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Title: Benjamin de Brie Taylor, 1970s
Date: 1973-1979
Description: Benjamin de Brie Taylor was Director of the Institute of Design at IIT from 1973 to 1975, and remained on the faculty at ID until 1987. Date...
Show moreBenjamin de Brie Taylor was Director of the Institute of Design at IIT from 1973 to 1975, and remained on the faculty at ID until 1987. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Title: Benjamin de Brie Taylor, 1970s
Date: 1973-1979
Description: Benjamin de Brie Taylor was Director of the Institute of Design at IIT from 1973 to 1975, and remained on the faculty at ID until 1987. Date...
Show moreBenjamin de Brie Taylor was Director of the Institute of Design at IIT from 1973 to 1975, and remained on the faculty at ID until 1987. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Title: Institute of Design sculpture class, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1956-1969
Date: 1956-1969
Description: Photograph of an Institute of Design Sculpture class in S.R. Crown Hall. Possibly pictured at left is Professor Cosmo Campoli. Photographer...
Show morePhotograph of an Institute of Design Sculpture class in S.R. Crown Hall. Possibly pictured at left is Professor Cosmo Campoli. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Buckminster Fuller and Evelyn McCermiak (?)
Date: 1948-1949
Description: Photograph of Buckminster Fuller with a student, identified on the rear of the photograph as Evelyn McCermiak (or McCermak). Photographer...
Show morePhotograph of Buckminster Fuller with a student, identified on the rear of the photograph as Evelyn McCermiak (or McCermak). Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range provided is an estimate based on Fuller's tenure at the Institute of Design.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Hugo Weber and two Scandinavian design students, Norway, 1952
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 1952
Description: Two Scandinavian students shown working on a design problem in the machine workshop, taught by Hugo Weber, associate professor from the...
Show moreTwo Scandinavian students shown working on a design problem in the machine workshop, taught by Hugo Weber, associate professor from the Institute of Design. Description taken from press release.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Institute of Design students with Richard Koppe, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1955-1963
Date: 1955-1963
Description: Photograph of Richard Koppe with Institute of Design students. From attached caption: "Students in the three-dimensional class at the...
Show morePhotograph of Richard Koppe with Institute of Design students. From attached caption: "Students in the three-dimensional class at the Institute of Design of Illinois Institute of Design, Chicago, listen to a critique of their work by Richard Koppe, head of the visual design section." Koppe, who studied at the New Bauhaus, taught at the Institute of Design from 1945-1963. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Institute of Design sculpture class, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1956-1969
Date: 1956-1969
Description: Photograph of an Insitute of Design Sculpture class in S.R. Crown Hall. Possibly pictured at center is Professor Cosmo Campoli. Photographer...
Show morePhotograph of an Insitute of Design Sculpture class in S.R. Crown Hall. Possibly pictured at center is Professor Cosmo Campoli. Photographer unknown, possibly Reginal Heron. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Student with sculpture, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1940s
Date: 1940-1949
Description: Photograph of an unidentified Chicago School of Design or Institute of Design student applying what appears to be plaster to a constructed...
Show morePhotograph of an unidentified Chicago School of Design or Institute of Design student applying what appears to be plaster to a constructed form. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Institute of Design students working in the product design workshop, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s
Date: 1950-1959
Description: From attached caption: "Belden Dunn and Hideo Koike are shown making basic parts for an experimental space platform in the product design...
Show moreFrom attached caption: "Belden Dunn and Hideo Koike are shown making basic parts for an experimental space platform in the product design workshop at the Institute of Design of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. A section of a bridge structure is shown in the foreground." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Konrad Wachsmann with Institute of Design students Maurene Strug and Shirley Courtois, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1954-1959
Date: 1954-1959
Description: From attached caption: "Konrad Wachsmann, professor of advanced building research at the Institute of Design of Illinois Institute of...
Show moreFrom attached caption: "Konrad Wachsmann, professor of advanced building research at the Institute of Design of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, explains principles of space-frame construction to students Maurene Strug and Shirley Courtois. A model of an open-air music shelter, designed b y an Illinois Tech graduate student for his master's thesis, and based on space-frame construction, is shown on the table." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Students with model at the Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1945
Date: 1945
Description: Photograph of students with a model in an Institute of Design class, possibly Shelter Design. As photograph is undated, it may have been taken...
Show morePhotograph of students with a model in an Institute of Design class, possibly Shelter Design. As photograph is undated, it may have been taken when the school was named Chicago School of Design (1939-1944). Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Institute of Design students in Foundation course, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1940s
Date: 1940-1949
Description: Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Institute of Design students forging metal, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1940s
Date: 1940-1949
Description: Bluma Elper and Ed Conkle at the Institute of Design forging a piece of metal in the foundation workshop. As photograph is undated, it may...
Show moreBluma Elper and Ed Conkle at the Institute of Design forging a piece of metal in the foundation workshop. As photograph is undated, it may have been taken when the school was named Chicago School of Design (1939-1944). Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Chuck Owen and unidentified Institute of Design professor at a computer, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1979-1987
Date: 1979-1987
Description: From attached caption: "Professors at IIT's Institute of Design are advancing the state of the art in computer-aided design." Chuck Owen is at...
Show moreFrom attached caption: "Professors at IIT's Institute of Design are advancing the state of the art in computer-aided design." Chuck Owen is at right. This image was possibly included in a university viewbook. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Institute of Design student forging metal, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1940s
Date: 1940-1949
Description: Unidentified student in the metalworking workshop at the Institute of Design. As photograph is undated, it may have been taken when the school...
Show moreUnidentified student in the metalworking workshop at the Institute of Design. As photograph is undated, it may have been taken when the school was named Chicago School of Design (1939-1944). Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Jay Doblin with unidentified Institute of Design students, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1955-1965
Date: 1955-1965
Description: Photograph of Institute of Design Dean Jay Doblin with unidentified ID students and the interior of a partially constructed vehicle, Illinois...
Show morePhotograph of Institute of Design Dean Jay Doblin with unidentified ID students and the interior of a partially constructed vehicle, Illinois Institute of Technology. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1942-2001

