Teague, Walter Dorwin

Teague, Walter Dorwin

(1883–1960) industrial designer; born in Decatur, Ind. After study at New York's Art Students League and subsequent free-lance illustrating, graphic, and typographic work, he founded an industrial design office (1926) whose clients included Kodak, Corning Glass, Ford, US Steel, Texaco, and Du Pont. Among his notable designs were the 1928 Kodak Bantam Special camera, the 1935 Texaco gas station, Pyrex ovenware, and the Boeing 707 airplane interior.