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- Title
- Interview with Ken White, part 2, 2019 June 27
- Date(s)
- 2019-06-27
- Contributor(s)
- White, Ken, 1923-2020 (interviewee), Spohn, Benjamin (interviewer), Strunk, Nicole (interviewer), Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation (originator)
- Description
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Part 2 of 2. In this interview, Ken White continues to describe his career as an industrial designer on a project by project basis. Most of the projects he describes are bookstores on university campuses and military bases. He provides an in-depth analysis of the Boston university bookstore project. He also talks about his work designing Duke University's Gothic Bookstore.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interview with Ken White (Accession 2023.203)
- Hagley ID
- 2023203_20190627_White_interview
- Collection
- Oral History
- Title
- Interview with Ken White, part 1, 2019 June 26
- Date(s)
- 2019-06-26
- Contributor(s)
- White, Ken, 1923-2020 (interviewee), Spohn, Benjamin (interviewer), Strunk, Nicole (interviewer), Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation (originator)
- Description
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Part 1 of 2. In this interview Ken White discusses the early parts of his life and career as an industrial designer. White talks about his military service, his interest in design and how he learned his trade. He also talks about his early career contacts with Raymond Loewy. White goes on to describe his creative process and approach to design. He does this by describing several different projects in detail.
- Collection ID
- Oral history interview with Ken White (Accession 2023.203)
- Hagley ID
- 2023203_20190626_White_interview
- Collection
- Oral History