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Stuart Macey (Illustrator), Geoff Wardle (Illustrator), Ralph Gilles (Foreword), Freeman Thomas (Foreword), Gordon Murray (Foreword)
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The ultimate reference guide for car designers and automotive engineers! H-Point was written by the pioneer of the Vehicle Architecture course at Art Center College of Design, Stuart Macey along with the Director of Advanced Mobility Research, Geoff Wardle. Currently used as the educational handout for the transportation design students at Art Center, it will now be available to aspiring car creators everywhere, clearly organizing the packaging standards that apply to car and truck design; along with insightful graphic explanations, this book demystifies the automotive design process and allows designers access to an illustrious careers worth of knowledge.

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Stuart Macey currently works for Curb Industries in Southern California, providing vehicle packaging services to automotive design studios. He also teaches the vehicle architecture class at Art Center College of Design. Geoff Wardle has worked as a professional vehicle designer and is currently the Director of Advanced Mobility at Art Center.


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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Design Studio Press (February 1, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1933492376
  • ISBN-13: 978-1933492377
  • Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #137,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
    #65 in  Books > Professional & Technical > Engineering > Automotive
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great all-round image of automotive design, June 8, 2009
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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!
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I needed, April 10, 2009
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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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The life buoy, June 14, 2009
By Chiu Kwun Yu "Enzo Chiu" (Tuen Mun,Hong Kong) - See all my reviews
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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
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for understanding automotive packaging
This book covers all the automotive packaging requirements.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A big FYI:
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. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful book
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