Emphasizing vehicle aerodynamics, pioneering theatrical design, and comprehending an automobile-based society, the visionary designer, Norman Bel Geddes, is celebrated as the pioneer of American industrial design and the streamlined aesthetic, who helped to shape the image of modern America with everything from household objects to hypothetical mechanized theatres, amphibious cars and floating airports.

Famous for his eccentric yet remarkably accurate visions, the prophetic designer was born Norman Melancton Geddes in Adrian, Michigan, on April 27, 1893.