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08-10-2006, 05:50 PM
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Raymond Loewy designed sets.
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? Last edited by Eric H; 08-10-2006 at 11:03 PM. 
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08-10-2006, 10:13 PM
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I didn't know that Ray Lowey was an electrical engineer...
 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.
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08-10-2006, 10:32 PM
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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.
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08-10-2006, 11:05 PM
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Sheesh, I can't believe I misspelled his name... (now corrected)
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08-11-2006, 12:52 AM
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fwiw he had designed some audio gear for fairchild.
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08-11-2006, 12:53 AM
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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...
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08-11-2006, 01:51 AM
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And of course the GG1.
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08-12-2006, 11:05 PM
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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.
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08-13-2006, 12:17 AM
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