Barry M. Katz papers SC1651
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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
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Language of Material:
English .
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Preferred Citation
[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.
Biographical / Historical
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.
Scope and Contents
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.
Papers, 2024-073 ARCH-2024-073
Box 1, Folder 1
MIT Creative Engineering Seminars
1956
Box 1, Folder 2
Reprints on design and engineering
Box 1, Folder 3
The Mouse That Roared: Research documentary on world's first modular computer
workstation
1968
Box 1, Folder 4
Hewlett-Packard design work, photos, and slides
1954-1971
Box 1, Folder 5
Charles Irby: Design Methodology document used by Star Development
team
1977
Box 1, Folder 6
WorkSlate reference guide
1983
Box 1, Folder 7
Scientific American: Communications, Computers, and Networks
1991
Box 1, Folder 8
Design Renaissance Conference
1993
Box 1, Folder 9
IDEO Design workbooks and presentations
1994
Box 1, Folder 10
IDEO design proposal
1996
Box 1, Folder 11
Ikujiro Nonaka papers
1988-1997
Box 1, Folder 12
Administrative Science Quarterly
1996-1997
Box 1, Folder 13
Ampex annual reports
1978-1998
Box 1, Folder 14
Ampex pamphlets
1980-1998
Box 1, Folder 15
IDEO Methodology handbook
1999
Box 1, Folder 16
IDEO U Innovation workshops
2001
Box 1, Folder 18
PARC: A Xerox Company 40th anniversary documents
2010
Box 1, Folder 19
Autographed CDs of "Looking Back" and "Sunquest" by J. Budd
Steinhilber
2011
Box 1, Folder 20
IDEO McKinsey's 7-S framework
Box 1, Folder 21
Clement Design Labs pamphlet
Box 2, Folder 1
WorkSlate Keyboard and LCD screen
1980
