Theatre scholar Chris Innes finds source of modern American design in theatre sets of Joseph Urban & Norman Bel Geddes.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-29 March 2001-YORK UNIVERSITY: Theatre scholar Chris Innes finds source of modern American design in theatre sets of Joseph Urban & Norman Bel Geddes (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:27032001 TORONTO -- The worldwide attraction of American culture today can be traced directly to the accomplishments of two theatre designers in the last century whose sense of style continues to influence almost everything we do in our daily lives, according to Chris Innes, Distinguished Research Professor at York University and an international scholar of 20th century British and American theatre.

"Before Joseph Urban and Norman Bel Geddes, there were no industrial designers," says Innes. "Their costuming for the theatre was copied for...