West Coast Premiere of Teague: Design & Beauty at the San Diego Design Film Festival

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See Teague: Design + Beauty at the San Diego Design Film Festival this weekend!

The only screening will be on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at 2pm at the Reading Cinemas Gaslamp 15 Theater, 701 5th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101. Buy your tickets in advance since it only holds 130!  I... I mean... the filmmaker/director/writer will be there for a Q + A session.


Teague: Design + Beauty is a biography of the life and work of the American designer, Walter Dorwin Teague.  

Walter Dorwin Teague was one of greatest American designers of the machine age. Among his hundreds of designs, were the Kodak Brownie cameras, the Kodak Bantam Special, Texaco’s art deco gas stations, the Polaroid desk lamp, Steuben glassware, the Marmon 16 automobile, Sparton radios, and pavilions of the 1939 New York World's Fair.



Through hand-drawn illustrations, photographs, product designs, interviews, narrative, animation and film, Morris’ historical documentary uncovers the mysteries of Teague’s life, his rise to prominence from humble origins, his mid-life transformation, and the stories behind some of his greatest designs. A mysterious drawing by Teague guides Morris through the transformative moments in his life.

The documentary is a tribute to the incredible career of an ambitious, creative, risk-taking and hard-working man who helped shape a modern America.

Some interviews include: Bill Moggridge, Director of the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum; Harry Teague, Architect and grandson of Walter D. Teague; Prof. Craig Vogel, University of Cincinnati; Russell Flinchum, Design Historian and others.


The Ford Pavilion of 1935, San Diego. Photo courtesy of TEAGUE

The Air + Space Museum in 2012. photo by Jason Morris
 What's the connection of Walter Dorwin Teague and San Diego?  In 1935 San Diego hosted the California Pacific Exposition and one of the center pieces of that fair was the Ford pavilion.  Teague and his staff designed the building and the exhibits within. Today that building still stands and has been re-purposed as the San Diego Air and Space Museum.
Aerial view of the Ford Pavilion 1935. Photo courtesy TEAGUE



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