Tag Archives: Art Center College of Design

Salute to William L. Mitchell

GM Design Staff Impact Magazine, July 1977 When Bill Mitchell retired, GM Design Staff’s in-house magazine published a special edition saluting his career. The issue can be downloaded in Acrobat (.pdf) format by clicking on this link. It’s a very … Continue reading

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Art Center Experiences

By Dick Nesbitt I started at Art Center College in the fall of 1967, when the psychedelic era and flower power were in full bloom (heh-heh). I was 21, and it was an exciting time to be in Los Angeles. … Continue reading

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An Interview with Bob Gurr—Making Dreams Come True

Click on the photo to the left to open an Acrobat (.pdf) file of an interview with Bob Gurr scanned from Collectable Automobile, October, 1998. It’s great reading and offers a candid appraisal of what it was like working as … Continue reading

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Sports Cars of the Future by Strother MacMinn

Sports Cars of the Future, written and illustrated by Strother MacMinn, was published in 1959 by Sports Car Press, Ltd. It is softbound, 5.25″ x 8″, 128 pages plus cover, and dedicated to John and Elaine (Bond). MacMinn was one … Continue reading

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