Raymond Loewy
Astronaut Suit
Apollo Orbital Workshop, ca. 1974
Vintage color print on Kodak paper, 255x210 mm + Vintage silver print, 255x210 mm, 1995 auction stamp, verso Raymond Loewy (1893–1986) was born in Paris on November 5, 1893 and grew up in a bourgeois household. After distinguished service in World War I, Loewy immigrated to the United States in 1919, hoping to find work at General Electric. He settled in New York City. In 1929 Loewy received his first significant product design commission from Sigmund Gestetner, an Englishman who was seeking to modernize the look of his mimeograph machine. During the early 1930s, Loewy also worked for Westinghouse and the Hupp Motor Company, where he designed the prize-winning Hupmobile. His major breakthrough came in 1934 when he received the opportunity to redesign the Sears Coldspot refrigerator.
