Walter Dorwin Teague - Kodak Camera Gift Box A3163

Box only. Measures 2 3/4" x 9" x 4 1/2". An early leader of the industrial design profession, the influence of Walter Dorwin Teague, FIDSA remains strong today. He is often refered to as the "dean of industrial design." Born in Decatur, IN, he moved to New York, NY in 1903 and studied at Art Students League of New York. He established his own typographic studio in 1911, and by the mid-1920s became involved in commercial packaging. He left advertising in 1926 to open an industrial design firm in New York City and added industrial design to his letterhead in 1927, receiving his first contract with Eastman Kodak on Jan. 1, 1928. Teague designed a number of well-known cameras for Kodak, including an Art Deco gift camera (1928), Baby Brownie (1934), Bantam Special (1936) and the Brownie Hawkeye (1950). He designed the Marmon 16, introduced in 1932, and the trend-setting Texaco gas stations (1936). Through his foresight and leadership, his design firm TEAGUE established ongoing partnerships