"Streamlines: Air Age Aesthetics for Industrial Design" is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. https://t.co/Xjin8C1FFr #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on April 19, 2019.
"Streamlines: Air Age Aesthetics for Industrial Design" is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. https://t.co/Xjin8C1FFr #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on July 26, 2019.
"Streamlines: Air Age Aesthetics for Industrial Design" is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. https://t.co/Xjin8C1FFr #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on August 07, 2019.
"Streamlines: Air Age Aesthetics for Industrial Design" is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. https://t.co/Xjin8CjgwZ #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on June 10, 2019.
"Streamlines: Air Age Aesthetics for Industrial Design" is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. https://t.co/Xjin8CjgwZ #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on July 03, 2019.
"Streamlines: Air Age Aesthetics for Industrial Design" is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. https://t.co/Xjin8CjgwZ #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on May 10, 2019.
"Streamlines: Air Age Aesthetics for Industrial Design" is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. https://t.co/Xjin8CjgwZ #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on April 04, 2019.
"Streamlines: Air Age Aesthetics for Industrial Design" is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. https://t.co/Xjin8CjgwZ #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on May 28, 2019.
"Streamlines: Air Age Aesthetics for Industrial Design" is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. https://t.co/Xjin8CjgwZ #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on July 10, 2019.
#RichardNeutra’s circa 1936 tubular aluminum chair is emblematic of the types of streamlined chairs designed in the late 1930s. It featured a simple, clean aluminum frame that suggested the sweptback, teardrop shapes of an aircraft.
#StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on June 10, 2019.
By the late 1930s, toasters were redesigned with clean, curved housings. The Toast-O-Lator was designed with a smooth housing, speed lines, and an aircraft-like viewing window that allowed the user to see the conveyor-belt toasting mechanism at work. #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on March 26, 2019.
Designed with an exceedingly aerodynamic appearing exterior, the Toastmaster model 1B12 toaster was presented in advertisements as though it was the latest cutting-edge aircraft or car to be introduced amidst great public fanfare. #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on March 26, 2019.
During the 1930s and ‘40s, as new forms of entertainment were electronically transmitted along radio waves from venues and broadcast stations to the public in their homes, the streamline designs of radios further conveyed the idea of technological progress. #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on April 19, 2019.
During the 1930s and ‘40s, as new forms of entertainment were electronically transmitted along radio waves from venues and broadcast stations to the public in their homes. #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on May 28, 2019.
During the 1930s, when most Americans struggled to make a living, the modern airplane became an inspiring symbol of hope. To stimulate consumerism, a broad array of products were designed and marketed in homage to the airplane. https://t.co/Xjin8CjgwZ #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on March 21, 2019.
During the late 1930s, appliances for the office and home underwent a major streamline design transformation. Even sewing machines were streamlined. #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on April 04, 2019.
During the late 1930s, appliances for the office and home underwent a major transformation. #Typewriters, once boxy with sharp edges and protruding parts, metamorphosed into machines with smooth, flowing appearances. #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on July 10, 2019.
In 1934, Douglas Aircraft employee Victor Pastushin designed chromed-metal Transcontinental & Western Air (TWA) Douglas DC-2 ashtrays. #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on July 03, 2019.
In the 1930s and 40s, microphones were reshaped into designs that emphasized streamlined beauty and efficiency. The RCA Aerodynamic microphone was designed in a smooth, teardrop shape suggesting that it could fly through the air with frictionless ease. #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on April 19, 2019.
Perhaps the most streamlined iron design to enter the market was the 1941 Petipoint, designed by Clifford Brooks Stevens and Edward P. Schreyer with a pointed teardrop shape, wing-like projections, and a curved handle with speed lines. #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on August 07, 2019.
See "Streamlines: Air Age Aesthetics for Industrial Design" on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library in the International Terminal. https://t.co/Xjin8C1FFr #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on March 26, 2019.
The Parker 51 fountain pen, designed by Marlin Baker & Kenneth Parker & introduced in 1941, was compared to the sleek, aerodynamic North American P-51 fighter. Parker proclaimed, “it looks for all the world as if it had been planned by aircraft designers!” #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on May 10, 2019.
The Remington Rand Streamliner #typewriter was designed by John Adam Zellers (1873–1954) and Herbert E. Bridgewater (1878–1970) with an external rounded housing reminiscent of a streamlined plane or train, as its name suggests. #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on July 10, 2019.
The clean, airplane-like shape of the Sears Kenmore Imperial Model 117.59, designed by John Richard Morgan, presented a sharp contrast from the multifaceted, complex appearance of earlier sewing machine designs. #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on April 04, 2019.
The early 1940s Hobart Streamliner meat slicer designed by Egmont Arens and Theodore C. Brookhart appeared as though it could glide through the air as easily as it could evenly slice meat. Can you see this meat slicer in your kitchen aesthetic? #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on May 17, 2019.
The form-follows-function science of aerodynamics was inverted in the 1930s to create visually pleasing products with desirable appearances that had little to do with physical performance. #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on March 21, 2019.
The streamline designs of radios further conveyed the idea of technological progress. Portable radios were often designed with highly swept back, rounded, aerodynamic housings. #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on May 28, 2019.
To complement the small-scale metal models, Victor Pastushin created aerodynamic trays and arm mounts. The “Airtray" quickly gained in popularity, and was followed by Airtrays of the Douglas DC-3 and the Boeing 307 Stratoliner. #StreamlinesAesthetics
This tweet was posted on July 03, 2019.