The Man Who Designed the Future: Norman Bel Geddes and the Invention of Twentieth-Century America

By B. Alexandra Szerlip

Book Overview

Before Steve Jobs, there was Norman Bel Geddes. Bel Geddes designed everything from the first all-weather stadium, to Manhattan's most exclusive nightclub, to Futurama, the prescient 1939 exhibit that showed how America would look in the near future. The book reveals precisely how central Bel Geddes was to the history of American innovation, design and culture.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612195628
• ISBN13: 9781612195629
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Melville House Publishing
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.0"