J. Gordon Lippincott (1908-1998) was an American industrial designer and co-founder of the design firm Lippincott & Margulies.[1][2]
Early life and education
editLippincott was born in 1908. He graduated from Swarthmore College with an engineering degree in 1931 and later earned a master's degree in architecture and civil engineering from Columbia University.[3]
Career
editLippincott joined Pratt Institute's faculty in 1936, collaborating with Donald Dohner to help establish its design education program.[3] While teaching, Lippincott began consulting as an industrial designer and authored Economics of Design in 1937.[3]
In 1943, Lippincott and Dohner opened a design office in New York, initially partnering with the Douglas T. Sterling Company in Stamford, CT, and named the firm Dohner & Lippincott.[3] After Dohner's death, Lippincott took over the editing of the industrial design section of Interiors magazine.[3] The firm was renamed J. Gordon Lippincott and Company in 1944. Walter Margulies joined the firm in 1944, and it was subsequently renamed as Lippincott & Margulies.[3] The firm's notable projects include the 1946 redesign of Campbell's soup packaging, introducing the iconic red-and-white can.[4]
Lippincott published another book, Design for Business, in 1947 through Paul Theobold.[3] He retired in 1969.[3]
References
edit- ^ "J. Gordon Lippincott Industrial Designer". Design. 48 (1): 4–5. September 25, 1946. doi:10.1080/00119253.1946.10742516 – via CrossRef.
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/05/11/deaths-elsewhere/64129235-3443-48f7-91d9-ced8915d7d4d/
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Lippincott, J. Gordon".
- ^ Kaufman, Michael T. (May 7, 1998). "J. Gordon Lippincott, 89, Dies; Pioneer Design Consultant" – via NYTimes.com.