Brooks Stevens

Stevens and five grandchildren. See also
automotive design
industrial design
product design
Paxton Phoenix. Stricken with polio as a child Stevens was encouraged by his father to practice drawing while confined to his bed perhaps motivating his career in design.

On his death in 1995 the New York Times called Stevens a "a major force in industrial design. Clifford Brooks Stevens (June 7 1911 – January 4 1995) was an American industrial designer of home furnishings appliances automobiles and motorcycles — as well as a graphic designer and stylist. ".