finish on concrete floor improves thermal transfer His industrial designs include: Inflatable Chairs (1941) Hairpin Leg Furniture (1942) Saran Weave Folding Lawn Recliner (1953) Swingline Children's Furniture (1954) Kenmar/Glass Omega Lounger (1957) Cylindra Furniture (1966) concept developed in 1942 Cricket Chair (1978) Works Seven Qualifications of Good Design Applied to Man-made Objects: Function Aesthetics Matter Process Ecology Economy Originality Bibliography Gorman, Carma R. "Henry P. Glass and World War II," Design Issues 22, no. 4 (Autumn 2006): 4-26 Head, Jeffrey. "How Things Work: The Inventions of Henry P. Glass." Modernism Magazine Spring (2004), pp. 80–86 Former students Charles "Chuck" Harrison References External links Portal:Biography 1911 births 2003 deaths Jewish emigrants from Austria to the United States after the Anschluss American industrial designers Modernist architects Jewish architects Dachau concentration camp survivors Buchenwald concentration camp survivors Architects from Vienna TU Wien alumni People from Northfield, Illinois