Lurelle Guild

Lurelle Van Arsdale Guild (1898-1985) was a prominent American artist and industrial designer.

After an education in painting at Syracuse University and a first career of magazine covers, he began the work in industrial design that was to bring him lasting fame and a career in just one year of which he patented some 1,000 designs.

Among his most noted designs was Electrolux's Model XXX vacuum cleaner and a number of streamlined aluminum household items.

External links

* http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/g/guild_l.htm - guide to his papers at Syracuse University - contains biographical study
* http://new.idsa.org/webmodules/articles/anmviewer.asp?a=2798&z=60 - profile at Industrial Designers Society of America
* http://www.jitterbuzz.com/indvac.html - focusesd on his vacuum cleaner design
* http://www.cmoa.org/aluminum/pages/tours_html/designers/6.htm - mentions and illustrates his aluminum designs