Designer · USA · 1883–1960
Walter Dorwin Teague
Walter Dorwin Teague (1883–1960) – American industrial designer, creator of Kodak cameras, co-founder and first president of SID.
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About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1883–1960
- Country
- USA
Walter Dorwin Teague was born on 18 December 1883 in Decatur, Indiana. From 1903, he studied at the Art Students League in New York. In 1926, he opened an industrial design office, and on 1 January 1928 he signed his first contract with Kodak. For Kodak, he designed, among others, the Baby Brownie (1934), Bantam Special (1936) and Brownie Hawkeye (1950) cameras.
He designed Texaco stations (1936), the Polaroid Model 95 camera (1948), and the Ford and U.S. Steel pavilions at the 1939 New York World's Fair. In 1958, he developed the facilities for the US Air Force Academy. His name is also associated with the interiors of Boeing 707 (1958), 737 (1963) and 747 (1969) aircraft.
In 1940, he published the book “Design This Day”. In 1944, he co-founded SID with Raymond Loewy and Henry Dreyfuss and became its first president. He died on 5 December 1960 in Flemington, New Jersey. In 2007, the IDSA posthumously awarded him the Award for Individual Achievement.
Key designs
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Baby Brownie
camera
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Bantam Special
camera
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Model 95
camera
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Brownie Hawkeye
camera
