Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Our curators have highlighted 4 objects that are related to Drawing, Design for Double-decker Bus, Hub Cities System.

Drawing, Design for Mini-Max Car, Hub Cities System

Drawing, Design for Mini-Max Car, Hub Cities System
graphite, red color pencil on paper.
2017-27-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Horizontal rectangle. Design for George Lawson's city system transportation network. In upper half of composition, elevation view of a double-decker bus, with figures of drivers located at the upper levels of both the front and rear of the bus. The lower level of the bus contains five small parked automobiles. At the upper level, rows of chairs for seating. Some figures sit and stand, a group of figures at right sit at a special area that includes a counter, possibly with food or drink service from the server behind the bar. Below, front and rear elevation views of the bus as well as front and side elevation views of the small vehicles that can be accommodated on its lower level.

Drawing, City System, 1966
pen and ink, graphite on white paper.
Gift of Alexandra and Paul Herzan.
2017-27-3

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Drawing, Design for Monorail, MacArthur Airport, Long Island, NY

Drawing, Design for Monorail, MacArthur Airport, Long Island, NY
zip-a-tone on photostat.
1988-101-1514

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Horizontal rectangle. Architectural drawing of Dymaxion car with plan and elevation views that highlight the chain drive details of the vehicle. Graphite inscription at lower right.

Drawing, Dymaxion Car with Chain Drive Details, 1933
graphite on tracing paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane and from Sarah....
1993-79-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.