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How To Design Cars Like A Pro: A Comprehensive Guide to Car Design from the Top Professionals
  "At last, a car design book that does justice to its subject. How To Design Cars Like A Pro is beautifully presented, with stunning pictures."—Peter Horbury, executive director of design and Ford's Premier Automotive Group, with overall responsibility for Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo.
How To Design Cars Like A Pro is essential reading for anyone on the car design business or hoping to make a career in it. This book breaks down the studio doors to discover the secrets of how cars are planned, designed and built.
Design chiefs from Aston Martin, Mercedes-Benz, Lincoln, Nissan, Renault and other leading carmakers reveal their individual philosophies, a senior Jaguar designer opens up his diary, and we follow the ups and downs of key car programs from the first sketch to the finished model in the showroom.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Peter Horbury | Introduction: Design Matters
SECTION 1: WHAT IS DESIGN?
Design Defined | Design Round Table | From Sketch to Showroom | The World of Interiors | Concept Cars: A License to Take Risks | Patrick Le Quement | Renault Design | Designer Diary: A Working Week
SECTION 2: HOW TO DO IT
What Makes Good Design? | Building Brand Values | Student Design Work | Getting Started 1: Perspectives | Getting Started 2: Quick Sketch | Getting Serious: Rendering Techniques | Tricks of the Trade: Improving Your Effectiveness
SECTION 3: TEN DECADES OF DESIGN
Pinninfarina: Inventor of Automotive Design | The Men Who Shaped Car Design | Concept Cars: The Ten Most Influential | Concept Cars: The Ten Best Forgotten | 50 Landmark Designs
SECTION 4: REFERENCE
How Do I Become a Car Designer? | Studying Car Design: Transport Design | Studying Car Design: Industrial Design | Design Directory
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PRODUCT DETAILS:- Publisher: Motorbooks International — 2003
- Author: Tony Lewin
- Binding: Paperback — 8¼ x 10½ inches
- Pages: 208 — Over 200 b&w and color photos and illustrations
- ISBN: 0760316414
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