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I Have Seen The Future

Biographer B. Alexandra Szerlip on Norman Bel Geddes’s life and legacy

April 25, 2017 - Marissa Kessenich

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 [Read more…] about Biographer B. Alexandra Szerlip on Norman Bel Geddes’s life and legacy

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Now open at the Wolfsonian: “I Have Seen The Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America”

July 10, 2014 - Sarah Strohl

Norman Bel Geddes, "Motor Car No. 9 (without tail fin)," ca. 1933.

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 this year at the Museum of the City of New York. Bringing together some 200 unique drawings, models, photographs, and films, this exhibition highlights Bel Geddes’s creativity and desire to transform American society through design.

Norman Bel Geddes (1893–1958) was an industrial and theatrical designer who gained fame in the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s for his streamlined and futuristic innovations. His designs played a significant role in shaping America’s image as an innovative powerhouse and global leader into the future. One of his most famous undertakings was the unforgettable Futurama exhibition at the 1939–1940 New York World’s Fair.

I Have Seen the Future is on view at the Wolfsonian until September 28.

Image: Norman Bel Geddes, Motor Car No. 9 (without tail fin), ca. 1933.

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