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Freda Diamond Collection

Creator:
Diamond, Freda, 1905-  Search this
Names:
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass.  Search this
Extent:
3 Cubic feet (3 boxes, 4 folders )
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Design drawings
Scrapbooks
Awards
Articles
Photographs
Date:
1945-1998
Summary:
Archival materials relating to Diamond's career as an industrial designer, including various client files (especially Libbey Glass) containing photographs, designs, sketches, and other papers; articles by and about Diamond; magazines; awards; and a scrapbook.
Arrangement:
The collection is divided into eight series.

Series 1: Client Files, 1945-1966

Series 2: Libbey Glass, 1946-1984

Series 3: Shaker Furniture and Clothing, undated

Series 4: Articles, 1945-1983

Series 5; Scrapbook, 1937-1946

Series 6: Presentations and Awards, 1951-1994

Series 7: Japan (1957 and 1968) and Israel (1973)

Series 8: Photographs, 1964-1967
Biographical / Historical:
Freda Diamond's work shaped the tastes of many Americans in the middle of the twentieth century. Diamond was born in New York City in 1905. She graduated from Cooper Union, a renowned institution of design, and then studied in Europe. As an industrial designer, Diamond's area of expertise focused largely on the home, influencing the tastes of the average American housewife. Her ability to predict consumer demands through market research was an important factor in the success of her designs. In 1942, Libbey Glass, a division of Owens-Illinois, commissioned Diamond (at her own prompting) to make a survey of consumer tastes. The resulting award-winning designs sold many companies on the idea of researching consumer preferences before manufacturing a product. Her opinion was so respected that in 1945 she was appointed to a manufacturing rehabilitation committee sent to Italy. Diamond's role was to educate Italian craftsmen on what to manufacture for the American mass market. In 1957 and 1968 she made similar trips to Japan. She died in 1998.
Provenance:
The collection was donated to the division of Ceramics and Glass, NMAH by Freda Diamond in June of 1997.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Topic:
Glassware  Search this
Furniture, Shaker  Search this
Furniture  Search this
Designers  Search this
Industrial design  Search this
Genre/Form:
Design drawings
Scrapbooks -- 20th century
Awards
Articles
Photographs -- 20th century
Citation:
Freda Diamond Collection, 1945-1984, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Identifier:
NMAH.AC.0616
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Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep84e98848f-dc81-46af-a080-4f28b5dbb7a3
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0616
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Jorrit Maan collection

Editor:
Jong, Cees de  Search this
Writer of added commentary:
Klemp, Klaus 1954-  Search this
Mattie, Erik  Search this
Author:
Container of (work): Rams, Dieter Works Selections  Search this
Physical description:
415 pages illustrations (some color) 30 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Catalogues
History
Place:
Germany (West)
Allemagne (Ouest)
Date:
2021
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Industrial designers  Search this
Industrial design--History  Search this
Collectors and collecting  Search this
Designers  Search this
Design--Histoire  Search this
Industrial design  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1162802

Victorian comfort a social history of design from 1830-1900 by John Gloag

Author:
Gloag, John 1896-1981  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 252 pages illustrations 26 cm
Type:
Texts
History
Place:
Great Britain
Grande-Bretagne
Großbritannien
England
Date:
1961
19th century
Topic:
Decoration and ornament--Victorian style  Search this
Decoration and ornament  Search this
Architecture, Victorian  Search this
Industrial design  Search this
Décoration et ornement--Style victorien  Search this
Décoration et ornement  Search this
Architecture victorienne  Search this
Design  Search this
Alltagskultur  Search this
Art, Modern--History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Furniture design--Great Britain--England--C19th  Search this
Call number:
NK1443 .G55Z 1961
NK1443.G55Z
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_248168

Eva Zeisel: Life and Design Stories Spanning a Century

Creator:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this
Type:
Conversations and talks
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2019-12-13T20:59:11.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Design  Search this
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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cooperhewitt
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edanmdm:yt_-1ddJLkUfco

Henry Dreyfuss: His Life with Symbols

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this
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2022-09-28T13:59:45.000Z
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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cooperhewitt
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edanmdm:yt_4vRfZnbreiI

A DARK, A LIGHT, A BRIGHT: THE DESIGNS OF DOROTHY LIEBES

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
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2023-07-04T02:11:44.000Z
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Education  Search this
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Design  Search this
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
YouTube Channel:
cooperhewitt
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_9ao7NjKZGxM

