Doodles, Drafts, and Designs: Industrial Drawings from the Smithsonian

Presentation boards for Singer sewing machine handle, 1977
Henry Dreyfuss Associates, New York, New York

By the 1930s, a new profession—industrial design—began to influence the look of products as diverse as telephones and airplanes. Dreyfuss, whose pioneering firm is still active today, was the first to apply ergonomic principles in developing new designs.