Gianfranco Zaccai Papers
A description of the collection at Syracuse University
Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 27 Mar 2013
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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 27 Mar 2013
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Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Zaccai, Gianfranco |
| Title: | Gianfranco Zaccai Papers |
| Dates: | TBD |
| Quantity: | 5.0 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Computer media, ephemera, correspondence, slides, designs, photographs, clippings, and publications related to Zaccai's career with his company Continuum; also a portfolio with some student work |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Gianfranco Zaccai is an Italian industrial designer. His design firm Continuum, founded in 1983, has done design work for Herman Miller as well as for various health care needs. They also created the Swiffer cleaning system for Procter & Gamble. He is the founder of The Foundation for Augmented Intelligence which, according to their website, "seeks to develop, stimulate, and leverage technological, educational, and organizational innovation to enable and empower individuals with intellectual disabilities, their families, and their communities, in order to improve quality of life, enhance independence and productivity, lower cost, and benefit society as a whole."
Zaccai holds degrees in industrial design from Syracuse University and architecture from the Boston Architectural College. He also holds honorary doctorates from North Carolina State University and Syracuse. He has won numerous award over his career, including the Industrial Designers Society of America, “Design of The Decade” award and a Presidential Award for Design Excellence, from President Bill Clinton for the Egis Explosives Detection System.
The Gianfranco Zaccai Papers contains computer media, ephemera, correspondence, slides, designs, photographs, clippings, and publications related to Zaccai's career with his company Continuum; also a portfolio with some student work.
The collection is unprocessed and remains in original order.
Access Restrictions:
The collection is currently unprocessed and not available for research. Please contact SCRC for more information.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Persons
Zaccai, Gianfranco.
Corporate Bodies
Continuum (Company)
Foundation for Augmented Intelligence.
Subjects
Barrier-free design.
Industrial design -- Social aspects.
Industrial design.
Industrial designers -- United States.
Genres and Forms
Audiocassettes.
Awards.
CD-ROMs.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Compact discs.
Correspondence.
DVDs.
Floppy disks.
Photographs.
Slides (photographs.
Sound recordings.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Gianfranco Zaccai,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of Gianfranco Zaccai, 2022.
An inventory has not yet been created for this collection. Please contact the Repository listed above for more information.