Automobile Styling: From Evolution to Fashion The second period of evolution lasted from the early 1930s to the late 1940s, when separate components such as headlamps, fenders, running boards and other items became blended into partly-streamline
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| Title | : | Automobile Styling: From Evolution to Fashion |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.78 (706 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00B7RYMBI |
| Format Type | : | - |
| Number of Pages | : | 0 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-29 |
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Does the general appearance of automobiles evolve over time, or are changes more matters of fashion than direction?
This book asserts that the design of American cars went through two evolutionary phases. The first was in the early years when inventors were figuring out how best to configure automobiles; this phase was completed by about 1920. The second period of evolution lasted from the early 1930s to the late 1940s, when separate components such as headlamps, fenders, running boards and other items became blended into partly-streamlined unitary or "envelope" body shapes. Since then, it is asserted that there has been no evolutionary thrust for automobile design. Various styles come, go, and sometimes return, partly affected by external influences related mostly to technological changes and government regulations.
This book focuses on the period from the mid-1920s, another era with little sense of design direction, through the evolutionary and post-evolutionary
Editorial :
Despite a boom in licensing and totally new markets exploding for licensed artwork and design (especially with opportunities for American and European artists, designers and industrial designers now working directly with Chinese manufacturers), this old tome is unfortunately still one of the better books available for the creative/businessperson. There aren't many books out there for licensing art, or licensing, period. Should be required reading for all MFA graduates. I used it for a class and the smarter students of the class all had the same opinions which were: the book didn't answer the fundamental questions they wanted answered, it wasn't particularly well written, and it didn't inspire them, either with inspirational offerings or a rationale for taking art away from the systems of modifications. This subject desperately needs revising and updating hello? Caryn R. Very interesting insight into some very important art happening in the last couple decades. It never came. Lane Relye
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