Alliance Of Art And Industry: Toledo Designs For A Modern America; Author: Doordan, Dennis P.; Joint Author: Toledo Museum Of Art; Hardback; Book

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Alliance Of Art And Industry: Toledo Designs For A Modern America

Author: Doordan, Dennis P.; Joint Author: Toledo Museum Of Art
Hardback; Book; 163 Colour & 54 B&w Illustrations
288 pages
Published: May 2002
Hudson Hills Press Inc
ISBN: 1555952186

This fascinating volume explores the impact of the industrial designer on America, using Toledo as a paradigm of the profound shift from manufacturing based solely on engineering to production involving design and marketing. Also explored are the role of the Toledo Museum of Art in this evolution and the role of professional design in shaping consumer products and mass taste in America.Essays and case studies by leading scholars and cultural historians are accompanied by illustrations ranging from icons of American culture to important examples of industrial design. Subjects include the evolution of the Jeep into the SUV; Libbey Glass; the Toledo Scale Company; and Norman Bel Geddes as strategic planner for the City of the Future.An exploration of the impact of the industrial designer on America, focusing on Toledo, Ohio. Essays and case studies by scholars and cultural historians are accompanied by illustrations ranging from icons of American culture to less familiar but important examples of industrial design.

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