John Deere Evolution : The Design and Engineering of an American Icon
This visually stunning work blends tractors photographed in custom-built studios with concept drawings and behind-the-scenes looks at how the machines were designed and built. The beautiful book also is encyclopedic, containing examples of every model line built by John Deere since 1919. With contributions from industrial designers Chuck Pelly and William Crookes as well as detailed accounts of new technology for John Deere engineers, the book takes you deep behind the scenes to understand how these machines were designed and built. The stories inside include the fascinating rotary engine Deere prototype, detailed evolution of the Sound Gard body from both designers and engineers, a detailed account of the 7000 series engineering, and machines you never heard of including the rotary articulated Deere combine prototype from the late 1970s!
The book includes dozens of drawings and images from the archives of the Henry Dreyfuss Archives housed at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in Manhattan, many of which are from a newly-uncovered and previously unlabeled box of materials showing tractor design and development. In-person research was also done at the Theo Brown Archives kept at Wooster Polytechnic Institute. Period images from the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress, and other notable historic archives add visual depth to the history. Matching the strong visuals is an in-depth history that includes interviews with John Deere engineers, industrial designers, dealers, and farmers who created, sold, and used the machines, many of whom provide insight on developmental evolution and secret protoypes.
The book features more than 300 images, including many depicting one-of-a-kind machines and serial number ones.
Auteur:
Lee Klancher
Uitvoering:
350 blz, 21.5 x 21.5 x 3.8 cm, hardcover
Illustraties:
rijk geïllustreerd met z/w- en kleurenfoto's
Uitgever:
Octane Press (USA, 2021)
EAN:
9781642340082
John Deere Evolution : The Design and Engineering of an American Icon
In "The John Deere Century", acclaimed author and photographer Randy Leffingwell uses his unique brand of storytelling to chronicle the company and the tractors that have carried the distinctive green and yellow livery for the past century.
Iconic John Deere tractors ranging from the spartan Waterloo Boy to the Model AOS, and from German and Argentine models to the acclaimed New Generation tractors are featured in this celebration of industrial tractor design. Loaded with photographs, both modern and vintage, and excellently written info, this book will have John Deere fans salivating.
John Deere is one of the world's leading tractor companies and this fascinating book brings together the full account of production in both the United States and in Europe. Using modern photography and a largely chronological account of tractor development, the author provides an excellent overview of the evolution of John Deere tractors over the decades.
Starting with the early two-cylinder tractors developed in the USA and moving through the creation of multi-cylinder engines after the takeover of the Lanz business in Germany, the book covers the 40 and 50 series of the late 1980s and the innovations in the 1990s when John Deere effectively re-invented the tractor with their full-frame designs.
Bringing the reader right up to date with the latest designs that bristle with technological sophistication and covering the evolution of John Deere tractor development, this book will be an essential read for both John Deere enthusiasts and all those interested in the history of tractors, old and new.
Tracteurs John Deere, l'avant-garde du design industriel
Longtemps considérés uniquement sous leur aspect utilitaire, les tracteurs John Deere du XXe siècle étaient en fait à l'avant-garde du design industriel. Ce nouvel ouvrage passionnant rassemble plus de 200 photos spécialement réalisées, détaillant 30 exemplaires rarissimes de tracteurs de série et de prototypes, tirés de la fameuse collection Keller.
Réalisées dans un studio spécialement construit pour l'occasion, les photos inédites représentent une galerie sans précédent de créations tout droit sorties de l'imagination des ingénieurs de Deere & Company et de celle des designers de Henry Dreyfuss and Associates. Le résultat est un regard porté sur le principe selon lequel la forme est induite par la fonction qui a amené John Deere au premier rang de l'industrie agricole, mais qui en a aussi fait un acteur majeur du design industriel.
Auteur:
Lee Klancher
Uitvoering:
192 blz, 23.5 x 28 cm, hardcover
Illustraties:
222 z/w- en kleurenfoto's
Uitgever:
ETAI (F, 2012)
EAN:
9782726896273
Tracteurs John Deere, l'avant-garde du design industriel
John Deere Tractors and Equipment 1837-1959 (Vol. 1)
Prachtig overzicht van vrijwel alle John Deere landbouwwerktuigen en trekkers uit de periode 1837-1959. Uniek standaardwerk, uitgegeven door de ASAE (American Society of Agricultural Engineers).
Auteur:
Don Macmillan, Russell Jones
Uitvoering:
400 blz, 28 x 21.5 cm, hardcover
Illustraties:
970 z/w- en kleurenfoto's
Uitgever:
Amererican Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) (USA, 1996)
EAN:
9780916150952
John Deere Tractors and Equipment 1837-1959 (Vol. 1)
John Deere Tractors and Equipment 1960-1990 (Vol. 2)
Prachtig overzicht van vrijwel alle John Deere landbouwtrekkers en werktuigen uit de periode 1960-1990. Compleet met overzichten van trekkertypen en bouwjaren. Tevens tabellen die vermelden welke trekkers wereldwijd in welke John Deere fabriek werden gebouwd. Uniek standaardwerk, uitgegeven door de ASAE (American Society of Agricultural Engineers).
Auteur:
Don Macmillan
Uitvoering:
400 blz, 28 x 21.5 cm, hardcover
Illustraties:
700+ z/w- en kleurenfoto's
Uitgever:
Amererican Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) (USA, 1996)
EAN:
9780929355191
John Deere Tractors and Equipment 1960-1990 (Vol. 2)
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