Show THE OGDEN STANDARD EXAMINER —SUNDAY MORNING MAY ill rrF Dr U Q n tLk A de ST- -l egg-shap- design has finally ed f J'' when glimpse at the city of the future 6 1934 X tri- - - - Heret Mr ill l' H V round Lt H' riTHE indus- world may be trial design is leaning to Ithe ovoid II The egg which is one cjf the first II shapes on record is standing a good Houses 1 jcomotives many things on end ships automobiles aircraft cpffee cups have tooj and sofa cushions if you like I if better function discovered that they can they after an themselves egg pattern Therefore in a few years the diversified dimensions of today— which are ratiidly growwill be replaced by ovoid shapes ing! Thjsn life will really get going 1 This is the opinion of I Raymond Loewy famous industrial engineer :and designer who is responsible in large part for the oVoid trend Mil Loewy who has already putj his ideas to WorW in automobiles Pullman cars houses radios pencil sharpeners and a score of other things believes that in five years the egg will be recognized everywhere as symbolic of inI dustrial progress If you think that four square walls are gormd in a ing1 to protect you from rain and dozen years you are very much mistaken The walls will not be square The house of the future sounds like an andj one thing It wqnt touch is certain says Loewy j ground I tA house should never touch the ground" the industrial designer says "The! house oi the future will be built six inches labove the face of the earth so a layer of air will come between it and the ground The air will act as an insulator between the house and ground Ground contracts and expands with! cold and heat and affects a house that clingsi to it egg-wise- J BfSfE ©run AWH®) — 'jf Mr f U Lf : yi yyy" df-it- ' n'Tf'i 'I'XJ'tD (J U U J I J 7 XvivXX V X - - W Automobiles planes even houses will take on an ovoid — —— — — — — j O - I air-castle- — ' o ' i concrete or plaster will enter into the t construction of this house Steel or a similar metal composition will compose it For a covering it will use' canvas that is 'painted in ' I graduated colors have will furnace small a that j'This house It will have no can be placed anywhere A liquid-rubbplaster no variable qualities latea: will make the walls This surface won't scratch heat and cold won't affec it and there will be no need for papering f A house will keep its layer of this substance forever jThe house of the future will achieve a sense of freedom by an increase in the dimension of all openings such as doors and windows b order to flood the rooms with sunlight The roof will be flat in order to provide additional recreation space and will be connected to the kitchen with a Tduipb-waitThis roof will be accessible through en outdoor ramp with a low declivityj designed to insure good drainage and heat insulation A shallow swimming pool might be included" pThe house will be dehydrated j Nothing containing water will go into its construction The house tocif will be buiit of glass But 1 er er Da a uiiiniuiioitiiiiuiiiiiiiifliiM ' " v y vj Xt" n: l:v:'::::: '" ' " ? " ' - v I f f a C y ':::-'v::v:- - : y -ir- Above ' s - — - i:::1 v r ' f the house of the future as seen by Raymond Loewy industrial engineer and designer Note the srpimming pool on the roof and the teide vindoics to provide abundant light At the right is Mr Loewy at his designing board n brief you can live in glass houses and throw all lAe stones you want to throw without pulling down your own blinds ITiere won't be any to pull anyway Lamps in the house of a few years from now will be used to obscure instead of to create light Mr Loewy believes Walls will be aglow with radiance When darkness is desired lamps will be turned on to get it Shadows too will be out of the picture for the houses will be constructed in a banish to them forever way "The houses of a few years from now will be arranged to offer a clear separation between egg-shap- ed living sleeping exercising and housekeeping quarters" the originator of the egg- shaped structures explains "The garage and servants quarters will be accessible through the hruse but as remote as possible from the quarters" The garage will be 4 living ped with equip- ted doors They will The open at a glance doors will stand at both ends too Days of back " """" ing out will be ended for- 'ever FurHorizontal lines will be emphasized Round corners which niture will bo built-i- n banish shadows will grant more freedom of Trie kitchen will contain a range motion refrigerator sink dishwashing machine and - automobi le of course will look like an egg An animated moving egg "The egg shape per fec is func- t" Mr tionally "It does Loewy explains away with corners and anIt moves with small gles resistance Engines will be at the rear of the new