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- Alfred Taubman - <p>Become acquainted with "third dimensional thinking", Alfred Taubman's perspective on the way inventive people look at things with an eye to making them better. Explore the relationship between design and taste, and then join Taubman in a considered look at the rise of the mall, the multifaceted nature of retailing, and the power of threshold resistance as a window for gaining insight into the shopping experience.</p>
- July 05, 2010
- Collections - Video
Alfred Taubman
Become acquainted with "third dimensional thinking", Alfred Taubman's perspective on the way inventive people look at things with an eye to making them better. Explore the relationship between design and taste, and then join Taubman in a considered look at the rise of the mall, the multifaceted nature of retailing, and the power of threshold resistance as a window for gaining insight into the shopping experience.
- Telephone Table, 1990 -
- 1990
- Collections - Artifact
Telephone Table, 1990
- Telephone Table, 1990 -
- 1990
- Collections - Artifact
Telephone Table, 1990
- Pendant Lighting Fixture, 1990 -
- 1990
- Collections - Artifact
Pendant Lighting Fixture, 1990
- Pendant Lighting Fixture, 1990 -
- 1990
- Collections - Artifact
Pendant Lighting Fixture, 1990
- Bookcase, 1990 -
- 1990
- Collections - Artifact
Bookcase, 1990
- Credenza, 1990 -
- 1990
- Collections - Artifact
Credenza, 1990
- Coffee Table, 1990 -
- 1990
- Collections - Artifact
Coffee Table, 1990
- Portrait of Alfred O. Tate, 1895-1915 -
- 1895-1915
- Collections - Artifact
Portrait of Alfred O. Tate, 1895-1915
- Alfred Ely Beach, Inventor of the Beach Hydraulic Shield - Alfred Ely Beach (1826-1896), American inventor and publisher, constructed New York City’s first subway. The 312-foot-long experiment, constructed in 1870, ran under Broadway, with a single station near city hall. Beach also devised a cylindrical tunneling shield to protect workers as they dug the tunnel. Pneumatic power propelled the subway’s cars. The line was abandoned in 1873.
- Collections - Artifact
Alfred Ely Beach, Inventor of the Beach Hydraulic Shield
Alfred Ely Beach (1826-1896), American inventor and publisher, constructed New York City’s first subway. The 312-foot-long experiment, constructed in 1870, ran under Broadway, with a single station near city hall. Beach also devised a cylindrical tunneling shield to protect workers as they dug the tunnel. Pneumatic power propelled the subway’s cars. The line was abandoned in 1873.