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Eric H 08-10-2006 05:50 PM

Raymond Loewy designed sets.
 
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Everyone seems to know about the Hallicrafters T-54 being a Ray Loewy design, now thanks to that great research resource eBay, I now know that this Westinghouse was also designed by him.

So what other Loewy sets are there?

jpdylon 08-10-2006 07:50 PM

man I had a westinghouse just like that that went out my door for 60 bucks! :yikes:

wa2ise 08-10-2006 10:13 PM

I didn't know that Ray Lowey was an electrical engineer... :D

reminds me of my college days at Syracuse University. Many students were studying "design". Except I was studying circuit design, along with other engineering topics. Other students were studying "design", which was a form of art. :D

Sandy G 08-10-2006 10:32 PM

Raymond Loewy was an industrial designer. He had a somewhat difficult job-take an existing product & re-design it, so hopefully it would be easier to operate, & if all possible, be more aesthetically pleasing. One of their first redesigns was for Louis Gestetner, Loewy redesigned a duplicating machine, a forerunner of today's copying machine. loewy & his team redesigned the thing to the point where it was not only pleasing to look at, it worked better, & was safer, too. Loewy also designed the paint scheme for Air Force One in '61, & it was so good, the basic design is still used today on the current 747-altho it looks much better on the older 707.

Eric H 08-10-2006 11:05 PM

Sheesh, I can't believe I misspelled his name... (now corrected) :stupid:

radioactive 08-11-2006 12:52 AM

fwiw he had designed some audio gear for fairchild.

kx250rider 08-11-2006 12:53 AM

And he did most of the Studebaker cars in the 50s, which in turn means he did the new Mazda coupe by default; a perfect copy of the '53 Studebaker...

Charles

Pete Deksnis 08-11-2006 01:51 AM

And of course the GG1.

nasadowsk 08-12-2006 11:05 PM

I always heard referred to as a 'stylist'. oh well. And while he cleaned up the GG-1, the basic look was there before him - he rounded it and got them to go all welded, and cleaned up the paint scheme. If you've ever seen 4800, you'll see what I mean.

Dave A 08-12-2006 11:40 PM

Just a few from Raymond Lowey
 
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Courtesy of raymondlowey.com here are a few of his designs. And don't forget Henry Dreyfuss.

Dave A

Pete Deksnis 08-13-2006 12:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nasadowsk
If you've ever seen 4800, you'll see what I mean.

Old rivets. It's still at the PA State RR museum at Strasburg I suppose.


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