Category Archives: Bill Porter

Designing an Icon: Creativity and the American Automobile

The Designing and Icon Exhibition is being held at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture, University of Houston, Entrance 18, 4200 Elgin Street, Houston, Texas. This exhibition highlights the creativity of the American automobile designers of the  1960s and 70s, … Continue reading

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1961 Pontiac Sedan vs. Streamliner

by Bill Porter When I first went into Pontiac production studio in the winter of 1959 I had just come from over a year’s experience in Bob McLean’s Styling Research Studio, working alongside Norm James and Stefan Hapsburg, a couple … Continue reading

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