Norman Bel Geddes Designs America
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (825 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1419702998 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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He lives in New York.. About the AuthorDonald Albrecht is the curator of architecture and design at the Museum of the City of New York, as well as an independent curator
Donald Albrecht is the curator of architecture and design at the Museum of the City of New York, as well as an independent curator. He lives in New York.
Meet Mister Future Most people interested in design will be familiar with a lot of Norman Bel Geddes work but I didn't realize how wide ranging his creativity was. For example I had no idea that one commission, in 19Meet Mister Future Robin Most people interested in design will be familiar with a lot of Norman Bel Geddes work but I didn't realize how wide ranging his creativity was. For example I had no idea that one commission, in 1940, was a redesign of Crowell-Collier's Woman's Home Journal, The American and Colliers (not a success it seems) or that he designed nearly a hundre. 0, was a redesign of Crowell-Collier's Woman's Home Journal, The American and Colliers (not a success it seems) or that he designed nearly a hundre. Great find Loomey Did not know enough about this very influential designer. Saw the show in Austin, the book is a wonderful compliment.. We both love Deco and Moderne furniture and design and found this This was a gift for my husband. We both love Deco and Moderne furniture and design and found this book to be fabulous. It's easy to spend hours poring over the beautiful images.
This companion volume explores Bel Geddes’s life and career in comprehensive detail through nearly 100 projects, ranging from streamlined airplanes, ships, and cars, to stage sets, appliances, and much more. Norman Bel Geddes Designs America accompanies a landmark exhibition exploring the career of Norman Bel Geddes (1893–1958), one of the 20th century’s foremost theatrical and industrial designers. He is perhaps best known for his Futurama display for the General Motors Highways and Horizons exhibit at the New York World’s Fair of 1939–40, which to this day remains a useful model for city planning and design. In addition to Albrecht, who has written the introduction, twenty scholars have contributed essays. The exhibition is curated by Donald Albrecht, who contributed the book’s introduction and serves as its editor. Both the exhibition and the book bring together never-before-seen drawings, models, photographs, and films drawn from the Ransom Center’s Bel Geddes collection. The exhibition I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America opens in September 2012 at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, and will travel to the Museum of the City of New York.Praise for Norman Bel Geddes Designs America:“For those who have never heard of Geddes, this book will be a revelation, an introduction to a brilliant craftsman and draftsman, a master of style, the 20th century’s Leonardo da Vinci, who was able to re