Streamline Design

The dynamic look of streamlined aircraft captured the imagination of industrial designers in the 1920s and the 1930s, who translated that look into a new design expression. They borrowed motifs from the airplane’s curvilinear appearance and incorporated them into railroad locomotives, automobiles, architecture, appliances, and household objects.

In this case you can see: the Petipoint Flat Iron, the Firestone Air Chief Radio, the Kodak Bullet Camera, the Westinghouse Table Fan, and the Sunbeam T-9 toaster. On display in the "Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight Gallery" at the Museum's National Mall Building.