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Designers

Charles Harrison, who created a more affordable View-Master and the first plastic trash can, designed 8 to 12 Sears sewing machines ever year for 12 years.

Intelligent Designer

Charles Harrison, former industrial designer at Sears, Roebuck and Company, created practical innovations that touched many lives

Harrison: "Practically every product in the Sears, Roebuck line I had a hand in at one time or another."

Interview with Charles Harrison

The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt honors the prolific industrial designer with its Lifetime Achievement Award

David B. Gamble house, Pasadena, 1907-09.

The Splendor of Greene and Greene

A new exhibition celebrates the work of brothers Charles and Henry Greene, masters of American Arts and Crafts architecture

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For Hire: Holiday Window Designer

Decking the halls with Barney’s creative director Simon Doonan

35 Who Made a Difference: Julie Taymor

Transcending genres, the designer and director creates shamanistic theater

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Second Nature

More and more, innovative scientists are turning to the natural world for inspiration…and design solutions

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Shaker Works Gallery

A compendium of thoughts on the Shakers from some quotable notables

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