DESIGN QUARTERLY 71
Mass Transit: Problem and Promise
Patricia Conway Goerge [Author] Peter Seitz [Editor]
Patricia Conway Goerge [Author] Peter Seitz [Editor]: DESIGN QUARTERLY 71: Mass Transit: Problem and Promise. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 1968. First edition. Slim quarto. Printed stapled wrappers. 40 pp. Fully illustrated in black and white. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. Wrappers rubbed, otherwise a nearly fine copy.
8.5 x 11 staple-bound magazine with 40 pages fully illustrated in black and white. Published catalog for an exhibition of the same name assembled by Peter Seitz in 1968.
- Mass Transit: Problem and Promise by Patricia Conway George
- Sections include:
- Transportation Between Cities [Washington to New York; New York to Boston]
- Transportation Within Cities [Japan's Tokaido Line; The Car Ferry Concept; Montreal's Metro; San Francisco; Washington D.C.; Updating Existing Systems]
- The Horizontal Elevator
- Advanced Transit Systems [Pneumatic Tubes; Ground effect vehicles; Small car systems; Monorails]
- The Automobile as Mass Transit
- Mass Transit and Urban Form
- List of Works
Design Quarterly began as Everyday Art Quarterly, published by the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis starting in 1946. The editorial focus aimed to bring modern design to the masses through thoughtful examination of household objects and their designers. Everyday Art Quarterly was a vocal proponent of the Good Design movement (as represented by MoMA and Chicago's Merchandise Mart) and spotlighted the best in industrial and handcrafted design. When the magazine became Design Quarterly in 1958, the editors assumed a more international flair in their selection of material to spotlight.