Elsie Crawford
General Information
Occupation: Industrial Designer, Exhibit Designer
Birth Country: United States
Resident State/Province: California
Resident Country: United States
Sources: Doering, Erika, Rachel Sivitzky, and Rebecca Welz. Goddess in the Details: Product Design by Women: an Exhibition Organized by the Association of Women Industrial Designers and the Department of Exhibitions At Pratt Institute. New York City: Association of Women Industrial Designers, 1994.
Specialties
Subject: Outdoor Products
Jobs
Employer: various
Title: Architectural Exhibit Designer
City: New York City
State: New York
Country: United States
Employer: various manufacturers
Title: Industrial Designer
State: California
Country: United States
Notes: designed products like Fiberglass Seat Planter, 1968, Manufactured by Architectural Fiberglass and Children's Zoo Toy Furniture Collection, 1968, manufactured by Colortime
Collaborators
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Name: AID Award for research and development
Description: awarded for her "seat-pot" project, street furniture that was both seating and planters
Date Received: January 01, 1968
Exhibitions
No exhibitions on record
Notable Projects
Title: Zipper Lamp
Description: Manufactured by Morrison Imports, Inc
Start Date: January 01, 1965
Education
Institution: Parson's School of Fine and Applied Art
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
No affiliations on record
Publications By
No publications by on record
Publications About
Title: Designers of change
Author: Contract Interiors
Publication: Contract Interiors
Volume: 130
Issue: 4
Date Published: January 01, 1970
Notes: Nov. 1970
Title: California Design: The Legacy of West Coast Craft and Style
Author: Jo Lauria, Suzanne Baizerman,
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Date Published: January 01, 2005
Notes: features Crawford's seat-pot and other designs