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Stamp display at the Cooper Hewitt Today the US Postal Service dedicated the new collection of stamps honoring twelve of the great industrial designers of America.  There were many families of descendants of these designers present.  Ralph Caplan gave a short talk about the designers and their influence.  But, an unexpected surprise for me was meeting John Teague, Sally Zildjian Teague and their children!  There was even a young Walter Teague, who is Walter Dorwin Teague's great-grandson.  I've been in New York this week doing research and interviews on Teague for the documentary.  I've interviewed grandson, Walter Dorwin Teague III, a social worker in Maryland and learned some interesting stories about the family.  I spent some time at the MOMA library in Queens, and discovered the minutes to a conference entitled "Industrial Design: A New Profession" from 1946.  Present at that event were Teague, Raymond Loewy, and Laslo Moholy-Nagy, amon...

Winner’s Announcement:  Furniture Design for the Community Western Washington University Industrial Design June 14th, 2011 Four judges have reviewed and selected their favorites among 24 designs.   In addition to our panel of judges, students voted on their peer’s designs to decide a “students choice” award.   The project was part of the sophomore course, Sophomore ID studio 2 (Etec 216), led by Associate Professor Jason Morris. The objective was to design and construct a unique furniture solution for another person or organization for their current needs.   The furniture will be then given to that person or organization as a gift. Mount Baker Products has generously donated all of the high quality FSC hardwood plywood for the project and has also donated $6000 for scholarships for the winners. Here are the winners:   Honorable Mention: Sean Braaten , Everett, WA. for "Gather" a transition play station for the release of p...

Here are some glue gun design concepts done by my students in the sophomore industrial design studio course at Western Washington.  They had just completed their introduction to the elements of form theory of Rowena Reed Kostellow.  The improvement of their designs is significant.  These are all physical models, not CAD. A glue gun inspired by crayons by Carson Massie by Kevin Courtney by Sean Braaten by Sean Missal by Van Vu

by Jeffrey Grothe by Daniel Galan by Hunter Frerich These are designs done by my students as they attempt to redesign the tape dispenser.  Sophomore ID studio 2, 2011.