Whether from Ford, Chrysler or GM, Detroit's auto designers have always been under strict instructions not to bring design sketches home; luckily for us, not everyone at the companies obeyed.
Kentucky curator Kay Grubola and ex-GM designer William Porter have managed to track down about 100 concept sketches from the '60s and '70s that found their way out of the design studio, avoiding the destruction that comes during corporate re-orgs. The result is the "Designing an Icon, Creativity and the American Automobile" exhibit, on display at the Louisville Visual Art Association until November 10th.
The Times has got a preview of some of the drawings and photos. While the sketches themselves are of course cool, what is really fascinating is a photo inside GM's design studio in what looks to be the early '70s, above; in that era predating casual Fridays and Banana Republic colored dress shirts, every single designer is wearing a white button-down shirt and thin, dark tie. They make the clay model they're working on look positively modern in comparison!
via new york times
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