Trimline Telephone
1962 · Injection molded ABS plastic
3 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 2 3/4" (8.9 x 21.6 x 7 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Henry Dreyfuss
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12
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17
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Recent Acquisitions: Design Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1967–1968
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Good Design
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1953
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Good Design
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1952
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Good Design
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1951–1952
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Integrated Building: Kitchen, Bathroom, and Storage
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1945
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Henry Dreyfuss was an American industrial designer whose work fundamentally shaped the visual language of twentieth-century consumer products and transportation design. Operating from the 1930s through the 1970s, he developed a systematic approach to ergonomics and user-centered design, creating iconic forms for telephones, tractors, locomotives, and domestic appliances that balanced aesthetic refinement with functional clarity. His postwar practice emphasized the integration of human scale and everyday usability into industrial manufacture, establishing principles that became foundational to modern design education and practice.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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