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Anne Swainson
Born
Anna Elizabeth Swainson

October 1888
Nevada, Missouri
Died1955
Chicago, Illinois
Alma materUniversity of Missouri
Columbia University’s Teacher’s College
University of Chicago
OccupationDesigner
Known forBureau of Design founder

Anne Swainson (1888–1955) was an American product and graphic designer who became the head of design at the national retail company Montgomery Ward in Chicago, which was second in size only to Sears, Roebuck & Company at the time. There, she founded the company's Bureau of Design, which she ran from 1931 to 1955. It was believed to have been the first corporate industrial design department in modern American history.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Matranga, Vicki (2021-04-15). "Anne Swainson : The Making of a Design Pioneer". Chicago Design Story. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  2. ^ Veit, Rebecca (September 15, 2015). "Anne Swainson, Founder of America's First Corporate ID Department". Core77. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  3. ^ "The Chicago Athenaeum". www.chi-athenaeum.org. Retrieved 2024-03-22.

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