Rettaliata essay "Better Buildings, Better Industrial Design", 1954

The Jay Doblin collection is heavily composed of graphic materials and photo prints, much of it generated in support of his “One Hundred Great Product Designs” research (and subsequent books). But it also amply documents the Institute of Design, with files on student projects/theses, various courses (including some syllabi), space station designs from 1986, Ken Isaccs and his Knowledge Box, and clipping files (mainly from Chicago newspapers) on notable ID achievements (especially student inventions). Doblin also collected dozens of national and international design trade magazines that included his essays and/or profiled ID. Also present are several files that include Dobin’s typed commentary on various topics, including the instructional and institutional health of IIT in the early 1960s. Finally, some files contain information on Doblin’s private practice, including market studies and his work with and for Unimark International.