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It's a simple exercise a little logic, a little taste, and the will to cooperate.

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
Logic
Exercise
Taste
Simple
Littles
Little
Cooperate

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