League of Retired Automotive Designers—Ferrari Design Exhibit
Recapturing the Magic—Visions of the Future American Automotive Design.
GM Styling Advanced Design and Pre-production Photos
From the collection of Tom Falconer.
Modes and Motors
Nice illustrations.
Design Staff Directory, January, 1988
Design Staff Directory from January, 1988.
’73 GTO/Grand AM Development
Great artwork.
More Saved Studio Sketches
Tom Semple and I almost killed each other.
Sports Cars of the Future by Strother MacMinn
This rare, out-of-print book was loaned to me by Richard Nesbitt.
Larry Shinoda, Part 1
Shinoda was outspoken, candid, humorous, and firmly believes in what he is doing.
More Studio Cartoons. And a Few Stories. And some Quotes.
“Paint won’t save it.”
’80s GM Image Cars
“GM Teamwork and Technology for Today and Tomorrow.”
GM Wind Tunnel and Brochure
“Too bad aero had to go that way.” Mitchell.
Studio Cartoons
For one reason or another sometimes that creativity needed to vent in the form of cartoons.
GM Studio Group Photos
Thanks to George Camp and Charlie Stewart with help identifying people in the photos.
GM and Styling Photos
A random collection of GM related photos with captions, including Harley Earl, Bill Mitchell, Jack Humbert, Chuck and Mark Jordan, Zora Arkus Duntov, and a few of Design Staff’s styling cars from the ’70s
Prints & Posters
Everybody has lots of posters. These perhaps are a bit unusual and of interest to the readers of Dean’s Garage.
1973 XP-897 GT/2-Rotor Corvette Artwork
“Bill Mitchell absolutely hated the 2-Rotor and was very verbal about it calling it all kinds of nasty four letter words.”
GM Design photos from the early ’90s, Part 3
The design process from sketch to a roll around hard model.
GM Design photos from the early ’90s, Part 2
Part two of a three part series showing a design process in order from sketch to a roll around hard model.
GM Design photos from the early ’90s, Part 1
This gallery of images more or less shows the design process in sequence from sketch to a roll around hard model.
More Rescued Studio Sketches
Renderings by Jerry Hirschberg, Allan Flowers, Clark Lincoln, Geza Loczi, and yours truly.
More Rescued Sketches
Renderings by Geza Loczi, Jerry Hirschberg, Harry Bradley, Clark Lincoln, and yours truly.
1977 Buick Olds Studio Show Photos
I ended up with a box of slides from a major Buick-Oldsmobile show previewing the 1977 Buick and Oldsmobile models.
1969 Chevrolet Corvette XP-856 Aero Coupe?
Mystery Photo. Turns out it was a Toronado proposal.
The American Look
A fascinating look into the world of design in the late 1950s