Norman Bel Geddes
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Norman Bel Geddes was an American theatrical and industrial designer, described in 2012 by the New York Times as "a brilliant craftsman and draftsman, a master of style, the 20th century’s Leonardo da
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Norman Bel Geddes with part of the Shell Oil City of Tomorrow. Photo: Frances Resor Waite c. 1937.
A drawing by Norman Bel Geddes
Model of teardrop-shaped automobile designed by Bel Geddes
Futurama was an exhibit and ride at the 1939 New York World's Fair designed by Norman Bel Geddes, which presented a possible model of the world 20 years into the future. The installation was sponsored
Norman Bel Geddes
…the utilitarian objects of the day from airplanes and ocean liners to cocktail shakers and circuses. He also conceived and oversaw construction of the Futurama Exhibition at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Bel Geddes was born Norman Melancton Geddes in Adrian, Michigan, and was raised in New Philadelphia, Ohio, the son…
Detail of the Futurama diorama
Full size Futurama street intersection, c. 1939
Illustration of the Highways and Horizons building by Edwin D. Mott, c. 1939
Shell Oil City of Tomorrow model, c. 1936/37