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  W. Dorwin Teague; designer of everyday stuff; 94 | The San Diego Union-Tribune
Dorwin Teague, an industrial designer and inventor who built, quite literally, the stuff of everyday life, died Sept. 16 in Carbondale, Colo. He was 94.
Teague, who was overshadowed early in his career by his father, Walter Dorwin Teague, one of the most eminent designers of the 1920s and '30s, was responsible for some of the most recognizable artifacts of the postwar culture.
Teague left to work for his father's firm; in the 1940s and '50s, as an engineer for Bendix Aviation Corp., he designed the Lark surface-to-surface and the Loki surface-to-air liquid propellant rockets.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20041005/news_1m5teague.html   (436 words)

  
 Airport Journals
Walter Teague was cheirman of the board of design for the 1939 New York World's Fair.
Teague later received widespread acclaim for his Baby Brownie camera (1933), which was one of the first consumer products made of a soft-edged, body-shell plastic.
Teague held the position of chairman of the board of design for the New York World's Fair of 1939, showing his growing influence and "elder statesman" status in the industrial design profession.
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 Walter Dorwin Teague - Information from Reference.com
Walter Dorwin Teague (December 18, 1883 - December 5, 1960) was an Art Deco designer and industrial designer.
Walter Dorwin Teague and his son of the same name made contributions to many basic industrial and consumer products, including the A.B. Dick Mimeograph to Cold War missiles like the Lark and Loki.
Teague's son won an award from the Industrial Designers Institute for a fully-reclinable dentist's chair, which allowed dentists to sit while working on patients.
www.reference.com /search?q=Walter+Dorwin+Teague   (425 words)

  
 Coachbult.com - Walter Dorwin Teague   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Dorwin Teague was standing next to a vehicle he hadn't seen in nearly 70 years.
Teague's creation was an all aluminum automobile, including a V-12 OHV engine that used an aluminum block and heads.
Teague was accompanied at the Concours by his son Louis Teague, a film director whose credits include Romancing the Stone, Navy Seals, several Stephen King movies and a film entitled Collision Course, in which he directed Concours MC and participant, Jay Leno in 1987.
www.coachbuilt.com /des/t/teague_w/teague_w.htm   (2446 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE Design This Year: Walter Dorwin Teague's Legacy Turns 80   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Teague's extensive heritage exemplifies the company's unique industry position and proves the essential backdrop for the people-centric design philosophy that propels the company into the future.
Founded in 1926 by Walter Dorwin Teague, Seattle-based Teague is an award-winning industrial design firm, internationally recognized for the past eight decades as a thoughtful team with a talent for creating evocative designs.
Teague is celebrating its 80th Anniversary in 2006 and continues to innovate with work for the likes of Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Panasonic, Samsung, Xbox and Nike.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=113288   (567 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Walter Dorwin Teague
Walter Dorwin Teague (December 18, 1883 - December 5, 1960) was an Art Deco designer.
He designed cameras for Eastman Kodak, glassware for Steuben and Texaco gas stations.
Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
www.internet-encyclopedia.org /wiki.php?title=Walter_Dorwin_Teague   (106 words)

  
 Core77 - 80 Years of Teague Design
Teague's goal was to develop the relationship to the point where the client saw the team as their own, enabling them to be a part of bigger decision-making conversations that most consultants are not a privy to.
The mission was to return Teague to the forefront of design, doing groundbreaking work for A-list clients while retaining their low-key, collaborative way.
Teague responded to this daunting task by immediately involving top Microsoft decision makers in working sessions both at Microsoft and Teague locations.
www.core77.com /reactor/08.06_teague.asp   (1678 words)

  
 Walter Dorwin Teague - Definition, explanation
Teague's legacy continues today as his company Walter Dorwin Teague Associates remains an important industrial design consultancy.
Based in Seattle, Washington, Teague has worked with clients such as Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Boeing.
This relationship with Boeing has lasted through the years with Teague's Aviation Studios work on every Boeing aircraft including the 707, 747, 777 and 787.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/w/wa/walter_dorwin_teague.php   (132 words)

