Institute of Design

The Institute of Design collections held by the University Archives and Special Collections contain a variety of materials which reflect the history of the school since its founding as the New Bauhaus of Chicago by László Moholy-Nagy in 1937. They include academic catalogs, class and school activities announcements, biographical materials, student work, exhibit catalogs, announcements of student and alumni professional activities, essays, speeches, periodical articles, photographs, scrapbooks and news clippings by and about the school and its members. Materials found within the Institute of Design collections pertain to institutional history; with few exceptions, University Archives and Special Collections does not hold the personal papers or creative output of former faculty of the Institute of Design or its predecessor schools.

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Title: Jay Doblin with unidentified Institute of Design students, S.R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1955-1965
Date: 1955-1965
Description: Photograph of Institute of Design Dean Jay Doblin and unidentified ID students on the lower level of S.R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of...
Show morePhotograph of Institute of Design Dean Jay Doblin and unidentified ID students on the lower level of S.R. Crown Hall, 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 in Japan, ca. 1959
Date: 1959
Description: 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.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1942-2001

Title: Jay Doblin with unidentified Institute of Design students and a car chassis, 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 a car chassis, Illinois Institute of Technology....
Show morePhotograph of Institute of Design Dean Jay Doblin with unidentified ID students and a car chassis, 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
Description: 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.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1942-2001

Title: László Moholy-Nagy with hand sculptures, ca. 1945
Date: 1945
Description: Photograph of László Moholy-Nagy with hand sculptures. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate, based on...
Show morePhotograph of László Moholy-Nagy with hand sculptures. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate, based on notation found adjacent to photograph.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: László Moholy-Nagy
Description: Photograph of László Moholy-Nagy in profile. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown.
Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

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: Light Drawing With Folded Paper
Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of cut and folded paper used as a means to experiment with light and shadow. Title, date, and signature inscribed on verso....
Show morePhotograph of cut and folded paper used as a means to experiment with light and shadow. Title, date, and signature inscribed on verso. Numbered img1136, 026.087.3.06, #42.1.2, and 2886? on verso of photograph.
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Collection: Nathan Lerner photographs, 1935-1980

Title: Buckminster Fuller, 1948
Date: 1948
Description: Photomontage portrait of Buckminster Fuller, 1948. Fuller, then an instructor at Black Mountain College, spent the winter of 1948 teaching at...
Show morePhotomontage portrait of Buckminster Fuller, 1948. Fuller, then an instructor at Black Mountain College, spent the winter of 1948 teaching at the Institute of Design, when this portrait was likely produced. Photographer/creator unknown.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Jay Doblin with his People Chair, 1960
Date: 1960
Description: Jay Doblin, then Dean of the Institute of Design, poses with his People Chair, and alumnimun chair designed as part of a campaign sponsored by...
Show moreJay Doblin, then Dean of the Institute of Design, poses with his People Chair, and alumnimun chair designed as part of a campaign sponsored by the Alcoa Corporation. Photographer and copyright holder unknown, assumed to be Alcoa.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1942-2001

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: Mary Henry at the Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois, 1945-1946
Date: 1945-1946
Description: Photograph of Mary Henry working on a metal sculpture as a student at the Institute of Design in 1945 or 1946. Inscription on verso reads ...
Show morePhotograph of Mary Henry working on a metal sculpture as a student at the Institute of Design in 1945 or 1946. Inscription on verso reads "Mary Henry at the Institute of Design in Chicago - Oak + Rush Streets - 1945-1946. I am constructing a metal sculpture in Nathan Lerner's workshop." Photographer unknown. The color in this photograph appears to be blue ink that has bled onto the photo from another source.
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Untitled
Date: 1946
Description: Untitled photograph by Mary Henry from her time as a student at the Institute of Design. Inscription on verso: "Photo lesson (Moholy-Nagy's...
Show moreUntitled photograph by Mary Henry from her time as a student at the Institute of Design. Inscription on verso: "Photo lesson (Moholy-Nagy's photographic class at I.D., 1946. Study for showing shadows on 3 dimensional objects - lesson in lighting -"
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Untitled
Date: 1946
Description: Photograph of a sculpture by Mary Henry taken during her time as a student at the Institute of Design. Inscription on verso: "A lesson in...
Show morePhotograph of a sculpture by Mary Henry taken during her time as a student at the Institute of Design. Inscription on verso: "A lesson in welding in N. Lerner's class - I.D., 1946. Photographed in Moholy's class showing different lighting effects."
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

Title: Untitled
Date: 1946
Description: Photograph taken by Mary Henry of a sculpture she made in Nathan Lerner's workshop during her time as a student at the Institute of Design....
Show morePhotograph taken by Mary Henry of a sculpture she made in Nathan Lerner's workshop during her time as a student at the Institute of Design. Inscription on verso: "Mary Henry Photography under Moholy-Nagy. Institute of Design, Chicago. Wire sculpture made in Nathan Lerner's Workshop, I.D."
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Collection: Mary Dill Henry Papers, 1913-2021

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: Herbert Read lecture at the Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois, April 23, 1946
Date: 1946-04-23
Description: Photograph of the audience at a lecture by Herbert Read at the Institute of Design.
Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Students in paper cutting workshop at the Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1945
Date: 1940-1949
Description: Photograph of students in the paper cutting workshop at the Institute of Design. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date...
Show morePhotograph of students in the paper cutting workshop at the Institute of Design. 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

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