Rocky Rotella’s Firebird Books
Thoroughly researched and documented history of Pontiac’s Firebirds through 1981. Interviews with Bill Porter and others. Book Review.
Pontiac Firebird 50 Years
I about had a heart attack when the ’70 Trans Am hit the streets. Book Review.
1986 Buick LaSabre
Inside Buick magazine interviews Bill Porter on the design of the 1986 Buick LeSabre.
American Dreaming Update
A documentary project about the golden age of American car design.
American Dreaming
A documentary project about the golden age of American car design.
George Krispinsky—Ford, AMC, and Chrysler Designer
An interview with George Krispinsky.
Studio Art Collector Federic Sharf
Sharf now has thousands of car drawings, mostly from the 1930s through the 1960s.
85 Year History of GM Design
What we have here is a 2:50 minute video snapshot of the history of GM Design.
Black Air
“I remember taking it to work and wanting to change lanes and all you had to do was just stab the throttle and the thing would “choo-choo” and it would skid over. You didn’t have to move the steering wheel, it would just shift lanes. It was wonderful.”—Steve Pasteiner
Photos and Other Things of Interest
Lots of very interesting photos.
’73 GTO/Grand AM Development
Great artwork.
More Saved Studio Sketches
Tom Semple and I almost killed each other.
Studio Cartoons
For one reason or another sometimes that creativity needed to vent in the form of cartoons.
Designing an Icon: Creativity and the American Automobile
This exhibition highlights the creativity of the American automobile designers of the 1960s and 70s
1961 Pontiac Sedan vs. Streamliner
Jack Humbert, the greatly respected Pontiac studio chief in those years, was very tolerant of my naiveté.
Sketches of Optimism From Detroit’s Glory Days
Illustrations accompanying the New York Times article published August 26, 2007
More Rescued Studio Artwork
Renderings by Jerry Hirschberg, Bill Porter, Allan Flowers, and yours truly.
Lost Techniques—352 Pluvius Pencil on Newsprint
Newsprint pads, the same stuff your newspaper is printed on, were far cheaper than other sketch pads and were very popular at Pratt Institute where I did my graduate work in Industrial Design in 1957–58.