April 25, 2017, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Theatre + Performing ArtsBiographer B. Alexandra Szerlip on Norman Bel Geddes’s life and legacy Norman Bel Geddes was one of the great visionaries of the twentieth century. An industrial designer, known best for his contribution to the Futurama exhibition at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, Bel Geddes experimented with
July 10, 2014, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing ArtsNow open at the Wolfsonian: “I Have Seen The Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America” The exhibition I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America is now open at the Wolfsonian at Florida International University in Miami Beach, Florida. Pulled mostly from the Ransom Center’s Bel Geddes archive, the exhibition originated in fall 2012 at the Ransom Center and was on view earlier… read more
March 18, 2013, Filed Under: Theatre + Performing ArtsFrom the Outside In: Model of "Motorcar No. 9," Norman Bel Geddes, ca. 1932 The atria on the first floor of the Ransom Center are surrounded by windows featuring etched reproductions of images from the collections. The windows offer visitors a hint of the cultural treasures to be discovered inside. From the Outside In is a series that highlights some of these images and… read more
