Streamlining America

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Streamlining America

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Author : Fannia Weingartner
language : en
Publisher: Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village
Release Date : 1986

Streamlining America written by Fannia Weingartner and has been published by Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Art categories.

Eugenic Design

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Author : Christina Cogdell
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2004

Eugenic Design written by Christina Cogdell and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Art categories.

In 1939, Vogue magazine invited commercial designer Raymond Loewy and eight of his contemporaries—including Walter Dorwin Teague, Egmont Arens, and Henry Dreyfuss—to design a dress for the "Woman of the Future" as part of its special issue promoting the New York World's Fair and its theme, "The World of Tomorrow." While focusing primarily on her clothing and accessories, many commented as well on the future woman's physique, predicting that her body and mind would be perfected through the implementation of eugenics. Industrial designers' fascination with eugenics—especially that of Norman Bel Geddes—began during the previous decade, and its principles permeated their theories of the modern design style known as "streamlining." In Eugenic Design, Christina Cogdell charts new territory in the history of industrial design, popular science, and American culture in the 1930s by uncovering the links between streamline design and eugenics, the pseudoscientific belief that the best human traits could—and should—be cultivated through selective breeding. Streamline designers approached products the same way eugenicists approached bodies. Both considered themselves to be reformers advancing evolutionary progress through increased efficiency, hygiene and the creation of a utopian "ideal type." Cogdell reconsiders the popular streamline style in U.S. industrial design and proposes that in theory, rhetoric, and context the style served as a material embodiment of eugenic ideology. With careful analysis and abundant illustrations, Eugenic Design is an ambitious reinterpretation of one of America's most significant and popular design forms, ultimately grappling with the question of how ideology influences design.

American Streamlined Design

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Author : David A. Hanks
language : en
Publisher: Flammarion
Release Date : 2005-08-30

American Streamlined Design written by David A. Hanks and has been published by Flammarion this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-30 with Design categories.

"The twentieth century loved machines and the speed they made possible. Speeding cars, trains, and planes promised to conquer space and time; their aerodynamic styling and metal skins embodied a new and modern beauty, one that especially enchanted American designers from the late 1920s through the 1950s. Streamlining became the popular American style for all sorts of objects: from toy scooters to typewriters, from power tools to teakettles." "This book celebrates this beauty as epitomized by the work of Raymond Loewy, Kem Weber, Henry Dreyfuss, Norman Bel Geddes, as well as in works by many lesser-known industrial designers whose products are presented here for the first time. The book also demonstrates the resurgence of interest in streamlining among international vanguard designers from the 1980s to the present." "This volume is illustrated with patent drawings and period photographs showing how these dynamically styled objects were used. The one hundred eighty objects presented here, drawn from the Eric Brill Collection (recently donated to the American Friends of Canada) and supplemented by pieces from the Stewart Collection at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, were photographed for this book. A full bibliography, biographies of the designers, and index complete the study."--BOOK JACKET.

Streamlined

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Author : Claude Lichtenstein
language : en
Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers
Release Date : 1994

Streamlined written by Claude Lichtenstein and has been published by Lars Muller Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Architecture categories.

Streamlining is a metaphor for progress, surprising in its formal diversity and breadth of content and meaning. It is not necessarily trying to achieve maximum spedd, but aims to produce the highest possible degree of effectiveness; to this extent it has remained entirely up-to-date. But as an impetus it is a historical phenomenon that peaked twice, first in the thirties and then in the fifties.

America History And Life

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

America History And Life written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Canada categories.

Article abstracts and citations of reviews and dissertations covering the United States and Canada.

American Heritage Society S Americana

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986

American Heritage Society S Americana written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Americana categories.

Arts In America Art Of The Native Americans Architecture Decorative Arts Design Sculptures Art Of The West

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Author : Bernard Karpel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979

Arts In America Art Of The Native Americans Architecture Decorative Arts Design Sculptures Art Of The West written by Bernard Karpel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Arts categories.

Material Culture In America

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Author : Helen Sheumaker
language : en
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Release Date : 2008

Material Culture In America written by Helen Sheumaker and has been published by ABC-CLIO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.

"You can tell a lot about people by looking at their stuff - the things they make, process, and value. That is the idea that drives the field of material culture, in which scholars explore the meaning of objects of a given society. This book is the first encyclopedia to look at the study of material culture and what it reveals about life in the United States."--Jacket.

Infopreneurs

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Author : H. Skip Weitzen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988-03-30

Infopreneurs written by H. Skip Weitzen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-03-30 with Business & Economics categories.

Shows how to turn information into income--explaining how to tap reserves of information, tailor it to the needs of the customer, and market it to business and government. Provides practical advice and insights from successful infopreneurs, including how to consolidate, isolate, and communicate information; generate new information products and services; and employ faster information for volatile markets. Shows how to bill for services using a computer, telephone and credit cards to obtain instant payment for information provided. Also shows how to tap the power of compiled names and data to enhance market effectiveness.

American Engineer And Railroad Journal

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1941

American Engineer And Railroad Journal written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1941 with Railroad engineering categories.