WALTER DORWIN TEAGUE (1883 - 1960) was an American industrial designer often credited with the establishment of the profession. Born and raised in the Midwest, and Teague moved to NYC in 1903 to study at the Arts Students League of New York.

Teague opened his own typographic studio in 1911, and by the 1920s he had become involved in commercial package design. Although the Depression was imminent in 1928, it was then that Teague received his first commission from Eastman Kodak — for whom Teague eventually designed many popular cameras. The Boeing Company was also one of his major clients. In 1946, Teague designed the Stratocruiser's passenger cabin, beginning a sixty-year relationship with the aircraft manufacturer.

In NYC, Teague was very active in the establishment of industrial design as an independent profession and, in 1944, the Society of Industrial Designers was founded with Teague as its first president.

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