MY LIFE’S WORK
Over the course of my career, I’ve been involved with the creation of almost all areas of household products. Below is just a short listing of the many products I’ve designed.
• 35mm cameras
• AM-FM radios
• baby cribs
• back massagers
• barber chairs
• bicycles
• binoculars
• blenders
• calculators
• can openers
• cassette recorders
• circulating heaters
• clothes hampers
• compact whirlpools
• cordless shavers
• dinette sets
• electric portable mixers
• electric scissors
• electric toothbrushes
• electric wall clocks
• fishing equipment
• fondue pots
• hearing aids
• hedge clippers
• insoles for shoes
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• kitchen appliances
• kitchen ranges
• makeup mirrors
• manicure tools
• paint brushes
• coffee percolators
• phonographs
• portable bars
• portable hair dryers
• riding lawn mowers
• shoe buffers
• sleds
• soda fountains
• sprinklers
• storm doors
• telephones
• television sets
• toasters
• tractors
• waffle irons
• wall unit shelving
• wet mops
• window guards
• wooden desks |
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About A Life's Design
Designs by Chuck Harrison not only reflected our changing lives, they often drove the transformation itself that took place in the American home and workplace during the era following World War II through the mid-1980s.
Retired from both professional design and teaching, Harrison is currently speaking on his life's work and passion as captured in this insightful memoir.
A Life's Design chronicles the life, career and the emergent philosophy of Charles "Chuck" Harrison, one the most prolific and respected industrial designers of his time, an influencer on style and design today, and a pioneer as the first African American executive ever hired by Sears Roebuck & Company.
"The range of design projects that Harrison completed in his career was quite remarkable," writes Professor Noel Mayo, Department of Design at Ohio State University. "This book will be very helpful to designers, historians, design educators and students around the world."
Harrison's inspirational life, his timeless approach to design and his passion for inspiring others with humor, insight and humility provide a story worth hearing.
"In this inspiring story of adversity and achievement, Harrison blends heart-warming personal detail with a straightforward description of his work as an industrial designer," comments Victoria Matranga, Design Programs coordinator for the International Housewares Association.
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