{"product_id":"2940169866414","title":"The Man Who Designed the Future: Norman Bel Geddes and the Invention of Twentieth-Century America","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore there was Steve Jobs, there was Norman Bel Geddes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA ninth-grade dropout who found himself at the center of the worlds of industry, advertising, theater, and even gaming, Bel Geddes designed everything from the first all-weather stadium, to Manhattan's most exclusive nightclub, to Futurama, the prescient 1939 exhibit that envisioned how America would look in the not-too-distant 1960s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Designed the Future\u003c\/i\u003e, B. A. Szerlip reveals precisely how central Bel Geddes was to the history of American innovation. He presided over a moment in which theater became immersive, function merged with form, and people became consumers. A polymath with humble Midwestern origins, Bel Geddes was a visionary whose career would launch him into social circles with the Algonquin roundtable members, stars of stage and screen, and titans of industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLight on its feet but absolutely authoritative, this first major biography of Norman Bel Geddes is a must for anyone who wants to know how America came to look the way it did.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104708247792,"sku":"2940169866414","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169866414_p0.jpg?v=1769901859","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169866414","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}