Gerald D. Gulotta (b. 1921) was born in Rockford, Illinois. in 1950 he graduated from the Pratt Institute in New York. Gulotta went on to design for Towle Silversmiths, Eva Zeisel, and George Nelson. In 1961-62 he became a consultant to Raymond Loewy/William Snaith Inc. in New York,. he participated in designs for Libbey Ware cookware

for Owens-Illinois and experimental Fiberglas furniture and bathroom units for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation. Since 1963 he has operated Gerald Gulotta Design, Inc. in New York and is internationally known for his ceramics and glass designs. His clients included Block China Corporation, Dansk International Designs, and European and

Asian manufacturers. From 1955-84, Gulotta was a professor at Pratt Institute. In addition, he developed design education programs in several countries.

Gulotta's functional objects of glass, porcelain, ceramic, silver and stainless steel are included in the collections of The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, London's Victoria and Albert Museum, and several others.