Design Research, Inc.

Dates:
Active 1953
Active 1979

Biographical notes:

Retail establishment and product design. Design Research, Inc. (D/R), founded in 1953 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by architect Benjamin Thompson, specialized in the latest post-war products for the modern home. The displays in the stores were considered unique in that they were designed at domestic scale and the products were shown in realistic, homelike arrangements.

From the description of Design Research, Inc. Collection, 1953-1979. (Smithsonian Institution Libraries). WorldCat record id: 39156698

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Subjects:

  • Display of merchandise
  • Furniture design
  • Furniture store
  • House furnishings
  • Stores, Retail
  • Stores, Retail
  • Retail trade

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Places:

  • United States (as recorded)