Modes and Motors
Nice illustrations.
Design Staff Directory, January, 1988
Design Staff Directory from January, 1988.
Larry Shinoda Interview Video
He had quite a career.
’73 GTO/Grand AM Development
Great artwork.
More Saved Studio Sketches
Tom Semple and I almost killed each other.
Sports Cars of the Future by Strother MacMinn
This rare, out-of-print book was loaned to me by Richard Nesbitt.
Larry Shinoda, Part 1
Shinoda was outspoken, candid, humorous, and firmly believes in what he is doing.
More Studio Cartoons. And a Few Stories. And some Quotes.
“Paint won’t save it.”
’80s GM Image Cars
“GM Teamwork and Technology for Today and Tomorrow.”
GM Wind Tunnel and Brochure
“Too bad aero had to go that way.” Mitchell.
Studio Cartoons
For one reason or another sometimes that creativity needed to vent in the form of cartoons.
Ted Youngkin
I remember he ordered a new blue Chevy pickup, and when it was delivered he realized that the instrument cluster had a blank where a gage could have been. He called it his humility gage, because it reminded him he didn’t have everything.
Designing an Icon: Creativity and the American Automobile
This exhibition highlights the creativity of the American automobile designers of the 1960s and 70s
GM Studio Group Photos
Thanks to George Camp and Charlie Stewart with help identifying people in the photos.
GM and Styling Photos
A random collection of GM related photos with captions, including Harley Earl, Bill Mitchell, Jack Humbert, Chuck and Mark Jordan, Zora Arkus Duntov, and a few of Design Staff’s styling cars from the ’70s
Ford Times
In February 1956 Ford Times did an article about the students in design studies.
Alex Tremulis and the 1948 Tucker
Among his talents, Alex was noted for his ability to play tunes on his airbrush.
Motorama Corvettes and Showcars
Bob Caderet renderings, Corvette Nomad and Corvair artwork, early Corvette production shots, Astro I, Astro II, XP-819, Mako Shark I and II vintage photos, and a few unusual Motorama photos.
Prints & Posters
Everybody has lots of posters. These perhaps are a bit unusual and of interest to the readers of Dean’s Garage.
Hatching the 1955 Thunderbird
“I was lucky to get into car designing; I was at the right time and place.”
1973 XP-897 GT/2-Rotor Corvette Artwork
“Bill Mitchell absolutely hated the 2-Rotor and was very verbal about it calling it all kinds of nasty four letter words.”
GM Design photos from the early ’90s, Part 3
The design process from sketch to a roll around hard model.
Bob Marcks, Designer at Studebaker, Ford, and Chrysler, Part 2
Looking back, I think what a great place to start an automotive career, and how sad to think of what FOMOCO was then, and what it is now.
GM Design photos from the early ’90s, Part 2
Part two of a three part series showing a design process in order from sketch to a roll around hard model.