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books:

The Art of American Car Design: The Profession and Personalities : "Not Simple Like Simon"

2 reviews
C. Edson Armi

Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, 1989

Excellent insight into the nuances of GM design
This book rewards repeated reading. The interviews with GM designers such as Bill Mitchell and Bill Porter are encrusted with myriad design nuggets. In particular, Armi's analysis of Bill Porter's work, and the interview with this senior GM designer show a depth of understanding not normally associated with auto design. Porter's language shows the way towards are more mature and reasoned ...

The Retrofuturism: The Car Design of J Mays

3 reviews
Brooke Hodge

Universe Publishing, 2002

Retrofuturism: The Car Design of J Mays
Tracey Shiffman has designed this catalogue to look as though it's going from 0-60 in a few seconds, and has given it a sexy energy that perfectly matches its subject. In some ways it works better than the exhibition that's on view at the Geffen Contemporary... There, the concept cars are at rest and can't be touched; here they emerge suggestively from shadows, stretch, and zoom off in a blur of ...

Masons and Sculptors in Romanesque Burgundy: The New Aesthetic of Cluny III
C. Edson Armi

Pennsylvania State University Press, 1984

Design and Construction in Romanesque Architecture: First Romanesque Architecture and the Pointed Arch in ...

2 reviews
C. Edson Armi

Cambridge University Press, 2004

excellent book
I have not only used the book, but experienced Dr. Armi in his element at the University of California Santa Barbara. His enthusiasm, knowledge, and insight to the history, design, and construction of Romanesque buildings is truly special. This book reveals the significance and depth of the First Romanesque period in a comprehensive physical, religious, and cultural context.

The Art Bulletin: A Quarterly Published by The College Art Association of America: December 1984, Volume ...
Judith Calvert, C. Edson Armi, ...

The College Art Association of America, 1984

Articles: "The Iconography of the St. Andrew Auckland Cross"; "The Choir Screen of Cluny III"; "Two Campaigns in Suger's Western Block at St.-Denis"; "Realism and Symbolism in Early Flemish Painting"; "The Moors of the Clock Tower of Venice and Their Sculptor"; "Carpaccio, Saint Stephen, and the Topography of Jerusalem"; "Marcus Aurelius, Fray Antonio de Guevara, and the Ideal of the Perfect Prince in the Sixteeth Century"; "The Tightrope Walker ...

American Car Design Now: Inside the Studios of America's Top 15 Car Designers

1 review
C. Edson Armi

Rizzoli International Publications, 2004

Brain food for your eyes
American Car Design Now is the benchmark book in car design as business management, as sculpture and as psychology. It lays a foundation and sets a standard for intelligent writing on car design, writing that trains your eye to see more. The book is built on interviews with key designers and design managers at Ford, Chrysler and General Motors. In three major sections it reveals and explores ...