About this Event
Patented: 1,000 Design Patents
With Author Thomas Rinaldi
Tuesday, December 3rd at 6 P.M.
This is both an In-Person and Online Program
The program will be followed by a book-signing and short reception
An unprecedented, essential field guide to more than a century of fascinating product and industrial design.
Patented: 1,000 Design Patents is a one-of-a-kind collection of original patents celebrating the objects around us and the creative genius of designers, inventors, creators and innovators the world over.
Author Thomas Rinaldi will discuss his acclaimed and recently republished book which spotlights objects everyone will be familiar with, from vegetable peelers to ATM machines, alongside creations including a tape dispenser or a Vespa.
From legendary classics to anonymous objects that are indispensable in homes and offices, Patented contains patents that are not only fascinating design documents in their own right, but that also form a unique history of design.
It is a fascinating catalogue of designs from the last 120 plus years, the selection of design patents included in the book has been chosen from a pool of more than 750,000 issued by The United States Patent Office since 1900.
"Thomas Rinaldi rounds up 1,000 lightning bolts of brilliant design... the result is a gratifying and much-deserved presentation." – “ Wonderful to idly leaf through." - The Financial Times
Thomas Rinaldi is an architectural designer, based in New York, who currently works at Walter B. Melvin Architects, focusing on historic facades. He has degrees from Georgetown and Columbia Universities. He has written several architecture books and his photographs have been published in numerous places including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and New York Post. He has lectured widely, including at the New York Public Library and the Society of Architectural Historians.
General Admission: $15; General Society Members and Seniors $10; Student $5
Advance Registration required.
The General Society Library, 20 WEST 44th Street (BETWEEN 5TH AND 6th AVENUES),
New York City,
www. generalsociety.org
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The General Society Library, 20 WEST 44th Street (BETWEEN 5th AND 6th AVENUES), New York City, New York, United States
USD 5.00 to USD 15.00
