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H-Point: The Fundamentals of Car Design & Packaging

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This is a great reference book. But so as to not cause any confusion, this is NOT an instructional guide on how to draw and design cars. It is rather a reference guide filled with info and facts that you should keep in mind when designing cars. If you are looking for a book that has step by step instructions on how to draw cars and perspective, this is not the book you are looking for. If you are already a car designer or a car design student, and want a handy and well thought out reference guide, this is the book for you.

This book could be named "automotive design 101": it obviously is a textbook from the Transportation Design undergraduate course at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.

It does lack some edge on the imagery (and must be corrected with updated EC regulations), but does provide an invaluable insight on the automotive design industry.

This is definitely a "how did I live without it" item, and every designer should have it on their bookshelf!

I'm a graphic and industrail designer in Hong Kong

thank you art center, there is lack of information about car design in the world

the book data is extreme professional

if the book include a DVD of digital H point data and image, it must be much better, I don't mind to pay more

i hope car design 101 will be released soon, I',m looking forward

I'm not a professional car designer, but I like drawing and designing cars. I've seen plenty of books, tutorials, etc. about drawing cars, but this is the first resource I've found that covers packaging. There are tons of very useful illustrations, and I learn something new with every paragraph. I'm only on chapter 2 and it's proven to be invaluable.

If you just want to draw cars, this will be no help to you. However if you want to design cars, you need this book.

This book covers all the automotive packaging requirements.

It is an excellent guide going through the stages of vehicle engineering.

With precise definitions and very good illustrations. This will give the engineering students a good grounding.

Even for the established engineer it gives a nice refresher course.

Well worth the purchase.

An absolute gainful and pleasurable book. It is a must for automotive design students and enthusiasts. It navigates you through all the neccessary information concerning car design.

For those - who are not native speakers - the book is an invaluable source of english technical terms and expessions of the automotive industry.

The illustration is gorgeous - everything is clear and understandable and made in a simple yet good sense of taste.

Last but not least the layout is clear, well articulated and handleable.

J. Scherer , professor of design, Hungary

Very useful "starting point" for car designers and engineers. From those steps every car should be born. Thanks a lot!

Flipping through this book you notice how beautiful it is, well structured and thought out.

For a car designer, most of the things in this book is old news, but you may not remember exactly what a certain number or value should be so the book is a nice place to find out about those things.

This is an excellent text, full of useful information regarding car design. We shall be making use of this book within our units.

This book is great for learning about cars and packages. The quality is really good and exactly what is shown on the site. i would recommend this product to anyone. H-Point: The Fundamentals of Car Design & Packaging