Henry Dreyfuss (March 2, 1904 – October 5, 1972) was an Industrial Design pioneer. The restyled Model D was a 42 hp row-crop tractor, which offered several new options including electric lighting and electric starting.
Henry Dreyfuss worked with John Deere engineers in 1938 to streamline the Model A and B tractors, designing more “attractive” designs that joined with utilitarian values, becoming hallmarks of John Deere’s future products. 9. Model M Henry Dreyfuss, (born March 2, 1904, New York City—died Oct. 5, 1972, South Pasadena, Calif., U.S.), U.S. industrial designer noted for the number and variety of his pioneering designs for modern products.. At age 17 Dreyfuss was designing sets for stage presentations at a Broadway motion-picture theatre. April 8, 2016. In 1929 Henry Dreyfuss opened a practice of his own, was a design consultant for Macy's department store, and worked increasingly as an industrial designer whose distinguished clientele included Bell Telephone, AT&T, American Airlines, Polaroid, Hoover, and others. Innovative tractor featured an integrated farming systems approach. Industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss, working with Deere engineers, streamlines the "A" and "B" Tractors. From Science Illustrated magazine, December 1946. He completed studies as an apprentice to Norman Bel Geddes in 1924 and produced 250 stage sets for a number of theatres before 1928. Deere and Company hired Henry Dreyfuss's industrial design studio to enhance the aesthetics of its tractors in an effort to be more competitive. Concern for attractive design joins traditional utilitarian values as hallmarks of John Deere products. Gain insight on designer Henry Dreyfuss and his work with Deere & Co., Bell Telephone Laboratories, and Minneapolis Honeywell with Dreyfuss scholar Dr. Russell Flinchum, associate professor of art history, North Carolina State University.
Model “M” Tractor was New from the Ground Up. In 1938, John Deere hired designer Henry Dreyfuss to restyle its agriculture equipment, which led to a new style of the 1926 Model D tractor being released in 1939. From 1937 to 1953 Dreyfuss worked to create a trusted brand in John Deere, ranging from streamlining and restyling tractors to designing rakes and engines, company stationery, and of course, the famous leaping deer trademark. The exhibit will include John Deere Lawn and Garden tractors, Model H, and a Model A. Henry Dreyfuss in his office with John Deere Designs, circa 1966, image courtesy of John Deere Henry Dreyfuss: Designs for the Modern Age will feature the work of influential industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss.
He opened his own office in 1929 for stage and industrial design activities. Henry Dreyfuss’ preliminary sketches were the first step in the new John Deere tractor design.
The Future According to Henry Dreyfuss Get to Know Mr. John Deere Shipwreck, risky deals, rebellion Restored Family Heirloom on Display at Tractor Museum. Henry Dreyfus, FIDSA/FRSA Past IDSA president 1965US industrial designer.
“Henry Dreyfuss: Designs for the Modern Age” includes objects on loan from John Deere Archives, the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, Albany … Henry Dreyfuss was born in Brooklyn, NY to a family in the theatrical materials supply business.
In November 1937 Dreyfuss presented Deere’s engineering team with a wooden mock-up of a Model B Tractor.