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- "Akari Gemini" Lamp, circa 1950 -
- circa 1950
- Collections - Artifact
"Akari Gemini" Lamp, circa 1950
- Zenith Radio Nurse, 1938 - The first baby monitor was created by Zenith president, Eugene McDonald, Jr. Concerned for his daughter's safety following the 1932 Lindbergh baby kidnapping, McDonald's device allowed monitoring of children after bedtime. The "Guardian Ear" transmitter was installed in a child's bedroom while the "Radio Nurse" receiver was placed near parents. Sculptor Isamu Noguchi created the receiver's aesthetic, which looked like an abstracted image of a nurse with cap.
- 1938
- Collections - Artifact
Zenith Radio Nurse, 1938
The first baby monitor was created by Zenith president, Eugene McDonald, Jr. Concerned for his daughter's safety following the 1932 Lindbergh baby kidnapping, McDonald's device allowed monitoring of children after bedtime. The "Guardian Ear" transmitter was installed in a child's bedroom while the "Radio Nurse" receiver was placed near parents. Sculptor Isamu Noguchi created the receiver's aesthetic, which looked like an abstracted image of a nurse with cap.
- Noguchi Table, Used by D.J. De Pree -
- Collections - Artifact
Noguchi Table, Used by D.J. De Pree
- Letter from Isamu Noguchi regarding His Design of a Fountain for Ford Motor Company's World's Fair Exhibit Building, 1938 - Ford Motor Company, a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, hired sculptor Isamu Noguchi to design a fountain for its exhibition building in New York City's Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Noguchi used automobile parts to create a fountain that both fit the fair's "Building the World of Tomorrow" theme and expressed the power of Ford's revolutionary V-8 engine.
- November 30, 1938
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from Isamu Noguchi regarding His Design of a Fountain for Ford Motor Company's World's Fair Exhibit Building, 1938
Ford Motor Company, a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, hired sculptor Isamu Noguchi to design a fountain for its exhibition building in New York City's Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Noguchi used automobile parts to create a fountain that both fit the fair's "Building the World of Tomorrow" theme and expressed the power of Ford's revolutionary V-8 engine.
- Noguchi Table -
- Collections - Artifact
Noguchi Table
- Courtyard Fountain of the Ford Exhibition Building at the New York World's Fair, 1939 - Ford Motor Company, a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, hired sculptor Isamu Noguchi to design a fountain for its exhibition building in New York City's Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Noguchi used automobile parts to create a fountain that both fit the fair's "Building the World of Tomorrow" theme and expressed the power of Ford's revolutionary V-8 engine.
- 1939
- Collections - Artifact
Courtyard Fountain of the Ford Exhibition Building at the New York World's Fair, 1939
Ford Motor Company, a major participant in the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, hired sculptor Isamu Noguchi to design a fountain for its exhibition building in New York City's Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Noguchi used automobile parts to create a fountain that both fit the fair's "Building the World of Tomorrow" theme and expressed the power of Ford's revolutionary V-8 engine.