Title: Jay Doblin's People Chair with an unidentified aluminum chair, ca. 1960
Date: 1960
Description: Photograph of Jay Doblin's People Chair (right), along with another aluminum chair prototype (left), creator unknown. Doblin, then Dean of the...
Show morePhotograph of Jay Doblin's People Chair (right), along with another aluminum chair prototype (left), creator unknown. Doblin, then Dean of the Institute of Design, designed the People Chair as part of a campaign sponsored by the Alcoa Corporation. It is assumed that the unidentified chair was also designed for this competition. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1942-2001

Title: Marnie Averitt and Jay Doblin in Sparky the Electric Auto, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1961-1963
Date: 1961-1963
Description: Photograph of Marnie Averitt and Institute of Design Dean Jay Doblin in Sparky, an electric car developed by Averitt, an ID graduate student....
Show morePhotograph of Marnie Averitt and Institute of Design Dean Jay Doblin in Sparky, an electric car developed by Averitt, an ID graduate student. In 1961, Averitt received a design award for Sparky from Alcoa, sponsor of the student design competition at ID. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1942-2001

Title: Takatsugu Sugiyama's Ribbon Chair, with Sugiyama and Jay Doblin in the background, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1960
Date: 1960
Description: Photograph of Institute of Design student Takatsugu Sugiyama's Ribbon Chair, with Sugiyama and ID Dean Jay Doblin in the background. The chair...
Show morePhotograph of Institute of Design student Takatsugu Sugiyama's Ribbon Chair, with Sugiyama and ID Dean Jay Doblin in the background. The chair is most likely inside of S.R. Crown Hall, with Sugiyama and Doblin outside, on the other side of one of the building's glass panes. The chair consists of a single sheet of aluminum, rolled into a ribbon shape and bound to an aluminum base. The chair was designed in response to a call from the Alcoa company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, asking for ID students to design chairs out of a single sheet of aluminum. Sugiyama's design was recognized and awarded by Alcoa. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate. Pencil inscription on verso reads "Alcoa (Pitts.)."
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1942-2001

Title: Takatsugu Sugiyama and Jay Doblin with Sugiyama's Ribbon Chair on the steps of S.R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1960
Date: 1960
Description: Photograph of Institute of Design student Takatsugu Sugiyama and ID Dean Jay Doblin on the steps of S.R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of...
Show morePhotograph of Institute of Design student Takatsugu Sugiyama and ID Dean Jay Doblin on the steps of S.R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, with Sugiyama's Ribbon Chair. The chair consists of a single sheet of aluminum, rolled into a ribbon shape and bound to an aluminum base. The chair was designed in response to a call from the Alcoa company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, asking for ID students to design chairs out of a single sheet of aluminum. Sugiyama's design was recognized and awarded by Alcoa. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1942-2001

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