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Lecture by Thomas Watson, Jr. titled "Good Design is Good Business," 1973

Creator: Watson, Thomas J., 1914-1993
Project: Tiffany-Wharton Lectures on Corporate Design Management sound recordings.
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Phys. Desc. :Sound recording: 1 reel
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Thomas J. Watson was Chairman of the Executive Committee of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)

Scope and Contents

Thomas J. Watson Jr., in his lecture, "Good Design is Good Business," discusses the positive impact of IBM’s corporate design program and its work with industrial designer Eliot Noyes and the Olivetti typewriter company

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