Modern by Design: Chicago Streamlines America (Article)
Title: Modern by Design: Chicago Streamlines America
Author: Olivia Mahoney
Abstract: As a companion to the exhibition Modern by Design: Chicago Streamlines America, curator Olivia Mahoney wrote an essay for Chicago History Magazine (Winter 2019). The article provides a broad overview of Chicago streamlined design with stories about the Zephyr, Howell tubular steel furniture, Montgomery Ward’s and Sears, Sunbeam, and the McCormick-Deering Farmall tractor. The article highlighted several leading designers (e.g., Wolfgang Hoffman, Anne Swainson, John Morgan, George Scharfenberg) and featured more than thirty illustrations of artifacts shown in the exhibition.
Year: 2019
Access Model: Subscription
Format: Magazine
Periodical Title: Chicago History Magazine
Publisher: Chicago History Museum

Art Deco Chicago: Designing Modern America (Book)
Title: Art Deco Chicago: Designing Modern America
Author: Robert Bruegmann
Author: Jonathan Mekinda
Author: Teri J. Edelstein
Author: Lisa D. Schrenk
Author: Neil Harris
Editor: Robert Bruegmann
Abstract: An expansive take on American Art Deco that explores Chicago's pivotal role in developing the architecture, graphic design, and product design that came to define middle-class style in the 20th century
Year: 2018
Primary URL: http://https://www.worldcat.org/title/art-deco-chicago-designing-modern-america/oclc/1078943211&referer=brief_results
Access Model: open access
Publisher: Chicago Art Deco Society in collaboration with the Chicago History Museum
Type: Edited Volume
ISBN: 9780300229936
Copy sent to NEH?: No

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