Remembering Bill Porter
Stickley Furniture and a ’73 Pontiac Firebird.
Clasiq Designer Series-Bill Porter
Video interviews with GM designer Bill Porter by Clasiq.
Rocky Rotella’s Firebird Books
Thoroughly researched and documented history of Pontiac’s Firebirds through 1981. Interviews with Bill Porter and others. Book Review.
Hiding Scale Models
Bill Porter relates a Dave Holls story.
Second Generation F-Car Windshield
Bill Porter describes the windshield form for the second generation Firebird and Camaro.
1986 Buick LaSabre
Inside Buick magazine interviews Bill Porter on the design of the 1986 Buick LeSabre.
Bill Porter’s Inside Buick Studio
Bill Porter tells his story of his years as Chief Designer of Buick I Studio from 1980 to 1996.
Interview with Bill Porter; Pontiac Design in the ’60s
Bill Porter candidly describes his years with Pontiac.
Designing an Icon: Creativity and the American Automobile
This exhibition highlights the creativity of the American automobile designers of the 1960s and 70s
1961 Pontiac Sedan vs. Streamliner
Jack Humbert, the greatly respected Pontiac studio chief in those years, was very tolerant of my naiveté.
Lost Techniques—352 Pluvius Pencil on Newsprint
Newsprint pads, the same stuff your newspaper is printed on, were far cheaper than other sketch pads and were very popular at Pratt Institute where I did my graduate work in Industrial Design in 1957–58.