Norman Bel Geddes: founding american design. Nicolas P. Maffei

By:

Maffei, Nicolas P

Language: English Series: Cultural Histories of DesignPublication details: Bloomsbury Academic 2018 New YorkISBN:

9781474284615

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DDC classification:

745.2092 MAF-N

Summary: Norman Bel Geddes has long been considered the 'founder' of American industrial design. During his long career he worked on everything from theatre design, world fairs and cars to houses and product and packaging design. Nicolas P. Maffei's magisterial biography draws on original material from the archive at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin, and places Bel Geddes' work within the fast-changing cultural and intellectual contexts of his time. Maffei shows how Bel Geddes' futuristic but pragmatic style - his notion of 'practical vision' - was central to his work, and highly influential on the professional practice of American industrial design in general.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB L-1	Non Fiction	745.2092 MAF-N (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out to Shanu Sharma (PF128)	Rec. by Shikha Agrawal	20/01/2025	010946

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Norman Bel Geddes has long been considered the 'founder' of American industrial design. During his long career he worked on everything from theatre design, world fairs and cars to houses and product and packaging design. Nicolas P. Maffei's magisterial biography draws on original material from the archive at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin, and places Bel Geddes' work within the fast-changing cultural and intellectual contexts of his time. Maffei shows how Bel Geddes' futuristic but pragmatic style - his notion of 'practical vision' - was central to his work, and highly influential on the professional practice of American industrial design in general.

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