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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Barry M. Katz papers
Creator:
Katz, Barry M.
Identifier/Call Number: SC1651
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1954-2011
Physical Location: Special Collections and University
Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more
information on paging collections, see the department's website:
http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Language of Material:
English .
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examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made
available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction
beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or
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Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original
format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
[identification of item] Barry M. Katz papers (SC1651). Dept. of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Barry M. Katz, 2024.
Barry M. Katz is a design historian based in the Design Group, Department of Mechanical
Engineering. He is at the same time Professor of Industrial and Interaction Design at the
California College of the Arts and Fellow of IDEO, Inc., the global design and innovation
consultancy. Dr. Katz holds degrees from McGill University in Montreal, the London School of
Economics, and the University of California at Santa Cruz. He has published dozens of essays
and articles on design history and theory, as well as seven books.
This collection consists of the contents of John Arnold's "Creative Engineering Seminars"
held at MIT in 1956, which included presentations by Buckminster Fuller, Abraham Maslow, Al
Capp, and other notable individuals who introduced radical concepts at the time such as
"brainstorming," "operational creativity," and "applied imagination.". Also included is a
notebook assembled by Carl Clement, who led the design group at Hewlett Packard and taught
at Stanford, Bob McKim's original paper on "Aesthetics and Engineering Design" from the
early 1960s, and materials related to ME116, "Advanced Product Design," a Stanford course
developed and taught by Clement and McKim.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Engineering design.
Engineering research.
Engineering design -- Study and teaching -- California -- Stanford.