Automotive Design Through the Lens of a Photographer
How does a photographer capture the art of automotive design through a camera lens? Photographer Michael Furman will share the creative process of looking through a lens to discover the unique features of automotive design and style. "
July 9
Curatorial Close Up: The Emergence of Modernism
The streamlined look associated with Modernism marked a conscious break with the past to become one of the dominant expressions of design practice, production and theory in the early decades of 20th century. Josephine Shea, curator at Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, will explore the Modernism movement and offer examples of its influence on Edsel Ford's design of the buildings and grounds at Ford House, as well as in his automobile styling.
July 23
Streamlines and Dreamlines: The Design Inspiration of Aerodynamics for Automobiles
Phil Patton, automotive design writer for The New York Times, will discuss how streamlining served as design inspiration for some of America's iconic automobiles, focusing on how aerodynamic principles evolved into an aesthetic that persists today.
August 6
Streamline Synergies: The Automotive Giveand- Take of 1930s Industrial Design
The streamline design revolution of the 1930s had an impact on consumer products--from aircrafts and cars to radios and telephones. Automotive author Terry V. Boyce utilizes period advertising and contemporary images to explore how streamlined automotive forms reflected popular mass-produced products manufactured during the 1930s and early 1940s.