Walter Dorwin Teague (December 18, 1883 - December 5, 1960) was an American architect, designer and one of the most prolific American industrial designers in terms of volume of completed work.
Teague was raised in Pendleton, Indiana, the son of a Methodist minister, and left for New York City in 1902. For five years he painted signs and drew for mail-order catalogues while he attended the Art Students League of New York at night with the idea of ...
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Walter Dorwin Teague (December 18, 1883 - December 5, 1960) was an American architect, designer and one of the most prolific American industrial designers in terms of volume of completed work.
Teague was raised in Pendleton, Indiana, the son of a Methodist minister, and left for New York City in 1902. For five years he painted signs and drew for mail-order catalogues while he attended the Art Students League of New York at night with the idea of pursuing a career in magazine illustration. He then joined the art department of Calkins and Holden and produced commercial magazine illustration. In 1926, while in Europe, he discovered the work of Le Corbusier and decided to design or restyle products for manufacturers. Returning to New York, he joined a group of individuals interested in establishing industrial design as a separate occupation.
In 1927, he was contracted by Eastman Kodak to design cameras. Kodak would remain his client for 30 years. Between 1934 and 1937 Teague designed...
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