Gifford Jackson: New Zealand industrial design pathfinder

Maker and role
Michael Smythe, Author
Production date
2013

Object detail

Accession number

PUB-2018-35.1

Maker

Michael Smythe

Description

"Gifford Jackson, the godfather of New Zealand industrial designers, navigated his own pathway into the territory of industrial design and paved the way for generations to come. His story exemplifies process with all its ingredients of desire, curiosity, purpose, analysis, calculation, intuition and serendipity" - back cover.

Finding direction : the outlook from Devonport - Sea to air to NYC : war-based experience - Professional progress : post-war in Auckland - Manhattan man : working with the pioneers - Full circle : designing in New Zealand again - Legacy : a life will kept

Signature/Marks and Type

For MOTAT Michael Smythe Hand-written

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

99 pages : illustrations, photographs (colour) ; 17 x 24.5 cm

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-473-23882-7

Credit line

Michael Smythe. 2013. Gifford Jackson: New Zealand industrial design pathfinder, PUB-2018-35.1. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Book Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Other Documents

Production place

Northcote North Shore City Auckland District Auckland New Zealand

Subject: all levels

New Zealand Design, industrial Biography New Zealand

Collection type

Published Titles Walsh Memorial Library

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