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January 2009

Intelligent Designer

Charles Harrison, former industrial designer at Sears, Roebuck and Company, created practical innovations that touched many lives.

By Megan Gambino   Smithsonian magazine

December 17, 2008

Interview with Charles Harrison

The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum honors the prolific industrial designer with its Lifetime Achievement Award.

By Megan Gambino   Smithsonian.com

February 7, 2007

Design Corner - ISDA Podcasts

Charles "Chuck" Harrison has been called the "Jackie Robinson of industrial designers." The first African-American to be hired by Sears Roebuck in a salaried position, he talks with Vicki Matranga about his exceptional career.

By Victoria Matranga  Podcast Part 1

February 7, 2007

Design Corner - ISDA Podcasts

Charles "Chuck" Harrison has been called the "Jackie Robinson of industrial designers." The first African-American to be hired by Sears Roebuck in a salaried position, he talks with Vicki Matranga about his exceptional career.

By Victoria Matranga  Podcast Part 2

January-February, 2007

Industrial Designer's Work is a Fixture in American Homes

Harrison is a back-to-basics kind of guy. This approach served him well in the 1950s. He was among the first Blacks to enter the field of industrial design that sprang up to take advantage of the buergeoning consumer market at the then-leading retailer Sears, Roebuck and Co., his employer for 33 years.

By Natalie Hopkinson  The Crisis Magazine

January 29, 2007

Chicago Tribune

Chuck's partipation in the 2007 edition of the Museum of Science & Industry exhibition in "Black Creativity Gala celebrates innovators."

November 1, 2006

Code Z Online

The expansive breadth of Chuck's work is discussed in "Chuck Harrison: Life's Work" on the Black Visual Culture Web site.

October 11, 2006

Washington Post

"Chuck Harrison, Adding Dimension to Design" article by Linda Hales explores Chuck's career and the background that helped him become successful.

March 5, 2006

Chicagoing

Chuck is featured on ABC-7 Chicago's long-running weekly program that showcases the city's rich history, the promise of its future and its people, places and possibilities.

February 20, 2006

Columbia Chronicle

In 2002, along with a number of other achievers, Chuck Harrison was inducted into HistoryMakers.

March 5, 1995

Chicago Tribune

A significant body of Chuck Harrison's drawings and photographs have been placed into the University of Illinois at Chicago archives.

Chuck is interviewed by Chicagoing host Bill Campbell.