   Raymond Loewy: Google Doodle celebrates 120th birthday of the
'father of industrial design'  Loewy is widely considered to
have revolutionized his industry creating product designs for
everything from refrigerators to cars and spacecraft  Google has
marked the 120th birth anniversary of industrial designer
Raymond Loewy.  He is widely considered to have revolutionized
the industry creating product designs for everything from
refrigerators to cars, cigarette packets and spacecraft.  He
also designed logos for Exxon and Shell as well as the former BP
logos. He was also responsible for the design of the Coca-Cola
vending machines and the iconic Greyhound Scenicruiser bus.
Loewy, considered by many to be the father of industrial design,
was born in Paris on November 5, 1893.  Whilst serving in the
army during the first World War he was injured and boarded a
ship to America in 1919. Loewy claimed to have made the trip to
America with only his French officer's uniform and $50 in his
pocket.  After initially wor