Industrial design
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Industrial and Technical Drawing Department collection, 1962
Collection
Identifier: 004.06.04
Description of the Collection
1. Industrial Graphics Management and Design 2. Henry C. Spencer honorary lunch, 1962
Dates:
1962
Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962
Collection
Identifier: 008.01.01
Abstract
This collection documents the activities of Institute of Design and its predecessor schools, ca. 1937 to ca. 1955. It encompasses the academic and creative materials of the New Bauhaus, Chicago School of Design, and the Institute of Design. The collection includes academic catalogues, class and school activities announcements, biographical materials on faculty and students, examples of artistic works, exhibit catalogues and announcements of student, alumni professional activities,...
Dates:
1937-1962
Jay Doblin papers, 1946-1988
Collection
Identifier: 008.02.03
Description of the Collection
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...
Dates:
1946-1988
John T. Rettaliata collection, 1965-2005
Collection
Identifier: 024.05.01
Description of the Collection
Materials pertaining to John T. Rettaliata, president of IIT from 1952 until 1973. These include: 1) A color photograph (8" x 10") of Rettaliata in retirement, ca. 2005. 2) Reception and Dinner honoring Rettaliatas retirement, held May 3, 1973 3) printed copy of "Better Buildings, Better Industrial Design, and Better Cities," an address by Rettaliata at the Chicago Club, June 4, 1954
Dates:
1965-2005
Oscar A. Turner papers, 1945-1957
Collection
Identifier: 038.01.31
Description of the Collection
A manuscript by Oscar A. Turner entitled "A Prelude to an Unknown Designer in Industry: A Missing Chapter of Industrial Design of Industrial Art, the New Fine Art Profession of Industry Unveiled" and correspondence related to it.The manuscript is an oversize (13x18") handwritten 33-page document, in which Turner campaigns for the use of the word "fabritecture" to replace the term "industrial design." The first 31 pages are dated 1956, and...
Dates:
1945-1957
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