The alliance of art and industry : Toledo designs for a modern America.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Toledo Museum of Art.

Riffe Gallery.

San Francisco Airport Museums.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Toledo Museum of Art.

Industrial design--Ohio--Toledo--Exhibitions.

Industrial design.

Decorative arts--Ohio--Toledo--Exhibitions.

Decorative arts.

Toledo Museum of Art--Exhibitions.

Ohio--Toledo.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

234 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toledo, Ohio : Toledo Museum of Art ; New York : Distributed by Hudson Hills Press : Distributed in the United States through National Book Network, [2002]

Summary:

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."

Notes:

Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Toledo Art Museum from Mar. 24-June 16, 2002, and at the Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery from Aug. 8-Oct. 19, 2002, and at the San Francisco Airport Museums from Jan.-July 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1555952186

0935172157

OCLC:

47996126