Lawrence P. Feer Papers circa 1950-1996

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Lawrence P. Feer Papers circa 1950-1996

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American industrial designer. Collection includes business files, academic files, drawings, blueprints, models, books, journals, teaching evaluations, project files, newsletters, correspondence, awards, notebooks, research paper, course notes, students assignments, catalogs, project files.

52 linear ft.

eng,

Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 6361605

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Feer, Lawrence P.

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Lawrence Feer is Professor Emeritus of Industrial Design, Syracuse University. A graduate of the Pratt Institute (1953 and 1956), he and fellow Syracuse University faculty member James Pirkl were students of noted industrial design educator Rowena Reed Kostellow. Feer began his career at Oneida Ltd. designing flatware; his New Era and Forever designs, introduced in 1954 and 1957, were popular sellers for more than thirty years and were selected for use in all Disneyland restaurants....

Industrial Designers Society of America.

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The term "industrial designer" originated in the U.S. Patent Office in 1913 as a synonym for the then-current term "art in industry." In 1927 Macy's department store in New York City held a well-attended Exposition of Art in Trade, which featured "modern products," many of them from the 1925 International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris. Public and manufacturer demand for these new "Art Deco" styles immedately surged, and a number of design professionals...