Rowena Reed Kostellow
General Information
Occupation: Industrial Designer, Professor
Date of Birth: January 01, 1900
Date of Death: January 01, 1988
Birth City: Kansas City
Birth State/Province: Missouri
Birth Country: United States
Resident City: New York City
Resident State/Province: New York
Resident Country: United States
Sources: "Rowena Reed Kostellow (1900-1988)." IDSA Academy of Fellows. Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). 22 May 2008 (http://new.idsa.org/webmodules/articles/anmviewer.asp?a=1683&z=106).
Specialties
Subject: 3-dimensional Design and Visual Relationships
Jobs
Employer: Carnegie Institute of Technology
Title: Professor
City: Pittsburg
State: Pennsylvania
Country: United States
Notes: taught with her husband Alexander Kostellow in the late 1920s
Employer: Pratt Institute
Title: Professor of Industrial Design
City: New York City
State: New York
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1938
End Date: January 01, 1987
Notes: chaired the design department from 1962-1966
Collaborators
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Apprenticeships
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Awards
Name: NEA grant
Description: awarded to fund the book on her structured approach to the study of visual relationships
Date Received: January 01, 1982
Notes: after her death a group of students and colleagues created the Rowena Reed Kostellow Fund to provide a source of support of the advancement of education in 3-D design and visual communications, partially to ensure that the book would be completed
Name: The Rowena Reed Kostellow Fund
Description: established at Pratt Institute in 1988 to celebrate and communication the philosophy and expression of one of the most recognized design educators of the 20th century
Date Received: January 01, 1988
Exhibitions
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Education
Institution: University of Missouri
Degree: Journalism
Institution: Kansas City Art Institute
Department: Sculpture
Institution: Art Students League
Department: Painting
Licensing
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Professional Affiliations
Organization: Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
Role: Fellow
Publications By
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Publications About
Title: Elements of design: Rowena Reed Kostellow and the structure of visual relationships
Author: Gail Greet Hannah
Publication: book
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
City: New York City
Date Published: January 01, 2002
Title: Rowena Reed Kostellow
Author: Randloph McAusland
Publication: ID: Magazine of International Design
Volume: 35
Issue: 6
Page: 89
Date Published: January 01, 1988
Notes: Nov-Dec 1988. Obituary.
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