  
 Balboa Park, San Diego
Industrial Designer Walter Dorwin Teague used Kahn's designs for the Century of Progress Ford Building and for the General Motors Building as sources for the building put in Balboa Park, San Diego, for the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition.
Executives told Teague to cut the tower to 90 ft., the diameter of the main ring to 300 ft., and the floor space to about 60,000 sq.
In 1966, architecture historian James Marston Fitch declared the simplified, curving style, popularized by Norman Bel Geddes and Walter Dorwin Teague in their designs for the 1939 New York World's Fair, was cold and impersonal and suggested the functional and fluid forms of an assembly line, a diesel locomotive, or a motorcar body.
www.sandiegohistory.org /bpbuildings/fordbldg.htm   (4321 words)

  
 Anti Essays : Free Essays on Walter Dorwin Teague Essay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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With this associates Teague began designing interiors until he was sent to America to work on a government funded nuclear warfare project.
Teague preferred to design for the times and tried to touch on the current trends of the day.
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 Teague, Walter Dorwin: DESIGN THIS DAY; THE TECHNIQUE OF ORDER IN THE MACHINE AGE. NYC: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1940.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
During Walter Dorwin Teague's time, industrial designers were transforming ordinary objects by marrying materials, technique and function to produce the simplest and most efficient forms possible.
At the most idealistic level, as exemplified by Teague, the new designs and the improved function they represented could be a force for good.
Teague started his own industrial design firm and received his first commission in 1927, designing cameras for Eastman Kodak.
www.modernism101.com /teague_design_this_day.php   (582 words)

  
 Walter Dorwin Teague Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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The company's work with Boeing began in 1946 with the design of the Stratocruiser's passenger aircraft interior.
This relationship with Boeing has lasted through the years with Teague's Aviation Studios work on every Boeing aircraft including the 707, 747, 777 and 787.
www.karr.net /encyclopedia/Walter_Dorwin_Teague   (334 words)

  
 Industrial Designer: Walter Dorwin Teague (1883-1960)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Walter Dorwin Teague was an industrial designer who pioneered in the establishment of industrial design as a profession in the United States.
Teague, who studied painting at the Art Students League in New York (1903-07), began his professional career as a graphic designer illustrating magazines.
Teague was recommended by Metropolitan Museum curators to Eastman Kodak (1928), which retained him to produce cameras.
www.ndmoa.com /WalterDorwinTeague.html   (261 words)

  
 Texaco Gas Stations
It is clear from the text and illustrations in "Design This Day" that Teague was well-versed in the principles of sacred geometry and had been deeply influenced by the writing of Jay Hambidge (author of the 1925 book "The Parthenon and Other Greek Temples, Their Dynamic Symmetry"), which he cited repeatedly.
Despite my certainty, Teague's written allusions to the geometric relationship between the star, the root-5 rectangle, the Parthenon, and his own gas station designs were so slight that until the late 1970s, i thought i might be mistaken.
Good for Walter Dorwin Teague -- and a nasty snarl to the faceless corporate overlords who caused all his work to be undone when they remodelled the facades of the company's remaining Teague-designed stations in the 1980s and 1990s and then painted them a hellish charcoal grey and red.
www.luckymojo.com /texacostar.html   (722 words)

  
 Walter Dorwin Teague Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Walter Dorwin Teague Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography
Teague's legacy continues today as his company Walter Dorwin Teague Associates remains an important industrial design consultancy.
Based in Seattle, Washington, Teague has worked with clients such as Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Boeing.
www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/Walter_Dorwin_Teague   (334 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE Teague Celebrates 80 Years of Inspired Design   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Walter Dorwin Teague was dedicated to furthering the role of design in everyday life and played a pivotal role in establishing design as the respected industry it has become today.
Barratt noted Teague's impact and overall influence on design over the past 80 years, while Dowd offered a special nod to Teague's 60-year collaborative relationship with Boeing.
Teague is celebrating its 80th Anniversary in 2006 and continues to innovate with work for the likes of The Boeing Company, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Panasonic, Samsung and Xbox.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=140785   (536 words)

  
 Wolfsonian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Walter Teague, a leading industrial designer, was an advocate of using technology to improve people’s lives.
In the 1930s, radio was a powerful new communications tool and could be found in homes across both the United States and Europe.
It was one of four radios designed by Teague in 1936 that were heavily promoted by the Sparton Corporation even before they were released for sale.
wolfsonian.fiu.edu /collections/c4/c4_design3.html   (246 words)

  
 Teague, Walter Dorwin --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Born in Decatur, Ind., Walter Dorwin Teague founded in 1926 the design firm bearing his name.
More results on "Teague, Walter Dorwin" when you join.
German born U.S. orchestra conductor Bruno Walter was known for his interpretations of the works of composers of the Viennese school, especially Gustav Mahler and Anton Bruckner.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article?tocId=9338112   (653 words)

