- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press (Dec 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0271004797
- ISBN-13: 978-0271004792
- Product Dimensions: 26.7 x 18.4 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,727,136 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Looks at the history of American car design and includes interviews with top U.S. designers.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book rewards repeated reading. Few books seem to be able to find a language to discuss the process of car design. This one does. In giving a vocabulary to the process it becomes instantly more comprehensible and concrete. The interviews with GM designers such as Bill Mitchell and Bill Porter are encrusted with myriad design nuggets. In particular, Armi's analysis of Bill Porter's work at Buick, and the interview with this senior GM designer show a depth of understanding not normally associated with auto design. Porter's language shows the way towards are more mature and reasoned approach to the art of car design and the methods and techniques to achieve the desired end. Anyone fascinated with the sludge years (the early to mid eighties) at GM will also come away enlightened.
The book does not devote as much space to the work at Ford Motor Company or at Chrysler but this perhaps reflects GM`s singular position in Detroit and the extent to which it was, for a very long time, a style leader. Another note is that to enjoy this book, a professional interest in car design is a help. For students of industrial design, this book is a must because unlike the many other "design" books it rises above merely reproducing pictures of beautiful cars and elegantly styled objects and actually analyses the process of design.
The book does not devote as much space to the work at Ford Motor Company or at Chrysler but this perhaps reflects GM`s singular position in Detroit and the extent to which it was, for a very long time, a style leader. Another note is that to enjoy this book, a professional interest in car design is a help. For students of industrial design, this book is a must because unlike the many other "design" books it rises above merely reproducing pictures of beautiful cars and elegantly styled objects and actually analyses the process of design.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Excellent insight into the nuances of GM design
15 Oct 1999
Format:Hardcover
This book rewards repeated reading. The interviews with GM designers such as Bill Mitchell and Bill Porter are encrusted with myriad design nuggets. In particular, Armi's analysis of Bill Porter's work, and the interview with this senior GM designer show a depth of understanding not normally associated with auto design. Porter's language shows the way towards are more mature and reasoned approach to the art of car design and the methods and techniques to achieve the desired end. Anyone fascinated with the sludge years (the early to mid eighties) at GM will also come away enlightened. Of course, to enjoy this book, a professional interest in car design is a help, but especially for students, this book is a must.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Not quite everything you want to know about car design.
9 Mar 1999
Format:Hardcover
This book should have been better. Though the author doesn't seem to know it, his perspective is overly slanted to GM/ Harley Earl mindset. The writing itself will only hokd the interest of the most dedicated, and GM fixated readers. If you're looking for solid info on Ford designtriumphs--the '60 Lincoln Continental/ or Mark II, Mustangs, the late 60's T-Birds, you'll be disappointed. Chrysler is similarly glanced over. The interviews are good, but tighter editing would have been appreciated.
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