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Russel Wright is an American industrial designer and architect that lived during the early to mid twentieth century. Many of Wright’s ideas and designs were considered to modern at time, drawing influences from not only ingenious designers like Frank Lloyd Wright but nature as well. Wright’s influences would lead him to create a design style unlike any at the time; a style that would eventually become almost standard in many homes in the United States. The designer Russel Wright and his wife, Mary Wright together published a guidebook known as Guide to Easier Living. In it contains numerous suggestions and thoughts on home architecture, interior design, as well as product design. Many of the thoughts and suggestions conveyed in the book can be seen in present-day design and architecture. Wright’s book also laid the groundwork for his home, Dragon Rock, which of itself possesses elements of design that are seen in today’s homes. Russel Wright’s Guide to Easier Living is clearly a response to interior design at the time; containing numerous design ideas, Wrights guide influences Wright’s own future works.

A World’s Fair is an “[I]nternational exposition that features exhibits dealing with commerce, industry, and science.” (World Book Encyclopedia 412) Entertainment is also present along with cultural activities. In 1893, the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, although inaugurated a year late, commemorated the discovery of America. I feel that the Exposition displayed some of the more beautiful architecture of its time; its immense buildings and sculptures drew heavily from Greek and other classical styles, and it could possible be because of the sweeping popularity in Beaux Arts architecture.

As Americans watched silent movies, sound-based entertainment also grew. New forms of music such as ragtime and the cakewalk were all the rage, and some people, such as Rudolph Wulitzer, knew how to take advantage of America's new taste for music. Wulitzer was a German immigrant who found moderate success in importing musical instruments from his home country. In the 1890's, however, he changed his focus to musical machines. He invented the first coin-operated electric organ, and soon after, self-playing harps and pianos. He sold them to hotels and restaurants that could not afford live musicians and he made quite a lot of money. When he turned his company over to his sons, they developed a pipe organ that filled movie theaters with sound. They would later develop the jukebox and make a fortune in the 1930's, after the Gilded Age was over. But it was during this era that the Wurlitzer Company got its start.5

“American corporate designers were learned in Modernist theory, but nevertheless found bulbous aerodynamic bodyshells an appropriately slick garb for wares of a vigorous, efficient society with an aggressive faith in its future. Flashy exaggeration at the hands of the stylists, ever compelled to ‘improve’ on last year’s model, gave streamlining a bad name.” (Hodges, Coad, Stone, Sparke, Aldersey-Williams, The New Design Source Book, 1992, p.158) Discuss in relationship to the ‘innovation’ in household designs of the 1950’s, how do these designs compare to similar examples of today? Do designers today feel “compelled to improve on last years model?

Ticonderoga pencils reference to Social Studies because they share a name with a fort and battle of the same name that took place during the American . According to the official Dixon Ticonderoga website on their History page, they stated that “Dixon Ticonderoga Company [...] traces its heritage to the proponents of the American Revolution and to the very foundations of the United States.”

Ethan Allen has developed some strong marketing strategies to drive consumers into their Design Centers and to the company’s website giving them a competitive advantage in the home furnishing industry. In 2014, Ethan Allen launched the next generation of its company conveying the quality and value of their brand. As a result, the company restructured their marketing with seamless and engaging online technology to increase e-commerce business. One of Ethan Allen’s major marketing decisions was to leverage the latest technology combined with personal service from their highly experienced, professional interior designers. Ethan Allen supplied each of their designers with a customized tablet, enabling them to perform business more efficiently

Surely people are going to IKEA when the Scandinavian boom hit the city, but sometimes, antique furniture can give you a sense of traveling back in time to the 19th century. Olde Good Things is one of the largest architectural antique dealers in the country filled to the brim with antique architectural items from exotic doorknobs to vintage iron gates, to gorgeous fragile chandeliers that have survived for centuries to wooden mahogany farm tables. First opened in 1995, Olde Good Things is vast upscale antique shop, a truly treasure-yielding spot that has established its outspots in 9 different locations including Madison Avenue in New York, Texas, New Jersey, and California. The team works under the philosophy of “architectural salvage,” saving

Having a present interest in vintage and retro fashion led me towards the idea of a vintage themed art piece. I contemplated a range of ideas and after some compromise, I decided to work with the theme ‘vintage’ by devising ideas around crafting everyday objects into a piece of art. Vintage items, including, classic books, cameras, type-writers, cushions, buttons, prints, wall paper, etc. were all considered. I wanted to expand on my knowledge and talents, therefore, I decided on sewing a stylised and imaginative artwork combined with the use of appropriate, complimenting materials.

‘When intelligent designers of the late 19th or early 20th century looked at the anonymous artifacts of 18th- and 19th-century industrialization, they saw great beauty in the simple, engineered structures, and set

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP David M. Childs, FAIA Design Partner T.J. Gottesdiener, FAIA Managing Partner Carl Galioto, FAIA Technical Partner Kenneth A. Lewis, RA Project Manager Jeffrey D. Holmes, AIA Senior Designer Reiner Bagnato, AIA Senior Technical Architect

Columbus Custom Carpentry (CCC), a family-owned company founded in 1964, operates in a niche market that produces semi-custom doors for the residential market. The company has taken the non traditional approach of not competing with mass manufactures, nor selling their products through popular market stores. The company finds their success and profitability through the development of various jigs and specific tools that aid them in the production of replacing antique-styled doors for the restoration market. They also have a relevant source of business in a line of contemporary doors that have a more distinct and dynamic style than someone would find from mass-market competitors. The company’s tools and systems that are used to

“Yale is the place that endowed me with the confidence and the grand scope of the world that a young designer needed to excel and make a difference in the real world.” – Yansong Ma. Yale University (M.Arch ’02).

There are several weaknesses in the process that Carter used for decision making. Perhaps the most severe of them all was the lack of sight with respect to the strategy of the Webster Industries. The financials for the company clearly show that by October 1975 the company was probably recovering from the downturn. If that was indeed the case, Carter should requested an adjustment to the anchoring bias of 15% downsizing target and examined the list of criteria that Stevens’ laid out in the light of sustained growth. Healthy growth requires people who are competent in their current job as well as people with potential. Consequently the group should have

My ending thought to this case study is that Forbes has a very difficult situation to try and solve to the best of her abilities and no matter what she chooses she will have to deal with backlash from someone who is not pleased with her decision. Another issue that concerns me is that Forbes is

Even early on in 1942, Herman Miller was producing new furniture that people had not seen before. The fact that it kept hiring new designers and experimenting with different designs shows its innovation.