Monochromatic cover / print featuring a group of industrial designers gathered together at a round table smoking and socializing. They are all wearing a suit and includes the following people: George Switzer, Gustav Jensen, Walter D. Teague, Joseph Sinel, Robert L. Leonard, Arthur S. Allen, Ben Nash. The table is set with ashtrays, pen, paper, and cigarette boxes. Most of the designers are in conversation with one another, some in a smaller group, others smiling and listening. The photo of the designers is in a rectangular crop with the bottom of the cover extending to include white space. The text “A ROUND TABLE PACKAGE CLINIC” is displayed at the bottom center of the photograph. The photo illustrates a vignette effect with most of the edges dark and only the socializing scene in the center illuminated. At the bottom part, where the white portion extends, a solid black circle is printed with the names of the designers arranged to surround it.

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Object Timeline

1933	Work on this object began.
1956	We acquired this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2017	We exhibited this object.
2024	You found it!

Object ID #18410193

This is a Print. It was subject: Walter Dorwin Teague. It is dated January 1933 and we acquired it in 1956. Its medium is lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

In the 1930s, smoking was increasingly common among American men and women, playing a role in business as well as leisure. This 1933 cover of Printers' Ink Monthly depicts a group of industrial designers famous for their packaging designs smoking and socializing together at a round table, engaged in both work and recreation.

It is credited Gift of Ellen Gustav Jensen.

Its dimensions are

30.5 x 21.6 cm (12 x 8 1/2 in.)

Cite this object as

Object ID #18410193; Subject: Walter Dorwin Teague (American, 1883–1960); USA; lithograph on paper; 30.5 x 21.6 cm (12 x 8 1/2 in.); Gift of Ellen Gustav Jensen; 1956-47-141

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Virtue in Vice.

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Accession Number 1956-47-141
Object ID 18410193