The League of Retired Automotive Designers is an informal group of mostly retired automobile designers whose ability has been honed by years of experience and who still have the creativity, passion, enthusiasm, energy, and ambition to design cars and trucks for the fun of it.
The League created a Vision for Future Ferraris, and displayed their [...]
Larry Shinoda Interview
Gary Moore features the Golden Sahara II by George Barris on I’ve Got a Secret
Studebaker Lark Daytona Wagonaire with sliding roof
1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner Commercial with Desi and Lucy
Mike Parris wrote two books about Ford, Fords of the Fifties, and Fords of the Sixties, both published by California Bill’s Automotive Handbooks. They are collections of historic information about Ford’s 1950 and 1960 decades. The books include many photos from Ford Motor Company Archives, including dream car photos, and Mike’s photos of restored Fords [...]
by John Samsen
1952 Portfolio Sketch
I was lucky to get into car designing; I was at the right time and place. My early fascinations were with the planes and cars of the ‘thirties and ‘forties, and not knowing anything about Industrial Design, I took an Aero Engineering degree at Purdue, thinking I could “style” aircraft. At [...]
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The Ford orientation studio I started in, where I began my design career in 1952. Photo was taken before I joined.
Future Continentals
All the newcomers started here and the studio chiefs can look them over for production studio assignments. I went to Mercury Exterior from here. Looking back, I think what a [...]
The Career of Richard Nesbitt, Part Two
Book Illustrations
After a move to the Dallas/Ft.Worth area, I have been a vehicle and industrial design consultant for a wide variety of clients. From 1980 on, I have authored and illustrated several styling related articles for various automotive magazine publishers and I was commissioned to both author and illustrate [...]
The Career of Richard Nesbitt, Part One
Of the many and varied professional opportunities available in the automotive industry, the role of the designer (or stylist) has probably captured the imagination of more young men and auto enthusiasts around the world than any other. Yet, as in a professional sports career, only a comparatively small number [...]
by Bob Marcks
I was a staff designer with Raymond Loewy in 1953-54, and then my own firm produced the color and trim changes for the 1966 Studebaker and the 1967 prototype.
Our 1967 Studebaker prototype proposal is in front of the Marcks, Hazelqist, and Powers office in Dearborn, Michigan, along with drawings for future ‘70 proposals. Marcks, Hazelqist, [...]
