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The Alamo Drafthouse Ritz in Austin Texas. Photo by J. Morris The documentary about Walter Dorwin Teague, titled “Teague: Design & Beauty,” debuted on Thursday, Aug. 14 at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas as part of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) International Conference. IDSA took over the theatre that night.  photo by Tim Adkins. Entering in the lobby. The poster looked sweet printed, by the way. Photo by Tim Adkins.  Four screenings were held on two different screens, with an estimated 400 in attendance! Answering question after the show.  Photo by Tim Adkins.  After each showing, I had time to answer questions about the movie. It was an even better response than I thought!  Two writers posted reviews the next day: "Live a Great Story" by Chris Ross "Teague thought big and wasn’t afraid of change. He paved his own path and didn’t compromise. " New Biographical Documentary Captures the Spirit ...

TEAGUE  (the design company) had this Polaroid Lamp (1937) hidden away in storage, thought to have been lost. During their recent move, it was found! And here's one of the photos that I got of it. It's doesn't light up, but was in great condition. Notice the specked brown of the Bakelite plastic. Photo by Jason Morris. Much progress has been made on the production of the Teague documentary this past summer! Production is nearly complete and editing will begin this fall.  Watch out for a Kickstarter project soon. Check out this beautiful concept rendering of the Ford exhibition for the New York World's Fair 1939. This hand done, airbrush rendering was done 1937 by staff artist George Rudolph. Scan courtesy TEAGUE. Here's to all of the great designers, architects and staff that worked behind the scenes at the Teague office in the early days. This is C. Stowe Myers, architect, rendering expert, photographer and partner who worked for Teague from 1934 t...