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Furniture designers

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: People or corporate bodies who specialize in designing furniture, which includes movable or fixed objects or equipment for sitting, reclining, storage, etc. in a dwelling, business, or public space.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Edward J Wormley papers

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0048-01
Abstract

Edward Wormley (1907-1995) is often cited as a top designer of American modernist furniture. Starting at the Dunbar Furniture Company at age 23, Wormley eventually became its sole designer and retained a partnership with Dunbar for over thirty years. Wormley taught at Parsons School of Design between 1952 and 1970. The collection includes photographs, slides, subject files, clippings, technical drawings, catalogs, and sketches.

Dates: circa 1908-1991

Michael Kalil papers

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0119-01
Abstract Michael Kalil (1943-1991) was an interior architect, philosopher, educator and artist, known for his innovative work with new materials and for humanizing digital technologies. From 1981 to 1991, he was the principal of Kalil Designs/Kalil Studio, a firm that specialized in high-profile commercial, prototype and theoretical, and residential design commissions. Kalil also served as an adjunct faculty member at the Parsons School of Design. The collection includes Kalil's...
Dates: 1966 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1991

Parsons School of Design Product Design Department, Tony Whitfield records

 Record Group
Identifier: PC-02-03-02
Summary

This record group consists of documentation created by Parsons School of Design's Product Design Department between 1990-2015. The records were created or received by various individuals, including department chairs Richard Yelle and Tony Whitfield. The record group contains office files pertaining to the administration of the department and Product Design student projects.

Dates: 1991 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1999 - 2008

Robert Rabinovitz design papers

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0103-01
Summary

Collection documents designer, artist and Parsons School of Design teacher Robert Rabinovitz's projects from his undergraduate education at Philadelphia College of Art through his first New York collection, Spring + Crosby, and a series of poetry books produced in collaboration with students. Includes portfolios, plans and drawings, and book dummies, embodying various stages in the design process.

Dates: 1978-2015