dartboard
notes: label: Description
content: This piece of workplace art was created by John Gorby around 1996. Gorby was a 24 year veteran employee of Delphi Interior Grand Rapids plant. The plant made seat cushions for General Motors vehicles and was one of the first installations of a Gerber numerically controlled fabric cutter.
label: Description
content: Gorby modified an "Executive Decision Making Dart Board" that he found on online to fit his manufacturing plant needs. He changed it to "John and Wilma's Decision Making Dart Board." He eliminated stereotypical management lingo like "hire, fire, and stonewall" to blue collar factory lingo like "take a break, don't have time, no empty trucks." He also personalized it for his specific job and workmates.
label: Description
content: According to Gorby, "I made the dartboard because my co-workers, were always asking for cut-stock. Wilma (my partner) and I would tell them to take a number. I remembered seeing the dartboard design on the computer, so I changed it to fit my needs. The dartboard was designed by George Woolfson. My co-workers thought it was pretty funny. Rose is my supervisor. Areas 57 and 63 are two of the areas Wilma and I cut stock for."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John Gorby
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0322.01
label: accession number
content: 1996.0322
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0322.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dartboard
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 x 8.5;