Design and Making
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The Industrial Revolution in America radically altered how things were made and how workers did their jobs. With many new products on the market, manufacturers depended upon advertisers and designers to ensure that their products would stand out. By the mid-1900s, design came to imply not only aesthetic refinement of products but also an emphasis on problem-solving. These artifacts represent design and making landmarks across our collection.
1939 Douglas DC-3 Airplane - 7
The DC-3 is an aviation landmark, significant technologically and successful commercially. But it is also a design landmark, whose appearance inspired designers in fields as diverse as architecture and automobiles. Walter Dorwin Teague -- comparing its contours to the elemental forms of fish, birds, and falling drops of water -- concluded that there was no more exciting form in modern design.
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