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Industrial designers refined and streamlined an array of domestic items during the mid-twentieth-century. Innovative materials were central to modern design and the streamlined look. In 1907, Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland (1863–1944) invented the first synthetic plastic. Patented as Bakelite, it was lightweight, easily molded, and an excellent electric insulator. Sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904–88) designed the “Radio Nurse” speaker for Zenith as the world’s first baby monitor with this new Bakelite plastic. See more #midcentury #design in "#AModernApproach", located, pre-security, in the International Terminal. http://bit.ly/AModernApproach This image was posted on November 02, 2016.