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Franco-American industrial designer (1893–1986), the self-styled 'Father of Industrial Design,' whose streamlining work for Studebaker, Coca-Cola, and the Pennsylvania Railroad defined American commercial aesthetics in the mid-twentieth century.

Lightweight, corrosion-resistant metal — the defining structural material of aircraft, electric vehicles, and premium consumer electronics, prized for its strength-to-weight ratio and infinite recyclability.

Ferdinand Porsche's 1938 people's car — the best-selling single-platform automobile in history, whose rounded, functional form and mass-market ambition made it a defining object of mid-century industrial design.

American design movement of the 1930s that applied aerodynamic styling — teardrops, speed lines, and rounded corners — to everything from locomotives and automobiles to refrigerators and buildings.