  
 Walter_Dorwin_Teague - The Wordbook Encyclopedia
This relationship with Boeing has lasted more than 60 years with Teague's [http://www.wdta.com/pages/avstudios.htm Aviation Studios] work on every Boeing aircraft including the 707, 747, 777 and 787.
Teague Associates' product designs are in major museums around the world including the [http://www.wolfsonian.org/collections/c4/index.html Wolfsonian] and Cooper-Hewitt.
Teague's legacy continues today as his company [http://www.teague.com Teague Design] remains an important industrial design consultancy.
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 LazyNerds: free term papers and essays   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In 1934 Walter Dorwin Teague designed an innovative series of radios called the Bluebird Collection.
With this associates Teague began designing interiors until he was sent to America to work on a government funded nuclear warfare project.
Teague preferred to design for the times and tried to touch on the current trends of the day.
www.lazynerds.com /show.php?cat=arts&eid=1534   (626 words)

  
 Bruce Teague   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 Walter Dorwin Teague - Designer and Designs - Design & Technolopgy On The Web   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The American dream of the 1930's - The public were wanting the new products gradually becoming more available and new materials and processes allowed products such as this 'Blue Moon' radio help to lift people from the realities of the deep economic and social crisis of the time.
Use of the rounded, moulded shapes of new polymers were freeing the constraints imposed by limitations and expense of metal pressings.
Designers of the period, - such as Bel Geddes, Henry Dreyfuss, van Doren, Raymond Loewy and Walter Teague were treated as film stars.
www.design-technology.info /designers/page32.htm   (106 words)

  
 Il design: Walter Teague e Kodak Bantam Special   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Di grande notorietˆ il suo lavoro svolto per la Texaco, con grande attenzione ai distributori di carburante.
Teague, Walter Dorwin - Designer/architect of the 1940's-era Texaco corporate identity,
With its beautiful Art Deco styling by Walter Dorwin Teague, the Kodak Bantam Special is one of the most beautiful camera designs ever.
www.casavacanze.com /bw/design1.html   (190 words)

  
 Walter Dorwin Teague Polaroid Lamp Deco Machine age
Bakelite and paper desk lamp designed by Walter Dorwin Teague for Polaroid 1930's.
New paper shade made to exact specifications of the original which is never found in decent condition.
This lamp works but rewiring is always recommended as the wire is old and original.
www.trocadero.com /auermaf/items/485055/item485055.html   (70 words)

  
 Smith Taylor Smith King O'Dell Platter, Walter Dorwin Teague - Pot-04   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Walter Teague was the industrial designer famous for his Bluebird radios...
I was very excited to find out that Walter Teague was born in Decatur Indiana, not to awfully far from where I was raised.
She is marked underneath and reads Taylor Smith Taylor U.S.A.,10-53 Conversation, Design by Walter Dorwin Teague.
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 LottaLiving.com :: View topic - W. Dorwin Teague dead at 94
W. Dorwin Teague, 94, an industrial designer and the inventor of such ordinary items as the cash register and bicycle brakes, died Sept. 16 in Carbondale, Ill., of natural causes associated with age.
Born in New York, Teague studied engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology but left after two years to work in the design firm of his father, Walter Dorwin Teague Sr.
Though his father and contemporary industrial designers had concentrated on the look of useful items, young Teague preferred to work on what made an object function.
www.lottaliving.com /bb/viewtopic.php?p=8719   (563 words)

  
 Teague - Search Results - MSN Encarta
In the U.S., manufacturers turned to industrial design as a means of competing in the welter of postwar consumer goods.
Teague, Bertha F.: table of Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
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 Old Is New
The Academy is currently presenting an exhibit of more than 150 examples, organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Federation of Arts, of commercial and industrial design from this period.
The show reflects this trend with pieces like Paul Frankl’s 1927 bookcase made of maple and Bakelite and scales designed by Joseph Sinel in 1928 (incorporating the skyscraper concept with some art deco decorative touches).
A name well represented in the show is Walter Dorwin Teague, including a 1930 Kodak camera and matching storage box that’s an exquisite example of inlaid wood simulation with a Mondrianlike pattern.
www.citypaper.net /articles/013102/ae.art.modern.shtml   (672 words)

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