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Aerospace Design: Aircraft, Spacecraft and the Art of Modern Flight
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Anthony M. Springer (Editor)
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Merrell Publishers (Editor)
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Airstream: The History of the Land Yacht
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Bryan Burkhart (Author)
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David Hunt (Author)
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Chronicle Books (Editor)
Sleek and shiny, Airstream trailers have been turning heads on the highways since they first started caravanning across America in the 1930s. These "aluminum skinned, gleaming silver bullets" are currently enjoying a revival in popularity. Praised for their clean lines and timeless aesthetic, movie stars and design buffs are snapping up these vintage beauties. Airstream-equal parts travelogue, cultural history, and biography of Wally Byam, Airstream's charismatic inventor-celebrates the trailer's enduring appeal as an icon of simple, aerodynamic living. A dazzling array of images tell the story of how Byam, the father of modern trailer travel, created less a product than an entire culture. From the Eiffel Tower to the pyramids of Giza, from the Acropolis to the Golden Gate Bridge, Airstream caravans continue to travel to the far reaches of the earth. Amazing photographs from the Airstream archives document this metallic nomad's significant place in the history of design, from its streamlined origins to its current vogue. Airstream has always been synonymous with the freedom of the open road. Today the dream lives on.
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American Car Design Now: Inside the Studios of America's Top 15 Car Designers
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C. Edson Armi (Author)
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Rizzoli International Publications (Editor)
More and more Americans today are paying attention to how their cars are designed. Auto designers are now celebrities, and the look of your car has become as important as the clothes you wear. According to the New York Times Magazine, You are what you drive. Your car is a bold statement of individual identity. American Car Design Now is the first book to take a critical look at this phenomenon, with in-depth examinations of the creative process behind more than thirty contemporary models that embody the trends of the future, including the Crossfire, Mondeo, Thunderbird, Continental, Mark 9, Bengal, Vizon, Cien, and CTS.
The product of more than three years of research, this volume collects the author's essays and interviews with the design directors of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler. The author gained unprecedented access to the notoriously secretive and guarded design studios of these car giants, and the result is an insider's perspective on the making of new American cars, of new American dreams.
American Car Design Now delves deeply into the individual characters behind the industry and shows how their different creative and managerial techniques translate to the finished models. With this unique analytical approach, American Car Design Now is a great addition to the shelves of not only auto industry professionals but designers and car enthusiasts of all types.
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American Dream Cars: 60 Years of the Best Concept Vehicles
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Mitch Frumkin (Author)
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Phil Hall (Author)
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Krause Publications (Editor)
Factory-built concept cars are created to tantalize the public, and the response engendered provides direction for development of future models. More than 650 different dream cars are featured?more than has ever been showcased before?from the significant to the obscure. Rarely seen photographs of vehicles such as the Thunderbird Saturn, Olds El Torero, and Dodge Firearrow grace the pages, often with two or more views of each entry. Chronologically organized, this new reference offers a visual history of the wonderful and sometimes wacky experimental machines, starting with the Buick Y-Job dream car of the 1930s up to the 2002 fuel-cell-propelled concept cars and light-duty trucks. ? Features more than 650 domestic concept cars ? Rarely seen photos depict vehicles such as the Thunderbird Saturn, Olds El Torero, and Dodge Firearrow ? Coverage from the 1930s Buick Y-Job to the 2002 fuel-cell-propelled concept cars and light-duty trucks
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Car Design Yearbook 1: The Definitive Guide to New Concept and Production Cars Worldwide
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Stephen Newbury (Author)
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Merrell Publishers (Editor)
The Car Design Yearbook 1 is the first edition of a groundbreaking new annual series that looks at the world's latest concept and production cars. Every year, author Stephen Newbury, concept manager with automotive consultancy Tom Walkinshaw Racing, will review the designs of approximately 150 models, from mass-market brands such as Ford, Peugeot, Volvo, and Honda to the more consciously "designed" niche cars from such manufacturers as Pininfarina and Jaguar. Clearly organized and designed, The Car Design Yearbook will provide auto and design enthusiasts with a wealth of essential information, including: * high-quality photographs of exterior and interior styling, as well as engine layout
* clear, accessible writing on the cars' design features, innovations, and influences
* work-in-progress sketches to explain the evolution of designs
* tables of key performance criteria and technical data
* biographies of the designers who have made the greatest contributions during the year The Car Design Yearbook 1 is the indispensable reference guide for both professional and amateur automotive and design enthusiasts everywhere.
