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Good design is not an applied veneer.

Raymond Loewy

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Raymond Loewy
Age: 92 †
Born: 1893
Born: November 5
Died: 1986
Died: July 14
Car Designer
Designer
Industrial Designer
Postage Stamp Designer
Paris
France
Raymond Fernand Loewy
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Design
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Veneer

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