were a major influence on the Universal Design movement. By the late 1940s Thomas Lamb was known as the "Handle Man". In 1948 his work was featured at the Museum of Modern Art during the period when the design establishment were focused on Bauhaus-inspired functionality. This publicity led to contracts to produce a line of cutlery for Cutco and cookware for Wear-Ever. Thomas Lamb died on February 2, 1988, at ninety-one years of age. Resources The Digital exhibit on Universal Design at Hagley Museum and Library features items from the Lamb papers. References External links Thomas Lamb papers at Hagley Museum and Library Thomas Lamb is represented by copies of Lamb’s patents for handles (1945-1964), as well as information regarding the Thomas Lamb Scholarship in the Marshall Johnson Collection of Trade Literature and Ephemera at Hagley Museum and Library American industrial designers Art Students League of New York alumni 1896 births 1988 deaths