Jan 5, 2010 5:53 PM

What is, or rather was, 'Industrial Design' in 1943?

http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/tucker-viemeister/whats-cookin/what-industrial-design

*Tucker Viemeister. Heckuva guy. First industrial designer I ever personally met. I sat down for a chat with a stranger and it transformed my way of life.

*It took a while... 21 years now... but if anything, the effects of that encounter seem to be accelerating.

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