How the founders of American industrial design shape everyday life
The founders of American industrial design are associated with industrial design, the process of identifying problems and creating products, systems, and experiences that make everyday activities more efficient or meaningful. As an applied art, industrial design most often focuses on a combination of aesthetics and user-focused considerations.
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Carroll Gantz arranged his account of industrial design notables chronologically, with considerable information about superachievers and influencers from the 1920s to well into the 2000s. Henry Dreyfuss's 1955 anthropometric Joe and Josephine, typical human figures, standardized and guided the design of just about everything with which humans interact.
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The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID), the precursor to WDO, defined Industrial Design in 1969 as "a creative activity the aim of which is to determine the formal qualities of objects produced by industry." The definition says those qualities are principally the structural and functional relationships that make a system coherent for both producer and user.
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Founders of American Industrial Design is a book by Carroll Gantz. It traces the field's main figures and their influence from the 1920s into the 2000s.
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