Title & Author:

Norman Bel Geddes designs America / Donald Albrecht, editor.

Publication:

New York : Abrams, 2012.

Description:

399 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm

Notes:
Issued in connection with an exhibition held Sept. 11, 2012-Jan. 6, 2013, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin, and at the Museum of the City of New York.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-385) and index.
Norman Bel Geddes and a spiritual philosophy of art and inspiration / Danielle Brune Sigler -- Practical vision and the business of design : Norman Bel Geddes Incorporated / Nicolas Paolo Maffei -- Imagining consumers : Norman Bel Geddes and American consumer culture / Regina Lee Blaszczyk -- On the road to the future / Dave Croke -- "A few years ahead" : defining a modernism with popular appeal / Jeffrey L. Meikle -- The future is here : Norman Bel Geddes and the theater of time / Sandy Isenstadt -- Theater productions / Christin Essin -- Theaters / Laura McGuire -- Modular and mobile / Christopher Innes -- Furniture / Christopher Long -- Domestic media designs / Nick Muntean -- Housing / Monica Penick -- Workplaces / Katherine Feo Kelly -- Futurama / Lawrence W. Speck -- Theater of war / Christina Cogdell -- The Bel Geddes process / Andrea Gustavson -- Graphic design / Peter Hall.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"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. 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. 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. 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. The exhibition is curated by Donald Albrecht, who contributed the book's introduction and serves as its editor. In addition to Albrecht, who has written the introduction, twenty scholars have contributed essays. 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."--Publisher's website.

ISBN:

9781419702990 (alk. paper)
1419702998 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Geddes, Norman Bel, 1893-1958 Criticism and interpretation.
Geddes, Norman Bel Criticism and interpretation.
Geddes, Norman Bel.
Geddes, Norman Bel, 1893-1958
Geddes, Norman Bel 1893-1958
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center.
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Exhibitions.
Design United States History 20th century.
Design États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Design United States History Exhibitions. 20th century.
Design
Architektur
Gebrauchsgrafik
Design historia.
Design United States History 20th century Exhibitions.
United States

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition Publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Books.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Exhibition publications.

Added entries:

Albrecht, Donald, editor.
Sigler, Danielle Brune, author. Norman Bel Geddes and a spiritual philosophy of art and inspiration.
Geddes, Norman Bel, 1893-1958. Works. Selections.
Albrecht, Donald editor.
Geddes, Norman Bel, 1893-1958
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center host institution.
Museum of the City of New York host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 280200
Call No.: BIB 216713
Status: Available