Maria Bergson: Difference between revisions

In 1944, Bergson began her career in commercial interior design after working as a secretary at [[Time, Inc.]]. She spoke openly to executives about how the office set-up could be improved and expressed her opinions based on her first hand experience. When the office moved into a new space, an executive asked for advice from Bergson. Her plans made sense to the executive and asked her to draw up and execute her ideas.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Zurosky|first1=Ann|title=Positive Approach Pays Off|journal=The Pittsburgh Press|date=March 22, 1964}}</ref> Soon after she started her own company, Maria Bergson Associates (MBA)<ref name="New York Times Deaths"/> with locations in New York and Los Angeles.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|last1=Norman|first1=Anne|title=Designer Brings Cheer Into Offices, Gives Employees Lift|journal=Los Angeles Times|date=May 24, 1957}}</ref> She specialized in the design of offices, banks, hotels, hospitals, stores and other commercial interiors, along with the design of accompanying furniture and lighting fixtures. In 1949, she devised 64 square foot partitioned modular work stations that provided a maximum of work surface within arm's reach.<ref>https://www.interiordesign.net/articles/8396-maria-bergson/</ref>