Page 5 of 5Emerson & Radiobar DesignersCount Alexis de Sakhnoffsky and Mae West | |
Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky (1901-1964) |
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The Count emigrated to the US from Russia after the Bolshevik revolution.
He had many lucrative clients and was best known for his sketches in Esquire
magazine in the 1930s. He designed Emerson's BD-197 (shown at right),
nicknamed the "Mae West" and one of the more sought after sets by collectors.
Joining the US Army in WWII he rose to the rank of Lt. Col. at war's end. (Picture of the Mae West courtesy of Marty and Sue Bunis.) | |
 Robert D. Budlong (1902-1955) |
 Zenith 6D311 |
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Robert Budlong was the chief architect for most of Zenith's cabinet designs. He had a large independent practice but Zenith was his biggest client. Shown is the model 6D311. (See article in AWA's Old Timer's Bulletin for August 1994.) | |
Raymond Loewy | |
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| These two Hallicrafters sets were designed by Raymond Loewy's New York firm under the leadership of Richard S. Latham. These pictures were taken from page 113 of his book Industrial Design. To learn more about Loewy go to Raymond Loewy's web page | |
| Philco | Philco Predicta TV | Philco Norman bel Geddes |
Emerson, Zenith, Raymond Lowey |
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