Janet Nickle collection, 1944-2002

Collection

Identifier: 008.03.06

Staff Only

Materials related to Institute of Design, primarily the text of lectures delivered in connection with the 1948 "Society and Design" seminar. Items include:

Reprint: The Task of This Generation: Reintegration of Art into Daily Life by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy; reprinted from the Department of Art Education N.E.A. 1944 Bulletin.
Typescripts: Lectures given at Institute of Design: Form and Motion by Gyorgy Kepes, Oct. 23, 1947; 11 pages. Design of the Economy by Abba Lerner, Feb. 12, 1948; 2 pages (2 copies). Design of Polity by Herman Finer, Feb. 26, 1948; 9 pages (2 copies). The Social Function of Art by Dilman W. Gotshalk, March 5, 1948; 10 pages. The Cultural Climate by Walter E. Weisskopf, March 11, 1948; 8 pages (2 copies). The Purpose of Design by James M. Fitch, March 25, 1948; 6 pages. The Means for Design by George Nelson, April 8, 1948; 8 pages (2 copies). The Means of Design by Konrad Wachsmann, April 8, 1948; 5 pages (2 copies). Information and Education by Taylor Poore, May 6, 1948; 6 pages (2 copies). Visual Propaganda by Thomas Baird, May 20, 1948; 8 pages (2 copies). Universal Requirements of a Dwelling Machine; no author or date; 1 page. Preview of Building by R. Buckminster Fuller, April 1, 1949, Ann Arbor Conference; 27 pages. Different Methods.
Publication: ID '74 being a combined seminar program (Chicago Bauhaus: Past, Present, and Future) for the ID alumni reunion event held May 11, 1974 and a directory of ID alumni, 1948 - 1973.
Publication: Excerpts from Papers Presented May 18, 1976/John E. Walley Commemoration Design Conference/Freedom and Identity; Copyright 1977 by the Trustees of the University of Illinois.
Publication: Tear sheets from Lifestyle 2000: Designing for the Third Millennium, a seminar sponsored by American Iron and Steel Institute. (No apparent ID connection.)
Symposium materials: Program and copy of remarks "Taken by Moholy: The Origins of the Institute of Design" by Lloyd C. Engelbrecht, 4/13/2002. Symposium held in connection with Art Institute of Chicago exhibit "Taken By Design: Photographs From the Institute of Design, 1937-1971."