Henry Dreyfuss - Later Life

Later Life

In 1955 Dreyfuss wrote Designing for People, an autobiography which features his "Joe" and "Josephine" simplified anthropometric charts. In 1960 he published The Measure of Man, an ergonomic reference. Nine years later, in 1969, he left the firm he founded.

Dreyfuss was the first President of the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA).

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