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Carchitecture: When the Car and the City Collide
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Jonathan Bell (Editor)
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Birkhäuser Basel (Editor)
The automobile has brought about changes to the landscape that are nothing short of revolutionary. The dramatic reconfiguration of cities and the countryside to accommodate our taste for freedom of movement has been matched by a change in the way buildings themselves have been planned. Today, CAD and car-building techniques have opened up new possibilities for architectural design and this book, edited by the London-based architect Alex de Rijke, argues that the influence of the car on architectural and urban thinking is greater than ever. De Rijke's selection of ideas, photographs, texts and completed projects by a variety of architects explores the parallel development of cars and architecture during the second half of the twentieth century, and provides a compelling manifesto for the future of building design.
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Cars of the Fabulous 50's: A Decade of High Style and Good Times (Automotive)
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James M. Flammang (Author)
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Publications International (Editor)
Get ready for a beauty pageant of 1950s glamour autos: finny luxury cars, two-seated sports cars, family-friendly station wagons, and spunky compacts. All the car makes and models we know today are included, plus plenty of long-lost favorites like DeSoto, Edsel, Hudson, Nash, Packard, Studebaker, and others. ¥ More than 1,600 photos and illustrations, most in full-color
¥ Year-by-year overviews of major news and cultural events
¥ Annual timelines that track important product and personnel developments from the automakers
¥ Period advertising and archival photos
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Cars: A Celebration
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Quentin Willson (Author)
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Sharon Lucas (Editor)
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DK ADULT (Editor)
A fascinating road trip through almost half a century of classic car history, by well-known TV commentator and best-selling author Quentin Willson. Quentin Willson, the undisputed king of classic cars, takes a nostalgic spin through the golden days of motoring. Covering everything from kitsch cars to sleek roadsters in his inimitable style, he unveils a fabulous collection of over 150 classic cars. An encyclopedia of true classics. With a keen eye for performance and styling, Quentin Wilson has chosen a superb line-up of cars, mouthwateringly photographed, and furnished with all the facts and figures you'll ever need. From the curvaceous E-type to the legendary GT40, Wilson dishes up the detail on classic cars from all over the world. You can cruise through alphabetically arranged profiles, technical specifications, and construction data right down to every last spoked wheel and swing half-axle. High-performance history. Wilson provides an engaging history of these coveted classics, with everything from the retro appeal of America's "muscle cars" -- Mustangs, Corvettes, and Firebirds--to the advent of classic car auctions, and the huge price swings that accompanied them. Style trends and engineering developments are also covered in Wilson's usual entertaining fashion. A series of illustrated sketches neatly capture the famous and infamous personalities of the car world. This is essential reading for anyone who, like the author, can't resist engines that sound "like someone tearing sheets."
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Concept Car Design: Driving the Dream (Interior and Industrial Design)
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Jonathan Bell (Author)
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Rotovision (Editor)
The car of the future has been an evocative and emotive subject literally for as long as cars have existed. No industrial product carries more dreams, hopes and wild imaginings than the form of transport dearest to the human heart. Concept car design dissects the process of designing these imaginary flights of fancy from idea, through refinement and creative expression, to realization. The book shows where designers look for inspiration when envisioning the cars of the future, and how they respond to the demands of the market - aesthetic, economic or environmental. It demonstrates how they use the tools, from sketching and rendering to wireframe and clay modelling, with which they explore a creative vision and present it tangibly, and how that vision transfers to the cars on our roads. Featuring the work of major manufacturers, independent design consultants and automotive design students from around the world, Concept car design is perfect for car fanatics, designers in any discipline, and those interested in the journey from idea to reality. Jonathan Bell is a design writer contributing regularly to Wallpaper*, Blueprint and Graphics International and is the co-editor of Things, a journal of writing about objects and their histories. He lives in London.
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