Purveyor of chair caning supplies. They also caned chairs produced for the Museum of Modern Art's International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture and for use in Breuer's second house in New Canaan, CT.
Electrical contractors who installed a ventilating fan in the Fischer House and Studio.
Contract furniture dealers based in Detroit, MI. They offered their services for the Grosse Pointe Public Library.
Manufacturer of ventilation equipment, such as fans and blowers. ILG Industries was founded by the industrialist and inventor, Robert Ilg, as the Ilg Hot Air Electric Ventilating Co.
The Illinois Institute of Technology was created in 1940 by the merger of the Armour Institute, which offered professional coursee in engineering, chemistry, architecture and library science, with the Lewis Institute. The Institute of Design is a graduate school of IIT, originally founded in 1937 by László Moholy-Nagy as a separate institution known as the New Bauhaus.
Manufacturer of various products ranging from electric sump pumps to flush valves to liquid soap dispensers.
Manufacturers of nails with brand names such as "Screw-Tite" flooring nails and "Stronghold" nails.
Supplier of splitstone, sand-sawn and shot-sawn limestone facing materials.
Subcontractor that installed radiant heating in projects such as the first Breuer house in New Canaan, the Clark House, the House in the Museum Garden, the Lauck House, the Pack House and the first Stillman House.
British magazine founded by Bertram Evans in 1935 to explore the intersection of art and industry. At the suggestion of Herbert Bayer, Evans invited Breuer to write articles on modern furniture and housing.
Journal published by El Instituto Técnico de la Construcción y del Cemento (the Construction and Cement Engineering Institute). They republished articles on various Breuer projects, such as the Robinson House and the De Bijenkorf Department Store, that had previously appeared in other journals.
New York City-based manufacturer of accordion insulation made of multiple aluminum spaced sheets.
Fabricators of structural steel based in Birmingham, AL. They hoped to work on the Black Mountain College project, but Gropius and Breuer's design was never built.
Founded in 1936 as The Boston Museum of Modern Art, the museum was conceived as a laboratory where innovative approaches to art could be championed. The museum changed its name to the Institute of Contemporary Art in 1948.
Monthly magazine published in Chicago, IL. They covered furnishings and decorating and hoped to publish a feature on the Ferry Cooperative Dormitory at Vassar.
In 1934, a group of architects and engineers, most prominently José Mª Aguirre, Modesto López Otero and Eduardo Torroja, founded El Instituto Técnico de la Construcción as a private institution devoted exclusively to construction research and the study of construction materials. In 1946, the institute was incorporated into the Spanish Council for Scientific Research’s (CSIC) Juan de la Cierva Trust. In 1949 it merged with the Cement Institute...
Heating and plumbing subcontractor who expressed interest in bidding on the work for the Rand House.
Monthly American magazine devoted to interior design and decoration. The magazine was founded in 1932 as Decorator's Digest. Between 1937 and 1950, the magazine appeared as Interior Design and Decoration.
Chicago industrialist Walter Paepcke founded the International Design Conference in Aspen in 1951. He envisioned the conference as an opportunity to bring together designers, artists, engineers, business and industry leaders. Breuer was invited to the 1953 conference but was unable to attend.
The International Federation for Housing and Planning (IFHP) is an international organization focused on urban development issues. The organization was founded in 1913 by the architect Ewart Culpin. Ebenezer Howard, who is best known for his publication “To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform” (1898), served as its first president. Howard's ideas were the basis for the Garden City movement in city planning. The IFHP is...
Yearly congress organized by the International Federation of Housing and Planning, which was founded in 1913 by Ebenezer Howard, the father of the garden city movement. Breuer was invited to attend the 1938 Congress in Mexico City.
International directory of notable men and women first published by the International Who's Who Historical Society in 1928.
International Study and Propaganda Bureau to Promote the Use of Aluminum. The organization displayed aluminum furniture by Breuer at the 1934 Technische Messe in Leipzig.
Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm (now Iowa State University) was officially established on March 22, 1858, by the legislature of the State of Iowa. As a land grant institution, the college focused on the ideals that higher education should be accessible to all and that the university should teach liberal and practical subjects. Iowa State was and is a leader in agriculture, engineering, extension, home economics, and...
Manufacturer of industrial gas and oil burners. The company began producing coal stokers in the early 20th century. Their assets were sold to Burton Mechanical Ltd. at the end of 2011.
China manufacturer based in Syracuse, NY. Breuer purchased Iroquois china designed by the industrial designer, Russel Wright, for use in his own home.
Manufacturers of furniture and woodwork. They produced furniture for projects such as the entrance hall of the B. B. Chemical Co. and the first Geller House.
Modern furniture company established by Jack Pritchard in 1935, while he was still employed by Venesta Ltd. Isokon had begun to produce furniture in 1933, the first products being plywood ‘book boxes’, modular shelf units designed by Wells Coates and manufactured by Venesta. In 1936 Jack Pritchard left Venesta to run the Isokon companies full-time. The book units and their variants had had some success, and Isokon had also...
New York City-based supplier of office furniture and equipment for the Weintraub Agency offices.