Category Archives: Viewpoints

Illustrator and ad designer Charlie Allen posted the following notes January 20, 2009 on his blog about the history of ad illustration, Charlie Allen’s Blog. “Chet Patterson and Jim Hastings, sometime in the 60’s, had a falling out. I never knew why….and this ad came through Butte, Herrero, and Hyde, a well known creative-design team… Read More »

bill campbell’s car-icky-tures

art in the 21st century

United States Postal Service: America On The Move postage stamps. In the general course of aesthetic history, there have been countless attempts to define ideals; but there are no genuine assertions that proclaim aesthetic progress occurs. Yet, in the realm of industrial design, and the mediums that inform and define it, there is a genuine technological progress.… Read More »

a workable plan: building a car from concept to production

“How A Car Is Made from Invention to Launch” by Don Sherman, Car and Driver magazine, November 18, 2015. The time required is the most interesting and secretive part of a car’s gestation; a crash program to replace a dead-on-its-wheels product may take only half the time invested in a normal, full-redesign effort. In our… Read More »

what kind of fool?

What kind of fool am I Who never fell in love It seems that I’m the only one That I have been thinking of What kind of man is this? An empty shell A lonely cell in which An empty heart must dwell What kind of lips are these That lied with every kiss That… Read More »

motor city

daddy-o

with exciting new appeal

It is believed that about one-third of the U.S. economy involves illegitimate business dealings. In the car theft world there used to be something called the 30-Day Special. It worked like this: 1. Steal a car. 2. Keep it out of sight for 30 days.. 3. Strip it down to almost nothing, and (quickly and discreetly) put… Read More »