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. Show less
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. Show less
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. Show less
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. Show less
Photograph of Institute of Design faculty members (left to right) John Grimes, John Askwith, James Montague, Len Singer, Robert Graeff, David... Show morePhotograph of Institute of Design faculty members (left to right) John Grimes, John Askwith, James Montague, Len Singer, Robert Graeff, David Rathbun, Arthur Siegel, and Ken Biasco. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate, based on this photograph's use in the 1976 edition of Integral, the Illinois Tech yearbook. Show less
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. Show less
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. Show less
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. Show less
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.)." Show less
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. Show less
Photograph of Institute of Design student Takatsugu Sugiyama and his Ribbon Chair, with ID Dean Jay Doblin and an unidentified man in the... Show morePhotograph of Institute of Design student Takatsugu Sugiyama and his Ribbon Chair, with ID Dean Jay Doblin and an unidentified man in the background, S.R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology. The Ribbon 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. Show less
Photograph of Institute of Design Dean Jay Doblin in a Japan, likely taken ca. 1959, when Doblin was invited to Japan by the Ministry of... Show morePhotograph of Institute of Design Dean Jay Doblin in a Japan, likely taken ca. 1959, when Doblin was invited to Japan by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) to assess and consult on the state of Japanese design. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate. Show less
Photograph of Jay Doblin. Doblin was Dean of the Institute of Design from 1955 until 1969. After his departure as Dean, Doblin remained on the... Show morePhotograph of Jay Doblin. Doblin was Dean of the Institute of Design from 1955 until 1969. After his departure as Dean, Doblin remained on the faculty at ID until his death in 1989. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Show less
