Anne Swainson

General Information

Occupation: Industrial Designer, Design Manager

Date of Birth: January 01, 1900

Date of Death: January 01, 1955

Birth Country: Sweden

Resident City: New York City

Resident State/Province: New York

Resident Country: United States

Notes: Swainson was a pioneer of corporate design, creating an economic rebound for Montgomery Ward during the Great Depression

Sources: "Anne Swainson (1900-1955)." National Women's History Museum. 2007. 29 May 2008 http://www.nmwh.org/Education/biography_aswainson.html

Specialties

Subject: Mail Order Catalog and Packaging Design ; Corporate Identity

Jobs

Employer: University of California at Berkeley

Title: Instructor of Textile and Applied Design

City: Berkeley

Country: United States

Employer: Montgomery Ward

Title: Founder of Montgomery Ward Bureau of Design

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Start Date: January 01, 1931

Notes: the first woman executive at mongomery Ward

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Education

Institution: Columbia University

Department: Fine and Applied Arts

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Publications About

Title: Anne Swainson, Master Designer: Montgomery Ward's Bureau of Design 1931-1955

Author: Christian K. Narkiewicz-Laine

Publisher: The Chicago Athenaeum

City: Chicago

Date Published: January 01, 1994

Notes: exhibition catalogue