Editing Industrial design (section)

==Examples of industrial design==
[[File:Lurelle Guild. Vacuum Cleaner, ca. 1937..jpg|thumbnail|right|[[Lurelle Guild]]. Vacuum Cleaner, {{Circa|1937}}. [[Brooklyn Museum]]]]
[[File:Eames chair-IMG 4624.jpg|thumb|Chair by Charles Eames]]
[[File:Russel Wright. Coffee Urn, ca. 1935.jpg|thumbnail|right|Russel Wright. Coffee Urn, {{Circa|1935}}. Brooklyn Museum]]

A number of industrial designers have made such a significant impact on culture and daily life that their work is documented by historians of social science. [[Alvar Aalto]], renowned as an [[architect]], also designed a significant number of household items, such as chairs, stools, lamps, a tea-cart, and vases. [[Raymond Loewy]] was a prolific American designer who is responsible for the [[Royal Dutch Shell]] corporate logo, the original [[BP]] logo (in use until 2000), the [[PRR S1]] steam locomotive, the [[Studebaker Starlight]] (including the later bulletnose), as well as [[Schick (razors)|Schick]] electric razors, [[Electrolux]] refrigerators, short-wave radios, [[Le Creuset]] French ovens, and a complete line of modern furniture, among many other items.

[[Richard Teague]], who spent most of his career with the [[American Motors Corporation]], originated the concept of using interchangeable body panels so as to create a wide array of different vehicles using the same stampings. He was responsible for such unique automotive designs as the [[AMC Pacer|Pacer]], [[AMC Gremlin|Gremlin]], [[AMC Matador|Matador coupe]], [[Jeep Cherokee (XJ)|Jeep Cherokee]], and the complete interior of the [[Eagle Premier]].

Milwaukee's [[Brooks Stevens]] was best known for his [[Milwaukee Road]] [[Skytop Lounge]] car and [[Oscar Mayer]] [[Wienermobile]] designs, among others.

[[Viktor Schreckengost]] designed bicycles manufactured by Murray bicycles for Murray and Sears, Roebuck and Company. With engineer Ray Spiller, he designed the first truck with a cab-over-engine configuration, a design in use to this day. Schreckengost also founded The Cleveland Institute of Art's school of industrial design.

[[Oskar Barnack]] was a German optical engineer, precision mechanic, industrial designer, and the father of 35mm photography. He developed the [[Leica Camera|Leica]], which became the hallmark for photography for 50 years, and remains a high-water mark for mechanical and optical design.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oskar Barnack |url=https://iphf.org/inductees/oskar-barnack/ |website=International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-date=4 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204185351/https://iphf.org/inductees/oskar-barnack/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Charles and Ray Eames]] were most famous for their pioneering furniture designs,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-01 |title=Eames Expert Insights: Mastering the Art of Vintage Eames Furniture Ac |url=https://industrialkonzept.com/en/blogs/magazine/eames-moebel-kaufen-leitfaden |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=industrial Konzept Store |language=en}}</ref> such as the [[Eames Lounge Chair Wood]] and [[Eames Lounge Chair]]. Other influential designers included [[Henry Dreyfuss]], [[Eliot Noyes]], [[John Vassos]], and [[Russel Wright]].

[[Dieter Rams]] is a German industrial designer closely associated with the consumer products company [[Braun (company)|Braun]] and the [[Functionalism (architecture)|Functionalist]] school of industrial design.

German industrial designer [[Luigi Colani]], who designed cars for automobile manufacturers including [[Fiat]], [[Alfa Romeo]], [[Lancia]], [[Volkswagen]], and [[BMW]], was also known to the general public for his unconventional approach to industrial design. He had expanded in numerous areas ranging from mundane household items, instruments and furniture to trucks, uniforms and entire rooms. A grand [[piano]] created by Colani, the ''Pegasus'', is manufactured and sold by the [[Wilhelm Schimmel|Schimmel]] piano company.

Many of [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s recent products were designed by Sir [[Jonathan Ive]].