Ellen Manderfield
General Information
Occupation: Industrial Designer
Date of Birth: January 01, 1916
Date of Death: January 01, 1999
Birth Country: United States
Resident Country: United States
Archive/Repository: the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design
Sources: http://www.idsa.org/whatsnew/sections/dh/personal_rec_awards/1992_Manderfield.html
Specialties
Subject: Appliances and Electronics
Jobs
Employer: Meyercord Co.
Title: Industrial Designer
City: Chicago
Start Date: January 01, 1939
End Date: January 01, 1944
Notes: worked with her husband, Walter Manderfield, a designer and art director
Employer: Colonial Radio Corp..
Title: Supervisor of the Styling Department
City: Buffalo
Start Date: January 01, 1944
End Date: January 01, 1947
Notes: later renamed Sylvania Electric
Employer: Montgomery Ward Bureau of Design
Title: Industrial Designer
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1947
Notes: worked under Anne Swainson
Employer: General Electric
Title: Industrial Designer
City: Syracuse
State: New York
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1951
End Date: January 01, 1956
Notes: designed televisions and electronic equipment, from traditional Early American style to Danish Modern influences
Employer: Oneida Ltd. Silversmiths
Title: Industrial Designer
Start Date: January 01, 1956
End Date: January 01, 1986
Notes: designed giftware and over 200 flatware patterns
Collaborators
Name: Walter Manderfield
Project: various projects
Organization: Meyercord Co.
City: Chicago
Notes: her husband, a designer and art director
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Name: Industrial Designer's Society of America (IDSA) Personal Recognition Award
Date Received: January 01, 1992
Notes: the first woman to receive this award
Exhibitions
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Notable Projects
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Education
Institution: Mudelein College of Loyola University in Chicago
Degree: B.A. in Art
Licensing
Professional Affiliations
Organization: American Society of Industrial Designers [later called Industrial Designer's Society of America (IDSA)]
Role: Member
Start Date: January 01, 1957
Notes: first woman member
Publications By
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Publications About
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