WALTER D. TEAGUE (dec 18, 1883 – dec 5, 1960)
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Was an American industrial designer, architect, illustrator, graphic designer, writer, and entrepreneur. Often referred to as the "Dean of Industrial Design",[1] Teague pioneered in the establishment of industrial design as a profession in the US, along with Norman Bel Geddes, Raymond Loewy, and Henry Dreyfuss.Regarded as a classicist and a traditionalist despite a later shift to modern tastes, teague is recognized as a critical figure in the spread of mid-century modernism in America.
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dec 18, 1883
dec 5, 1960
~ 77 years