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Designed c. 1928–30 Enameled tin 16½ x 11¾ x 14⅜ inches (41.9 x 29.8 x 36.5 cm) Produced by Wed. J. Bekkers & Zoon, Dordrecht, for Van Nelle, Rotterdam, Netherlands K2011.205

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Jacob Jongert (1883–1942) Coffee and tea box

Designed 1929 5¼ x 9⅝ x 6 inches (13.5 x 24.5 x 15.3 cm) Bakelite, nickel-plated brass, enameled metal Produced by Telefonbau & Normalzeit GmbH (formerly Fuld & Co.), Frankfurt, Germany K2013.134

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Richard Schadewell Telephone

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Designed 1935–55 Enameled metal, rubber 1½ x 7 x 2 inches (4 x 18 x 5 cm) Produced by Barclay Manufacturing Co., North Bergen, New Jersey K2010.302

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Designer unknown Toy racer, model BV-52

Designed c. 1936 Glazed earthenware Large pitcher: 7¼ x 8 x 4½ (18.5 x 20.3 x 11.5 cm) Produced by Homer Laughlin China Company, Newell, West Virginia Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2015-5-1 and 2015-5-2, gift of George R. Kravis II

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Frederick Hurten Rhead (1880–1942) Two Fiesta pitchers

Designed 1936 Porcelain, chromium-plated cast iron, phenol plastic 5 x 9 x 4½ inches (14.5 x 20 x 11.5 cm) Produced by His Master’s Voice, Great Britain K2010.1

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Christian Barman (1898–1980) Iron

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Brochure for American Modern

Designed 1937 Glazed earthenware Each: 10¾ x 8⅛ x 6½ (27.3 x 20.6 x 16.5 cm) Produced by Steubenville Pottery Company, Steubenville, Ohio K2008.103.1–4

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Russel Wright (1904–76) Four American Modern pitchers

Norman Bel Geddes (1893–1958) Patriot radio, model FC-400

Designed 1940–41 Catalin plastic 8 x 11 x 5½ inches (20.3 x 27.9 x 14 cm) Produced by Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corporation, New York, New York K2008.197

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Advertisement for Monsanto Plastics’ Opalon plastic showing Patriot radio

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contents

Foreword George R. Kravis II

Industrial Design in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries Penny Sparke

100 Designs for a Modern World

Acknowledgements Index of Names

Photography Credits

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Designed 1942 Glazed earthenware Large pitcher: 6⅝ x 7¼ x 3⅝ inches (16.8 x 18.4 x 9.2 cm) Produced by American Limoges Company, Sebring, Ohio K2010.100

Brochure for Jiffy Ware

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Viktor Schreckengost (1906–2008) Two Jiffy Ware pitchers

Designer unknown Silver Streak iron

Designed 1943 Pyrex glass, chromium-plated cast iron, aluminum, plastic 5⅝ x 3⅞ x 9½ inches (14.4 x 10 x 24 cm) Produced by Corning Glass Works, Corning, New York, and Saunders Machine & Tool Corporation., Yonkers, New York K2008.169

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Designed 1946 Fiberglass, chromium-plated steel, leather, rubber 41 x 72 x 23 inches (104.1 x 182.9 x 58.4 cm) Produced by Bombard Industries, Grand Haven, Michigan K2013.44

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Benjamin Bowden (1906â&#x20AC;&#x201C;98) Spacelander bicycle

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Designed 1948–50 Fiberglass-reinforced polyester, steel, wood 31¼ x 25 x 24½ inches (79.4 x 63.5 x 62.2 cm) Produced by Zenith Plastics, Gardena, California, for Herman Miller Furniture Company, Zeeland, Michigan K2008.334

Illustration from Herman Miller catalogue showing alternate versions of the Eames plastic shell chair, 1952

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Charles Eames (1907–78) Ray Eames (1913–88) Armchair

Designed 1951 Plywood, plastic laminate, zinc 10 x 89 x 9¼ inches (25.4 x 226 x 74.3 cm) Produced by Herman Miller, Zeeland, Michigan K2008.336

Interior view showing ETR coffee table and other Herman Miller furniture

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Charles Eames (1907–1978) Ray Eames (1913–1988) ETR coffee table

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Designed 1953 Enameled steel Largest bowl: 5¾ x 9¾ x 9¾ inches (14.6 x 24.8 x 24.8 cm) Produced by Torben Ørskov, Espergaerde, Denmark K2008.122.1–6

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Herbert Krenchel (1922–2014) Six Krenit bowls

Designed 1998 Cardboard tubes, plywood, fabric 14½ x 72⅞ x 2⅝ inches (37 x 185 x 60 cm) Produced by Cappellini S.p.A., Milan, Italy K2010.71

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Shigeru Ban (born 1957) Carta bench

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