Pulos, Arthur J.

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Death 1995

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Arthur J. Pulos (1917-1997) was a silversmith, industrial designer, and educator of Syracuse, N.Y.

From the description of Oral history interview with Arthur J. Pulos 1980 July 31-1982 Dec. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646395810

Silversmith, industrial designer, educator; Syracuse, N.Y.; b. 1917; d. Jan. 15, 1997.

From the description of Arthur J. Pulos interview, 1980 July 31-1982 Dec. 5 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81163243

Silversmith, industrial designer, educator, author, Syracuse, N.Y. Born 1917. Died Jan. 15, 1997.

Taught design for several years at the University of Illinois and at Syracuse University where he also chaired the Dept. of Industrial Design. Founded and managed Pulos Design Associates. Involved in many crafts and industrial design organizations and author of several books.

From the description of Arthur J. Pulos papers, 1935-[ca. 1980s] (bulk 1947-1960). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 430380014

Silversmith, industrial designer, educator, author, Syracuse, N.Y. Born 1917. Died Jan. 15, 1997.

From the description of Arthur J. Pulos papers, 1935-[ca. 1980s] (bulk 1947-1960). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83923330

Arhur Jon Pulos (1918-1997) was an American industrial designer. He earned his undergraduate degree in art education from Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon University) in 1939 and a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in silversmithing from the University of Oregon in 1943. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II, founder and president of Pulos Design Associates (1958-1988), and professor of industrial design at Syracuse University (1955-1982). He also served as consultant and lecturer in more than 25 countries; in 1985 he was the United States delegate to the Budapest Cultural Forum, and he lectured at the Beijing Academy of Art and Design in China in 1987.

Pulos received numerous awards over his career, including honors for silver design at the 1958 World's Fair, the first Design Education Award (Industrial Designers Society of America, 1988), the Premio Mexico (1996), and Japan's Seventh International Design Award (Osaka, 1995). He was an honorary fellow of the Design Institute of Australia and of the Mexican Academy of Design, and was named to the policy panel of the Design Arts Program for the National Endowment for the Arts. His work is in the permanent collections of museums across the United States.

From the guide to the Arthur J. Pulos Papers, 1958-1983, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)