Walter Dorwin Teague | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Industrial designer, architect, graphic designer, illustrator, writer and entrepreneur, Walter Dorwin Teague is noted as one of the founders of the industrial design profession in the United States. He is also considered an influential figure among the pioneering designers who introduced modernism to America through product and exhibition design as well as writings. Teague was born and raised in Indiana. Influenced by architecture books he read in high school, he decided to become an artist. At the age of nineteen Teague moved to New York, where he studied at the Art Students League and eventually went into commercial illustration, and later, advertising, graphic and package design. After traveling to... more.

We have 20 objects that Walter Dorwin Teague has been involved with.

Monochromatic cover / print featuring a group of industrial designers gathered together at a round table smoking and socializing. They are all wearing a suit and includes the following people: George Switzer, Gustav Jensen, Walter D. Teague, Joseph Sinel, Robert L. Leonard, Arthur S. Allen, Ben Nash. The table is set with ashtrays, pen, paper, and cigarette boxes. Most of the designers are in conversation with one another, some in a smaller group, others smiling and listening. The photo of the designers is in a rectangular crop with the bottom of the cover extending to include white space. The text “A ROUND TABLE PACKAGE CLINIC” is displayed at the bottom center of the photograph. The photo illustrates a vignette effect with most of the edges dark and only the socializing scene in the center illuminated. At the bottom part, where the white portion extends, a solid black circle is printed with the names of the designers arranged to surround it.

Baby Brownie Camera and Packaging Camera

Marmon Sixteen Automobile Model Automobile Model

Walter Dorwin Teague has collaborated with
Eastman Kodak Company and
Polaroid Corporation and
Sparton Corporation and
Walter Dorwin Teague, Jr. and
Marmon Motor Car Company and
Boucher and
Taylor, Smith and Taylor and
Chester W. Crumrine and
Frank Del Giudice.

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