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 [...]

Traces the birth of the 1949 Ford from the drawing board to the roads of the world, showing different stages of automobile design and manufacturing. This is the first 12:30 minutes of a 27 minute video. Featured are studio renderings on black canson and full size clay models. A flashback into the days before the [...]