July 10, 2014, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing ArtsHigh Museum of Art’s “Dream Cars” exhibition features drawings, designs from Norman Bel Geddes collection “We dream of cars that will float or fly, or run on energy from a laser beam, or travel close to the ground without wheels. Such research may border on the fantastic, but so did the idea of a carriage going about the country without a horse.” –The Ford Book… 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
November 13, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsRemembering Futurama at the 1939 New York World’s Fair Norman Bel Geddes’s Futurama exhibit, dedicated to “building the world of tomorrow,” proved to be a step into Bob Hesdorfer’s future before he’d even arrived. “I was probably 14,” says Hesdorfer, referring to the spring day in 1939 that he and a classmate spent at the New York World’s Fair.… read more
