"Is it responsible to camouflage one of America's most remarkable machines as a piece of gaudy merchandise? Form, which should be the clean- cut expression of mechanical excellence has become sensuous and organic."
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Loewy commented on the new generation automobiles, after having designed the Studebaker of 1953, which according to Loewy looked like "jukeboxes on wheels."
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Raymond Loewy
Raymond Fernand Loewy (November 5 1893 – July 14 1986) was one of the best-known industrial designers of the 20th century.
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