Oral history interview with Niels Diffrient, 2010 July 28-Aug. 31
Diffrient, Niels,
b. 1928
Industrial designer
New York, N.Y.
Size: Sound recording, master: 2 memory cards (2 hr., 57 min.) : secure digital ; 1.25 in.
Collection Summary: An interview of Niels Diffrient conducted 2010 July 28 and Aug. 31, by Matilda McQuaid, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Diffrient's home and studio, in Ridgefield, Conn.
Biographical/Historical Note: Niels Diffrient (1928-) is an industrial designer in Ridgefield, Conn. Matilda McQuaid (1958-) is deputy curatorial director, Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York, N.Y.
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.
