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Michael DiTullo celebrates Walter Dorwin Teague--the man, and the firm. Here's a taste:

While his contemporaries busied themselves with securing their place in history, Teague was securing his place in the future. He felt that there was more to design than styling; that relationships were the key to making good design happen. He felt that sending designers to work on site with clients would help to ensure that their projects got pushed through various political and bureaucratic systems at large manufacturing corporations. And what began as a three-month assignment with one designer at Boeing evolved into a 60-year retainer with 80 Teague staff members working on site...

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