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Core77 Website Goes Live

1995

Core77 publishes articles, discussion forums, an extensive event calendar, hosts portfolios, job listings, a database of design firms, schools, vendors and services. Core77 provides a gathering poi...

First Industrial Design Class in Mexico

Apr 18, 1969

First Industrial Design class in Mexico, held in the UNAM in Mexico City.

Industrial Designers Society of America Formed

1965

Formed by the merger of three American designer associations: American Designers Institute (IDI), American Society of Industrial Design (ASID) and Industrial Design Education Association (IDEA).

"The Measure of Man" Published

1960

An ergonomic reference produced by Henry Dreyfuss

International Council of Societies of Industrial Design Formed

1956

The mission of the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design is to: * To research design principles and the evolution of design. * To further the profession of design, its st...

Dieter Rams Joins Braun

1955

Dieter Rams, one of the most influential industrial designers in the 20th century, joined the electronic devices manufacturer Braun where he became chief of design in 1961, a position he kept until...

I.D. Magazine Launched

1953

I.D. Magazine hits the stands for the first time.

Chartered Society of Designers Founded

1930

Founded in 1930 as Society of Industrial Artists, the Society, which is headquartered in London, exists to promote concern for the sound principles of design in all areas in which design considerat...

Raymond Loewy Enters Industrial Design Profession

1929

Loewy receives his first industrial design commission: modernize the appearance of a duplicating machine by Gestetner.

Dreyfuss Opens Industrial Design Office

1929

Dreyfuss was born in Brooklyn, New York. As one of the celebrity industrial designers of the 1930s and 1940s, Dreyfuss dramatically improved the look, feel, and usability of dozens of consumer prod...

Bauhaus School Founded

1919 to 1933

The Bauhaus school founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar. Bauhaus is the common term for the Staatliches Bauhaus, a school in Germany which combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the ...

Werkbund Exhibition

1914

Werkbund Exhibition held in Cologne, Germany.

Deutscher Werkbund Founded

1907 to 1938

"The Werkbund was less an artistic movement than a state-sponsored effort to integrate traditional crafts and industrial mass-production techniques..."

Thonet Chair No.14

1859

After extensive experimentation Michael Thonet releases Chair No.14 one of the most successful and iconic industrial designed products of all time.

Comments

maxineBN1 at Aug 22, 2009 7:06:12 AM
How do you add to the timeline? British Design Innovation was launched in 1993 - I would like to add that to the timeline
rebang at Aug 22, 2009 8:53:40 AM
Only friends can modify this timeline (per the LinkedIn comment which I suspect brought you here). I've "followed" you. Check to see if you can add an event. If not, you may also need to follow me.
rebang at Sep 28, 2009 5:04:56 PM
For the IDers who would like to add entries to this time line, the Followers UI is apparently borked atm. If you leave a comment I can more easily follow you back, at which point you should be able to add entries to this time line.


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