They said it...
By Staff -- Gifts & Decorative Accessories, 3/1/2007
"Merchandise design in the next 20 years will take two separate directions towards great volume in mass production: one, utilizing new synthetic materials such as plastics, and two, individualized design in small production using hand or semi-automatic machines and introducing some of the character of the craftsman and the artist."
–George W. Blow, April 1937
"The combination of plastic and metal is one of the most important possibilities open to designers, if used with discretion."
–Simon de Vaulchier, April 1937
"With rapid economic changes and changes in people's concepts of what is correct, beautiful and desirable, business is tempted on all sides to make radical changes in policy and methods. If business gives in to these temptations, it runs the risk of losing its identity or character. If a store has a reputation, it should maintain it at all costs."
–Ralph B. King, May 1940
"Accessories for the baby and small child that further comfort or aid developing personality are today so scientifically designed, so diverse and inviting that they are bought as gifts not only on outstanding occasions but all year round."
– Rose Lippert, November 1944
