Everyone seems to know about the Hallicrafters T-54 being a Ray Loewy design, now thanks to that great research resource eBay, I now know that this Westinghouse was also designed by him.

So what other Loewy sets are there?

man I had a westinghouse just like that that went out my door for 60 bucks! :yikes:

I didn't know that Ray Lowey was an electrical engineer... :D

reminds me of my college days at Syracuse University. Many students were studying "design". Except I was studying circuit design, along with other engineering topics. Other students were studying "design", which was a form of art. :D

Raymond Loewy was an industrial designer. He had a somewhat difficult job-take an existing product & re-design it, so hopefully it would be easier to operate, & if all possible, be more aesthetically pleasing. One of their first redesigns was for Louis Gestetner, Loewy redesigned a duplicating machine, a forerunner of today's copying machine. loewy & his team redesigned the thing to the point where it was not only pleasing to look at, it worked better, & was safer, too. Loewy also designed the paint scheme for Air Force One in '61, & it was so good, the basic design is still used today on the current 747-altho it looks much better on the older 707.

Sheesh, I can't believe I misspelled his name... (now corrected) :stupid:

fwiw he had designed some audio gear for fairchild.

And he did most of the Studebaker cars in the 50s, which in turn means he did the new Mazda coupe by default; a perfect copy of the '53 Studebaker...

Charles

And of course the GG1.

I always heard referred to as a 'stylist'. oh well. And while he cleaned up the GG-1, the basic look was there before him - he rounded it and got them to go all welded, and cleaned up the paint scheme. If you've ever seen 4800, you'll see what I mean.

Courtesy of raymondlowey.com here are a few of his designs. And don't forget Henry Dreyfuss.

Dave A

If you've ever seen 4800, you'll see what I mean.Old rivets. It's still at the PA State RR museum at Strasburg I suppose.