Cas Holman: Design for Play

Creator:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2021-02-11T11:40:24.000Z
YouTube Category:
Entertainment  Search this
Topic:
Design  Search this
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
YouTube Channel:
cooperhewitt
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_9fmt_L1oCQI

Thinking Through Making: A Panel Discussion

Creator:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this
Type:
Conversations and talks
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2019-05-28T22:21:52.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Design  Search this
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
YouTube Channel:
cooperhewitt
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_BBdgZxFCWDc

Bill's Design Talks: Scott Wilson

Creator:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this
Type:
Conversations and talks
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2012-06-01T13:10:41.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Design  Search this
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cooperhewitt
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
YouTube Channel:
cooperhewitt
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_JCOylrh6cnk

Madeleine Moore-Burrell Documentary: So Good, So Far, 2015

Creator:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this
Type:
Conversations and talks
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2023-05-09T20:45:45.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Design  Search this
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
YouTube Channel:
cooperhewitt
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_TM__jAwrJwY

Bill's Design Talks: A Tribute to Eva Zeisel

Creator:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this
Type:
Conversations and talks
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2012-02-11T20:11:23.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Design  Search this
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cooperhewitt
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
YouTube Channel:
cooperhewitt
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_XvfBzRY8IMA

Cherry Blossom by Antenna

Creator:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2010-04-06T21:27:46.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Design  Search this
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cooperhewitt
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
YouTube Channel:
cooperhewitt
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_bxTC-iEJwic

Designing Gender Inclusive Spaces

Creator:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this
Type:
Lectures
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2023-05-26T16:07:20.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Design  Search this
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
YouTube Channel:
cooperhewitt
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_obFbRjMZEtg

Access+Ability: Design for the Mind

Creator:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2017-12-15T06:00:03.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Design  Search this
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
YouTube Channel:
cooperhewitt
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_w-7QaZzEvWA

Return on experience by Tim Kobe and Roger Lehman

Author:
Kobe, Tim  Search this
Lehman, Roger  Search this
Physical description:
427 pages 28 x 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2020
Topic:
Industrial design  Search this
Design  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1163196

Oral history interview with Ted Muehling, 2007 November 17-18

Interviewee:
Muehling, Ted, 1953-  Search this
Interviewer:
Milosch, Jane  Search this
Subject:
Buxbaum, Gerda  Search this
Celmins, Vija  Search this
Czeresko, Deborah  Search this
Drutt, Helen Williams  Search this
Grcic, Konstantin  Search this
Gulotta, Gerry  Search this
Harding, Ingrid  Search this
Hobson, Jade  Search this
Kiss, Gabriella  Search this
Mauer, Ingo  Search this
Morris, Robert Lee  Search this
Smith, Kiki  Search this
Sullivan, Louis H.  Search this
Zeisel, Eva  Search this
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this
Pratt Institute  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Place:
New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Ted Muehling, 2007 November 17-18. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Industrial design  Search this
Jewelers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this
Jewelry making  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)16122
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)362671
AAA_collcode_muehli07
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_362671

DESIGN CAREER FAIR | PORTFOLIO REVIEW

Creator:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2021-10-27T11:16:07.000Z
YouTube Category:
Entertainment  Search this
Topic:
Design  Search this
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
YouTube Channel:
cooperhewitt
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_D0BLwAq7Fz8

Design methods seeds of human futures [by] J. Christopher Jones

Author:
Jones, J. Christopher (John Christopher) 1927-  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 407 p illus 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1970
Topic:
Engineering design  Search this
Industrial design  Search this
Conception technique  Search this
Design  Search this
Call number:
TA174 .J67
TA174.J67
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_7505

From Plastics to 3-D Printing: Manufacturing a Consumer Culture

Creator:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this
Type:
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2017-02-24T00:56:46.000Z
YouTube Category:
Education  Search this
Topic:
Design  Search this
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
YouTube Channel:
cooperhewitt
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:yt_TAcHUmEMbH4

The Morse Historic Design Lecture | Hans Tan

Creator:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this
Type:
Lectures
YouTube Videos
Uploaded:
2020-11-20T12:36:33.000Z
YouTube Category:
Entertainment  Search this
Topic:
Design  Search this
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Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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cooperhewitt
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edanmdm:yt_qpbHHThsNFU

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