Variant Title:
Shelving title: Oral history with Herb Dann (Session 2, 2014)
Disc title: Oral history: a conversation with Herb Dann
Notes:
Session 2 of a 2 part interview.
Ryan Denissoff and Brad Patocks, videographers.
Interviewed by Kelley Elliott, at The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, October 8, 2014.
Herbert Dann begins by talking about the popularity of Pyrex ware in the 1960s and 1970s. The design team was challenged and given an objective to introduce new items to the market that would contribute 13% of Corning Glass Work's sales each year. The first item he talks about is Corning's Bake 'a' Round.
Also available as a streaming video file on CMOG YouTube Channel.
Herbert I. Dann, Jr. graduated from Pratt Institute in 1956 with a degee in industrial design. He was an officer in the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers from 1956-1958, worked as a furniture design consultant from 1958-1960, and began his 30 year career with Corning Glass Works/Corning Incorporated in 1960 as a designer of tabletop products.
Session 1, see Bib no. 141388. Accompanied by resume and 7 pages detailing his history with and of Corning Glass Works, Corning Incorporated.
Not commercially distributed.
Recorded as .mxf on 6 compact flash cards.
Event Notes:
Interviewed by Kelley Elliott, at The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, October 8, 2014.
