Joseph Claude Sinel

Joseph Claude Sinel
FIDSA
In New York: The re-designed Sinel, 1936
Born(1889-09-27)27 September 1889
Auckland, New Zealand
Died27 January 1975(1975-01-27) (aged 85)
Alameda, California, United States
Resting placeKerikeri, Northland,
New Zealand
CitizenshipUnited States, 1945–
Alma materAuckland Technical College
OccupationIndustrial designer
Notable workProduct
  • Remington typewriter
  • International Ticket Scale Corporation weighing scale
  • Dictograph Acousticon Model 28
  • Davis–Hardoll gasoline dispenser
  • Folmer Graflex studio camera and stand
  • Dietz Streamline Monarch, Little Wizard and D-Lite lanterns
  • Toastmaster 1B6 automatic toaster
  • Marchant calculator Figuremaster

Interiors

  • Offices: International Ticket Scale Corp.

Exhibition

Spouse
Genevieve Blue
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(m. 1926)​
RelativesJoseph Sinel (great-uncle)

Joseph Claude Sinel (27 September 1889 – 27 January 1975) also known as Jo Sinel or "Auckland Jo", was a pioneering New-Zealand-born American industrial designer. Referred to in his lifetime and since as the father of American industrial design, he established what many regarded as the country's first industrial design practice.

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