April 23, 2013, Filed Under: Conservation, Theatre + Performing ArtsConservators repair Bel Geddes poster for 1926 Macy’s parade For Macy’s third annual parade in 1926, Norman Bel Geddes produced seven posters that now reside in the Ransom Center’s archive. Learn about the efforts of Ransom Center conservators to repair and frame one of the posters for the exhibition I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America.… read more
January 6, 2013, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing ArtsIn the Galleries: Norman Bel Geddes’s 1931 film of "Hamlet" production https://youtu.be/o_ud44hNLUE By the time Norman Bel Geddes began work on a contentious adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet in 1931, he was considered an established theatrical designer and a pioneer of the New Stagecraft movement in America. Collaborating with literary advisor Clayton Hamilton, Bel Geddes abridged the play in order to… read more
December 20, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsThree degrees of separation: Industrial designers find inspiration with Norman Bel Geddes Scott Lauffer, an Industrial Design Director at Dell’s Enterprise Product Group, recently visited the exhibition I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America with a group of colleagues, primarily industrial designers and engineers. The group takes occasional offsite visits to find inspiration. This is the third visit… read more
