The definitive history of American automotive design, complete with designers' biographies, coachbuilder histories, descriptions of car company styling departments, discussions of trends, etc.
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Editorial Reviews
From Scientific American
This is quite simply the best book ever written on American automotive design....
From The New Yorker
Lamm and Holls...have put just about all that one could ask for on this huge subject into a large, solidly structured and masterfully written book.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Fascinating and Impressionistic, Absorbing Photographs!,
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This review is from: A Century of Automotive Style: 100 Years of American Car Design (Hardcover)
It is understood that to better appreciate anything in our modern life we need to go back to its origins. Authors Lamm and Holls did that quite adeptly with a wonderfully organized automotive chronology...with the pages beautifully arranged. Most striking is the contrast and resolution of the black and white photographs, which, as the professional photographer already knows, are often preferred over color for those very reasons. Beginning with a light treatise on shipbuilding as a starting point, our authors lead us on a journey through coachbuilding, the "Nuts and Bolts of Early Automotive Fashion" (Chapter 2) and styling designs of the Big Three Automakers: Chrysler, Ford and General Motors.This book is not, however, simply an encyclopedia or recalling of events. It analyzes the overall effect that the lives of the designers themselves, and their families, had on our own modern culture. These insights are precisely what sets this book apart from a simple narrative with pictures. Consequently, we can then appreciate how much work is actually instilled into what we drive today. This book basically teaches us that automotive design is at the very foundation of our modern heritage. Covering 306 pages over fourteen chapters, highly illustrated and perfectly indexed, "A Century of Automotive Style" is practically an education by itself, or more specifically, that of the social and economic impacts of automobile styling on our American culture. Knowledgeable, well-written and extremely detailed, this excellent work is clearly indicative of our author's background at GM's advanced design facility and formal schooling in industrial design. ... My top recommendation for all readers.
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Encyclopedic,
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This review is from: A Century of Automotive Style: 100 Years of American Car Design (Hardcover)
This is the best book available about the history and evolution of automotive styling in America. It contains more information than any ten other books on the topic. Well organized and well written.
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The kind of book a "Car Guy" ...or Girl - can't put down.,
By Joseph D Kelly Jr (Holbrook, NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Century of Automotive Style: 100 Years of American Car Design (Hardcover)
Like sweets in a hiding spot, you'll keep coming back just to sample. Open it to any page, and you're immediately swept into the world of car design as you've never seen it presented before - the faces and names behind the cars, the corporate struggles, the hits, misses, and might-have-beens. Peppered with fabulous design sketches and factory photos, there's enough eye candy here to guarantee that even the least auto-savvy among us will never look at a parking lot the same way again. For any kid who drew on the back of his or her notebook, wondered where fins came from, (Not Finland - sorry), or got giddy over riding in the front seat, this is wonderful - heck, required - reading.
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Andrew F. Johnson spent the better part of his life-half a century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
styling bridges, inner sheetmetal, automotive style, stiletto studio, styling vice president, styling direction, sheetmetal stampings, chief body engineer, coachbuilt cars, styling staff, styling consultant, other coachbuilders, styling director, grille shape, design vice president, truck studio, seating buck, aero look, coachbuilt bodies, pontoon fenders, styling decisions, clay modelers, sheer look, styling section, catalogue customs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Harley Earl, General Motors, Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, Bill Mitchell, Los Angeles, South Bend, Chrysler Corp, Fisher Body, World War, Ray Dietrich, George Walker, Dietrich Inc, Frank Hershey, Don Lee, Gordon Buehrig, Lincoln Zephyr, Walter Chrysler, Fisher Brothers, Joe Oros, Raymond Loewy, Elwood Engel, Gene Bordinat, Silver Arrow New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Andrew F. Johnson spent the better part of his life-half a century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
styling bridges, inner sheetmetal, automotive style, stiletto studio, styling vice president, styling direction, sheetmetal stampings, chief body engineer, coachbuilt cars, styling staff, styling consultant, other coachbuilders, styling director, grille shape, design vice president, truck studio, seating buck, aero look, coachbuilt bodies, pontoon fenders, styling decisions, clay modelers, sheer look, styling section, catalogue customs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Harley Earl, General Motors, Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, Bill Mitchell, Los Angeles, South Bend, Chrysler Corp, Fisher Body, World War, Ray Dietrich, George Walker, Dietrich Inc, Frank Hershey, Don Lee, Gordon Buehrig, Lincoln Zephyr, Walter Chrysler, Fisher Brothers, Joe Oros, Raymond Loewy, Elwood Engel, Gene Bordinat, Silver Arrow New!
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- The Spirit of St. Louis (Scribner Classic) by Charles A. Lindbergh on page 79
- World War I (The United States at War) by George C. Scott on page 190
- Turning Points in World History - World War I (paperback edition) by Don Murphy in Index
- Famous Fables of Economics: Myths of Market Failures by Daniel Spulber on page 172, and page 188
- American Auto Factory by Barney Olsen in Back Matter
- Detroit Dream Cars (Automotive History and Personalities) by John Heilig in Front Matter
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