259 results for: Innovation and Invention
Black NASTYMIX bomber jacket owned by Nes "Nasty Nes" Rodriguez, ca. 1988
DJ “Nasty” Nes Rodriguez (1962-2025) wore this jacket from NASTYMIX records, the influential hip-hop label he co-founded in 1985 with promoter Ed Locke and rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot. The label started with hip hop acts, then went on to sign West coast synth-pop acts and the occasional punk band. Rodriguez also hosted “Freshtracks” on Seattle station KKFX 1250 AM, the first…
ID Number:2016.22.1
Date:Circa 1988
NuMark DM 1650 mixer from Nes "Nasty Nes" Rodriguez, ca. 1980s
In the early 1980s, Nasty Nes (1962-2025) launched the Northwest's first all-rap radio program, "Fresh Tracks." He used this mixer to create classic "Mastermizes" heard on Seattle-area radio stations, local parties, and popular nightclubs in the area.
ID Number:2016.22.2
Date:Circa 1980
Tlinget basket, white and blue, part of 3-piece set #B16-34 by Preston Singletary, 2012
Preston Singletary (Tlingit American, b. 1963) is a well-known and respected glass artist in Seattle. He uses European glass blowing techniques to create Northwest Native art and features themes of transformation, animal spirits and shamanism.
ID Number:2016.35.1
Date:2012
Tlinget basket, blue and orange, part of 3-piece set #B16-34 by Preston Singletary, 2013
Preston Singletary (Tlingit American, b. 1963) is a well-known and respected glass artist in Seattle. He uses European glass blowing techniques to create Northwest Native art and features themes of transformation, animal spirits and shamanism.
ID Number:2016.35.2
Date:2013
Tlinget basket, dark red and taupe, part of 3-piece set #B16-34 by Preston Singletary, 2016
Preston Singletary (Tlingit American, b. 1963) is a well-known and respected glass artist in Seattle. He uses European glass blowing techniques to create Northwest Native art and features themes of transformation, animal spirits and shamanism.
ID Number:2016.35.3
Date:2016
Silver egg cracker or topper, "Chef Essential," ca. 2010
The egg cracker was designed by Seattle chef Thierry Rautureau (1958-2023), nicknamed "The Chef In The Hat." He was the chef and owner of the Loulay and Luc restaurants in Seattle. Rautureau was born France and moved to the United States at age twenty to work at several restaurants. Rautureau won various awards including the James Beard Award for Best…
ID Number:2016.62.4
Date:Circa 2010
Convertible folding table and ping pong table designed and patented by Berger Anderson, Boeing employee, 1957
Berger Anderson, born in Sweden, was an employee for Boeing from 1928-1961. He was scheduled to be on a test flight of a prototype B-29 on Feb. 18, 1943, which crashed into the Frye meat packing plant in the Georgetown neighborhood, killing all eleven souls on board, including the pilot, Edmund T. Allen, the most experienced test pilot at Boeing.…
ID Number:2016.73.1
Date:1957
Visio software company neon-lighted building sign, ca. 1995
Visio Corporation was a software company based in Seattle, Washington. Its principle product was a diagramming application software of the same name. Visio was acquired by Microsoft in 2000 and is now a division of that company. This sign is from the Seattle World Trade Center East building.
ID Number:2016.105.1
Date:Circa 1995
Visio product box, "Drag & Drop Drawing for Everyday Graphics," 1992
Visio Corporation was a software company founded in 1989 in Seattle. Its principal product was a diagramming application software of the same name. Visio was acquired by Microsoft in 2000 and became a division of that company.
ID Number:2016.105.2
Date:1992
Collection of Rainier Beer cans from Boeing Wind Tunnel, ca. 1950s
Boeing constructed a supersonic twin sphere wind tunnel in the mid-1950s for the Dyna-Soar X-20, the SST (Supersonic Transport), and other projects. When the spheres were being demolished, they discovered over 3 million of these tin cans. They were used to help with temperature control in the giant spheres as air was pumped in and rushed out. This process was…
ID Number:2017.6.1
Date:Circa 1950