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Streamliner : Raymond Loewy and Image-Making in the Age of American Industrial Design by John Wall (2018, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press

ISBN-101421425742

ISBN-139781421425740

eBay Product ID (ePID)240972176

Product Key Features

Number of Pages344 Pages

Publication NameStreamliner : Raymond Loewy and Image-Making in the Age of American Industrial Design

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

SubjectMarketing / General, Economic History, United States / 20th Century, Industrial, Industrial Design / General, Business

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaDesign, Technology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History

AuthorJohn Wall

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight21.8 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width7.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2017-044506

ReviewsThis book adds another important chapter to the legendary work of the man who essentially created the field of industrial design, thus making the corpus of his career's work available to a new generation of readers., ""This book adds another important chapter to the legendary work of the man who essentially created the field of industrial design, thus making the corpus of his career's work available to a new generation of readers.""

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal745.2092 B

Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. New Shores: Creating a Biography on the Fly Chapter 2. Portrait of the Young Engineer as an Artist Chapter 3. The Artist (and Others) Shape the Things to Come Chapter 4. Birth of a Salesman: Cold Calls, Clients, and Creativity Chapter 5. Big Engines: Emergence of a Design Genius Chapter 6. Constructing an Image while Building a Business Chapter 7. Engines of Industry: Tractors, Tour Buses, and Ships Chapter 8. Studebaker Beginnings: Internal Combustion, Internal Dissention, External Design Chapter 9. The Starliner Coupe: Studebaker's Breakthrough Design Chapter 10. Avanti: Car Design Leaps Forward Chapter 11. Becoming a Businessman: Building an Industry Chapter 12. The Sales Curve Wanes Chapter 13. The Long Road Down Chapter 14. Legacy Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisBorn in Paris in 1893 and trained as an engineer, Raymond Loewy revolutionized twentieth-century American industrial design. Combining salesmanship and media savvy, he created bright, smooth, and colorful logos for major corporations that included Greyhound, Exxon, and Nabisco. His designs for Studebaker automobiles, Sears Coldspot refrigerators, Lucky Strike cigarette packs, and Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives are iconic. Beyond his timeless designs, Loewy carefully built an international reputation through the assiduous courting of journalists and tastemakers to become the face of both a new profession and a consumer-driven vision of the American dream. In Streamliner , John Wall traces the evolution of an industry through the lens of Loewy's eclectic life, distinctive work, and invented persona. How, he asks, did Loewy build a business while transforming himself into a national brand a half century before "branding" became relevant? Placing Loewy in context with the emerging consumer culture of the latter half of the twentieth century, Wall explores how his approach to business complemented--or differed from--that of his well-known contemporaries, including industrial designers Henry Dreyfuss, Walter Teague, and Norman Bel Geddes. Wall also reveals how Loewy tailored his lifestyle to cement the image of "designer" in the public imagination, and why the self-promotion that drove Loewy to the top of his profession began to work against him at the end of his career. Streamliner is an important and engaging work on one of the longest-lived careers in industrial design., Born in Paris in 1893 and trained as an engineer, Raymond Loewy revolutionized twentieth-century American industrial design. Combining salesmanship and media savvy, he created bright, smooth, and colorful logos for major corporations that included Greyhound, Exxon, and Nabisco. His designs for Studebaker automobiles, Sears Coldspot refrigerators, Lucky Strike cigarette packs, and Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives are iconic. Beyond his timeless designs, Loewy carefully built an international reputation through the assiduous courting of journalists and tastemakers to become the face of both a new profession and a consumer-driven vision of the American dream. In Streamliner , John Wall traces the evolution of an industry through the lens of Loewy's eclectic life, distinctive work, and invented persona. How, he asks, did Loewy build a business while transforming himself into a national brand a half century before "branding" became relevant? Placing Loewy in context with the emerging consumer culture of the latter half of the twentieth century, Wall explores how his approach to business complemented--or differed from--that of his well-known contemporaries, including industrial designers Henry Dreyfuss, Walter Teague, and Norman Bel Geddes. Wall also reveals how Loewy tailored his lifestyle to cement the image of "designer" in the public imagination and why the self-promotion that drove Loewy to the top of his profession began to work against him at the end of his career. Streamliner is an important and engaging work on one of the longest-lived careers in industrial design., The true story of Raymond Loewy, whose designs are still celebrated for their unerring ability to advance American consumer taste. Born in Paris in 1893 and trained as an engineer, Raymond Loewy revolutionized twentieth-century American industrial design. Combining salesmanship and media savvy, he created bright, smooth, and colorful logos for major corporations that included Greyhound, Exxon, and Nabisco. His designs for Studebaker automobiles, Sears Coldspot refrigerators, Lucky Strike cigarette packs, and Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives are iconic. Beyond his timeless designs, Loewy carefully built an international reputation through the assiduous courting of journalists and tastemakers to become the face of both a new profession and a consumer-driven vision of the American dream. In Streamliner , John Wall traces the evolution of an industry through the lens of Loewy's eclectic life, distinctive work, and invented persona. How, he asks, did Loewy build a business while transforming himself into a national brand a half century before "branding" became relevant? Placing Loewy in context with the emerging consumer culture of the latter half of the twentieth century, Wall explores how his approach to business complemented--or differed from--that of his well-known contemporaries, including industrial designers Henry Dreyfuss, Walter Teague, and Norman Bel Geddes. Wall also reveals how Loewy tailored his lifestyle to cement the image of "designer" in the public imagination and why the self-promotion that drove Loewy to the top of his profession began to work against him at the end of his career. Streamliner is an important and engaging work on one of the longest-lived careers in industrial design., Born in Paris in 1893 and trained as an engineer, Raymond Loewy revolutionized twentieth-century American industrial design. Combining salesmanship and media savvy, he created bright, smooth, and colorful logos for major corporations that included Greyhound, Exxon, and Nabisco. His designs for Studebaker automobiles, Sears Coldspot ......, Born in Paris in 1893 and trained as an engineer, Raymond Loewy revolutionized twentieth-century American industrial design. Combining salesmanship and media savvy, he created bright, smooth, and colorful logos for major corporations that included Greyhound, Exxon, and Nabisco. His designs for Studebaker automobiles, Sears Coldspot refrigerators, Lucky Strike cigarette packs, and Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives are iconic. Beyond his timeless designs, Loewy carefully built an international reputation through the assiduous courting of journalists and tastemakers to become the face of both a new profession and a consumer-driven vision of the American dream. In Streamliner , John Wall traces the evolution of an industry through the lens of Loewy's eclectic life, distinctive work, and invented persona. How, he asks, did Loewy build a business while transforming himself into a national brand a half century before ""branding"" became relevant? Placing Loewy in context with the emerging consumer culture of the latter half of the twentieth century, Wall explores how his approach to business complemented'or differed'from that of his well-known contemporaries, including industrial designers Henry Dreyfuss, Walter Teague, and Norman Bel Geddes. Wall also reveals how Loewy tailored his lifestyle to cement the image of ""designer"" in the public imagination, and why the self-promotion that drove Loewy to the top of his profession began to work against him at the end of his career. Streamliner is an important and engaging work on one of the longest-lived careers in industrial design.

LC Classification NumberTS140.L63W35 2018