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- Sketch for the Cornell-Liberty Safety Car, 1956 - Industrial designer Raymond Loewy produced a series of design drawings for the "Safety Car" built in 1957 by Cornell University and the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. The finished concept car incorporated more than 60 safety improvements from seat belts, to padded interior surfaces, to accordion-style folding doors.
- 1956
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Sketch for the Cornell-Liberty Safety Car, 1956
Industrial designer Raymond Loewy produced a series of design drawings for the "Safety Car" built in 1957 by Cornell University and the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. The finished concept car incorporated more than 60 safety improvements from seat belts, to padded interior surfaces, to accordion-style folding doors.
- Sketch for the Cornell-Liberty Safety Car, 1956 - Industrial designer Raymond Loewy produced a series of design drawings for the "Safety Car" built in 1957 by Cornell University and the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. The finished concept car incorporated more than 60 safety improvements from seat belts, to padded interior surfaces, to accordion-style folding doors.
- 1956
- Collections - Artifact
Sketch for the Cornell-Liberty Safety Car, 1956
Industrial designer Raymond Loewy produced a series of design drawings for the "Safety Car" built in 1957 by Cornell University and the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. The finished concept car incorporated more than 60 safety improvements from seat belts, to padded interior surfaces, to accordion-style folding doors.
- Sketch for the Cornell-Liberty Safety Car, 1956 - Industrial designer Raymond Loewy produced a series of design drawings for the "Safety Car" built in 1957 by Cornell University and the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. The finished concept car incorporated more than 60 safety improvements from seat belts, to padded interior surfaces, to accordion-style folding doors.
- circa 1956
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Sketch for the Cornell-Liberty Safety Car, 1956
Industrial designer Raymond Loewy produced a series of design drawings for the "Safety Car" built in 1957 by Cornell University and the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. The finished concept car incorporated more than 60 safety improvements from seat belts, to padded interior surfaces, to accordion-style folding doors.
- Cardboard Chair, 1965-1969 -
- 1965-1969
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Cardboard Chair, 1965-1969
- Prototype Lawn Mower, Designed by Norman Swanson, circa 1956 - Norman Swanson created this prototype lawn mower that he used to mow his family's land in suburban Warrenville, Illinois. He configured a multiple-cutter system and mounted it under his International Harvester Cub Lo-Boy tractor. He also designed a deflector above the blades to better pulverize the grass clippings. Swanson received patents for these two lawn mowing innovations in 1959.
- circa 1956
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Prototype Lawn Mower, Designed by Norman Swanson, circa 1956
Norman Swanson created this prototype lawn mower that he used to mow his family's land in suburban Warrenville, Illinois. He configured a multiple-cutter system and mounted it under his International Harvester Cub Lo-Boy tractor. He also designed a deflector above the blades to better pulverize the grass clippings. Swanson received patents for these two lawn mowing innovations in 1959.
- Wooden Model of Ford Motor Company T22 Prototype Armored Car, November 1942 - Like other American automakers, Ford Motor Company manufactured vehicles and materiel for the Allies during World War II. Ford engineers designed the T22 armored car as a comparatively small and lightweight scouting vehicle. After tests and further modifications, it was designated the M8. Ford built more than 8,000 of these armored cars from 1943 to 1945.
- November 13, 1942
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Wooden Model of Ford Motor Company T22 Prototype Armored Car, November 1942
Like other American automakers, Ford Motor Company manufactured vehicles and materiel for the Allies during World War II. Ford engineers designed the T22 armored car as a comparatively small and lightweight scouting vehicle. After tests and further modifications, it was designated the M8. Ford built more than 8,000 of these armored cars from 1943 to 1945.
- Aeron Task Chair, Pre-Production Prototype, 1994 - Designers Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf explored new materials that could replicate the cooling effect of historic wicker furniture and studied human sitting habits to create Herman Miller's groundbreaking Aeron task chair. One of the last in a series of experimental prototypes, this 1994 version incorporates the distinctive skeletal appearance that exemplified the production Aeron introduced later that year.
- 1994
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Aeron Task Chair, Pre-Production Prototype, 1994
Designers Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf explored new materials that could replicate the cooling effect of historic wicker furniture and studied human sitting habits to create Herman Miller's groundbreaking Aeron task chair. One of the last in a series of experimental prototypes, this 1994 version incorporates the distinctive skeletal appearance that exemplified the production Aeron introduced later that year.
- Walking Office Prototype with Telephone Receiver, circa 1984 - The Walking Office Wearable Computer is a prototype model created by the design group Salotto Dinamico. This proposed device subverted where (and when) the office could be, turning the human body into a mobile workstation. A keyboard, display arc, and cassette recorder became personal adornment--also capable of pairing with an acoustic modem to exchange data through telephone lines.
- circa 1984
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Walking Office Prototype with Telephone Receiver, circa 1984
The Walking Office Wearable Computer is a prototype model created by the design group Salotto Dinamico. This proposed device subverted where (and when) the office could be, turning the human body into a mobile workstation. A keyboard, display arc, and cassette recorder became personal adornment--also capable of pairing with an acoustic modem to exchange data through telephone lines.
- Model Wearing Walking Office Wearable Computer Prototype, circa 1984 - The Walking Office Wearable Computer is a prototype model created by the design group Salotto Dinamico. This proposed device subverted where (and when) the office could be, turning the human body into a mobile workstation. A keyboard, display arc, and cassette recorder became personal adornment--also capable of pairing with an acoustic modem to exchange data through telephone lines.
- circa 1984
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Model Wearing Walking Office Wearable Computer Prototype, circa 1984
The Walking Office Wearable Computer is a prototype model created by the design group Salotto Dinamico. This proposed device subverted where (and when) the office could be, turning the human body into a mobile workstation. A keyboard, display arc, and cassette recorder became personal adornment--also capable of pairing with an acoustic modem to exchange data through telephone lines.
- Sample Relief of New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame "Michael" Award - Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.
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Sample Relief of New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame "Michael" Award
Starting in the early 1980s--and already established as an internationally recognized architect--Michael Graves began to pursue a parallel career as a product designer. Over the following three and a half decades he and his collaborators designed everything from humble household goods to limited edition luxury items for clients as diverse as Steuben, Alessi, Target, J. C. Penney, and Disney.