"Car Design America" is second in a series on world automotive history. From the streamliner to the show cars of the '50s and '60s, American car design's influence on international style is reflected in Cadillac's slogan, the standard of the world. The bombastic Harley Earl and the extravagant Raymond Loewy created iconic designs, and the mythical Corvette, Mustang, and Thunderbird were born. Without forgetting retro and the most recent designs, this book traces the evolution of American automobile culture through the ...
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"Car Design America" is second in a series on world automotive history. From the streamliner to the show cars of the '50s and '60s, American car design's influence on international style is reflected in Cadillac's slogan, the standard of the world. The bombastic Harley Earl and the extravagant Raymond Loewy created iconic designs, and the mythical Corvette, Mustang, and Thunderbird were born. Without forgetting retro and the most recent designs, this book traces the evolution of American automobile culture through the decades - both all-time classics as well as unique models. This in-depth study shows creatively produced objects that are elevated from a bunch of metal parts to cultural goods.
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Add this copy of Car Design America: Myths, Brands, People (English, to cart. $24.00, very good condition, Sold by Bookwitch rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Concord, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by teNeues, 2012.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Book Small quarto, hardcover, a couple stains on first endpaper else VG in orange pictorial boards. Introduction by editor, then year by year car productions with photos from about 1903 to 1913. Color photos in later years beginning in the 40's. About 350 pages. No writing in book.
Add this copy of Car Design America: Myths, Brands, People (English, to cart. $68.86, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by teNeues.
