Founders of American Industrial Design

Carroll Gantz is a professional industrial designer who holds several dozen patents. A long-time Black & Decker design director, and a Carnegie Mellon University professor, he is a past president of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). He lives on Seabrook Island in South Carolina.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments delete ixPreface delete 1Introduction delete 31. The “Artless” and “Art” Industries delete 52. The Arrival of Art Deco delete 173. Modern Design Meets the Depression delete 294. Streamlining and the Chicago Fair delete 425. Industrial Design Unleashed delete 566. Recovery, Plastics, and Education delete 697. Labor Design and Design Organization delete 818. War Drums and the New York Fair delete 959. Organic Design and World War II delete 11010. “The Club” and Postwar delete 12311. Celebrity and “Good Design” delete 13412. Competition and Controversy delete 14613. Cold War, Mergers, and Computers delete 16114. Postmodern and Passages delete 174Chapter Notes delete 185Bibliography delete 188Index delete 191

“A wonderful read about the men and women who, like Raymond Loewy, have shaped so much of this world we live in.”—Avanti Magazine