrates the design work of Henry Dreyfuss and his associates that revolutionized 20th century industrial design from telephones to trains to thermostats |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-334) and index |
| Subject |
Dreyfuss, Henry, 1904-1972.
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| SUBJECT |
Dreyfuss, Henry, 1904-1972 fast |
| Subject |
Henry Dreyfuss Associates -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Henry Dreyfuss Associates fast |
| Subject |
Industrial designers -- United States -- Biography
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Industrial design -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Industrial design
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Industrial designers
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Meyer, R. O. (Ralph O.), author.
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| ISBN |
1438491395 |
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9781438491394 |
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