Loewy’s Shell Logo on Indy 500 Winning Car
Josef Newgarden won the Indianapolis 500 on May 28, 2023. The logo for Shell Oil, the main sponsor of Josef's car, was designed by Raymond Loewy in 1971. His designs…
Designers give Air Force One a fresh, rainbow-hued look
Trump would really hate it. BY KATHARINE SCHWAB In 1962, legendary graphic designer Raymond Loewy offered to give Air Force One a new look. Of the several sketches that Loewy proposed, President…
Fly the Gaudy Skies
by John Wall John Wall is the author of Streamliner, a biography of Raymond Loewy published by Johns Hopkins University Press. It will go on sale Aug. 15. News outlets just…
Out of the blue: A look back at Air Force One’s classic design
Written by: Jacopo Prisco, CNN The current look of Air Force One is a true design classic. It dates back to 1962, and is the result of collaboration between JFK and…
Please, US Air Force, Don’t Let Trump Schlock Up Air Force One’s Iconic Appearance
Source: The Drive.com Donald Trump made the already ongoing procurement of new Air Force One aircraft a token defense spending issue even before taking office. Since then, the first year…
Air Force One Makeover Erases Tie to Famed Auto Designer
by Joseph Szczesny on Jul.23, 2018 Air Force One, which next to the White House is the ultimate symbol of American Presidential power and prestige, is being replaced by two new Boeing…
Trump says Air Force One to get red, white and blue makeover
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and DAVID KOENIG, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says Air Force One is getting a patriotic makeover. Trump says the familiar baby blue color…
Raymond Loewy: Designer of American Dreams by Frederique Bompuis and Jerome de Missolz
Who was Raymond Loewy? This 2017 French documentary introduces the viewer to the original “Mad Man of Madison Avenue” with the golden touch – such a genius that he could…
Raymond Loewy Gallery opens at O. Winston Link Museum
Roanoke, Va., -- On Sept. 23, 2006 the first gallery devoted to “the father of industrial design” opened in a railway station that Raymond Loewy himself designed almost 60 years…
CBS Sunday Morning Almanac
And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: November 5, 1893, 124 years ago today -- Day One for the man called "The Father of Streamlining." For that was…