motor vehicles They belong there now Mr Loewy believes but human nature is slow to so manufacturers change them at the front keep The headlight of this car will be built-i- n The windshield will be triangulai in shape so the wind break- ing on the sides will be sent back with the same motion that spray is tossed off by the prow of a boat The top of the car will be steel and the glass will curve at the front and sides to permit the occupants to enjoy greater visibility And the automobile-wil- l be airconditioned I prophesies pi pi rrr you miss one there will be another along in In "fact the half an hour or so schedule is quite possible" No gadgets will' show on the locomotive which Mr Loewy has already designed and which is being considered by one of "he world's largest railways The gadgets placed at trie front will be covered A ' hood will conceal all pipes Another hood will complete the p cover-uprocess for-- such things as the bell and whistle T Instead of sitting in a plush or leather chair when the cars of tomorrow begin to fly along the silver rails you will have easy lounging You chairs tables and desks at your disposal and in the comfort— will proceed engine will d burden so much more carry its easily than it draws its coaches today that you wouldn't look at your watch nearly as much as you ordinarily do anyway This same lighting effect that will be used for houses and cars will be used on' public crowds won't The highways be able to tell if they have seen a night show ' or a matinee if they are judging by the brightness of the streets Only a glance starward in search of the moon will solve the time 30-minu- te : egg-shape- after-the-theat- er ' " '"PHE ing 4 Loewy "Trains will be composed of fewer cars— only three or four— and there will be much more frequent departures of these trains' One If might say that they will leave in sections of the future won't be built in cities" Loewy affirms "They will be in the country away from industry But automobiles and locomotives will provide such rapid transit that no one will mind living in the country Automobiles by that time will be running on rails Their speed will average " 200 miles an hour In fact he freely admits that there will be no automobile manufactured in a few years that will travel less than 100 miles an hour The automobiles will be noted for their visibility as well as their speed They too will from be made the new glass which lets the rider look out and no one look in Clandestine meetn ings can be held on any highway and nobody can tell who is passing by — or park- - V: Mr cars will be smaller faster lower and possess much more efficiency and comfort than those of our present systems Each car will be pear- - 4TT0USES This cars "The body of the car will not be painted The J : TN aluminum" J is it will be of a composition which will enable people who are sitting inside to watch life go past but won't let the passing show look in This effect will be obtained by spraying one side with a fine spray of silver which reflects light to those on the outside but lets those inside see out UTAILROAD l"" yf S ' 1 cupboards grouped as a "U" and the cook will operate from the center of the horseshoe The floor of this unit will be slightly Countersunk It can be cleaned through flushing Mops and pails will vanish Windows will extend from the floor to the ceiling So will doors Lighting controls will be centered in a box near the main entrance appearance when we really get efficient predicts this modern industrial designer —" Loewy's sketch of the automobile of the future shaped Ue an egg and car rying its motor in the rear airplane of ihe coming day will also resemble an egg Already its lines are Dirigetting away to the streamline pattern e eflect gibles while starting off with an don't end up with the ovoid pattern But ' planes will Mr Loewy predictsOcean liners as designed by the famous ' industrialist artist will also startle deep sea fish Funnels will have with their ovoid dimensions streamlines Bunks will be removed from staterooms Beds wide and soft and comfortable are one of the first requisites for the ships which the designer is planning " "Trie machine will become man's slave' as soon as we learn that it will serve us much d more efficiently if encased in the "Life is coverings" Mr Loewy maintains going to be simpler happier more enjoyable when the new designs replace the old "There is the question of living in the counAlways as civilization try for example progresses people yearn more and more to With ( the increased acget back to nature commodations and speed of locomotion afforded by automobiles and railroads all people will be able to live far away from their places of egg-wis- ' - 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