A leader among leaders. 

Russel Wright was one of the most important Industrial Designers of this century, designing over 17 patterns of dinnerware, matching glassware and linens, furniture, art pottery, coffee makers, lamps, silverware, radios, rugs and curtains. His mixture of color and form made him one of the most successful American designers for the average homeowner. However, average is not what he delivered. The shapes were streamline. Revolutionary by all the standards of the day, rimless plates, sweeping pitchers and free form serving pieces set the American dinnerware market on its ear. Russel Wright had an unsurpassed eye for color. The colors were muted when alone, yet striking in combination. American Modern was Russel Wright's response to the bright saturated dinnerware colors of Bauer Ring, Homer Laughlin Fiesta and Franciscan El Patio. Biomorphism had come to America. What would eventually lead to mobiles, amoebae shaped tables and boomerang Formica, began with a smart set of dishes in 1939.