Creator:
Griffiths, Alan (Plastics engineer and designer)
Inclusive Dates:
1950- 2000
Abstract:
Collection of plastic containers for soap
Type of Material:
Artifacts (object genre)
Plastic (material)
Soap boxes (container for personal grooming)
Subject:
Industrial Design
Plastics
Industrial design.
Plastic containers.
Plastics industry and trade.
Product design.
Creator:
Zaccai, Gianfranco
Inclusive Dates:
Abstract:
Computer media, ephemera, correspondence, slides, designs, photographs, clippings, and publications related to Zaccai's career with his company Continuum; also a portfolio with some student work
Type of Material:
Awards.
Audiocassettes.
CD-ROMs.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Compact discs.
DVDs.
Floppy disks.
Photographs.
Slides (photographs)
Sound recordings.
Subject:
Barrier-free design.
Industrial design.
Industrial design -- Social aspects.
Industrial designers -- United States.
Creator:
Moberg, Jerome E. (Jerome Emanuel), 1913-1993.
Inclusive Dates:
1915- 1975
Abstract:
Papers of the American industrial designer (primarily of cutlery, bathroom fixtures and accessories, and toy airplanes). Collection includes correspondence and client files, drawings, product brochures, metal castings, and wood, metal, or plastic product samples of household knives, tableware, carving sets, and bathroom accessories. Also, personal memorabilia.
Type of Material:
Castings.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Drawings (visual works)
Memorabilia.
Notebooks.
Samples.
Subject:
Industrial designers.
Industrial Design
Cutlery -- Design and construction.
Industrial design.
Industrial designers -- United States.
Interior decoration accessories -- Design and construction.
Kitchen utensils -- Design and construction.
Knives -- Design and construction.
Toys -- Design and construction.
Creator:
Research and Design Institute
Inclusive Dates:
1950- 1991
Abstract:
Business and project records from the non-profit industrial design and architecture firm and its successor, the for-profit REDE Corp. Collection includes correspondence, reports, manuscripts, photographs, drawings, project files, posters, audiovisual material, more.
Type of Material:
Audiotapes.
Correspondence.
Contracts.
Drawings (visual works)
Manuscripts for publication.
Negatives (photographs)
Posters.
Proposals.
Photographs.
Reports.
Sound recordings.
16mm (photographic film size)
Tape reels.
U-matic.
VHS.
Subject:
Rhode Island -- Business
Industrial designers -- United States.
Architects
Industrial Design
Industrial design.
Industrial design -- Environmental aspects.
Industrial design -- History.
Industrial design -- Philosophy.
Industrial design -- Social aspects.
Renewable energy sources -- Research.
Creator:
Beckman, Ronald H.
Inclusive Dates:
1920- 2010
Abstract:
Papers of the American industrial designer, architect, and professor.
Type of Material:
Catalogs (documents)
Subject:
Industrial designers -- United States.
Architects
Industrial Design
Industrial design.
Industrial design -- Environmental aspects.
Industrial design -- History.
Industrial design -- Philosophy.
Industrial design -- Social aspects.
Renewable energy sources -- Research.
Creator:
Madawick, Tucker P.
Inclusive Dates:
1964- 1990
Abstract:
American industrial designer, primarily of consumer electronics; former president, Industrial Design RCA
Consumer Electronics, and past president, Industrial Designers Society of America. Collection contains
publications, models, and slides which document Madawick's association with the Industrial Designers
Society of America as well as various projects during his tenure at RCA. Also, material relating to John
Vassos, whom Madawick recruited to work for RCA.
Type of Material:
Models (representations)
Slides (photographs)
Subject:
Industrial designers.
Industrial Design
Industrial design.
Household electronics -- Design and construction.
Industrial designers -- United States.