About
Inspired by the aerodynamics of planes, he applied the same principles to ships, cars, and industrial structures.
Before Fame
He was a theater set designer and worked in Los Angeles and with the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
Trivia
He designed household consumer items like the streamlined Emerson Patriot radio or the Soda King seltzer bottle, but his most popular work as the GM Pavilion was at the 1939 World's Fair.
Family Life
His daughter
Associated With
Buckminster Fuller, a contemporary of his, was another visionary designer. In fact, some of their designs were quite similar.
