Art & Design in Chicago

Give the Customer What They Want

Episode 3 | 27m 17s

Hosted by Alisa Wolfson, Head of Design at Leo Burnett Chicago, subjects include: typeface designer Robert Hunter Middleton; advertising designer Charles Clarence Dawson; Marshall Field’s department store; graphic designers Dorothy & Otis Shepard; Depression-era creator of high-end serving dishes Helen Hughes Dulany; potter/wood carver Jesus Torres; television commercial director Joe Sedelmaier.

Aired: 10/26/18

Expires: 11/04/21

Rating: NR

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