Nickname: Brandon

Review: Angelo rules. Very well put.

Date reviewed: Nov 26, 2006 11:28 PM

Nickname: cool2

Review: I'm a semi-retired Ford designer (car stylist) and I don't recall seeing anyone called "Foose" in the TBird studio. Don't misunderstand me. I like his work but he was not involved in the design.

Date reviewed: Aug 8, 2006 3:43 AM

Nickname: Angelo

Review: PART 5: The Hot Rods of America have always shown that some of this freedom in thinking is alive but we still do not embrace it as a culture. In order for us car junkies to get what we want we have to find the likes of Mr. Foose to push the throttle down hard and firm to keep things moving forward. I think his generation is a dying breed--massive bummer! As a designer of 39 years even I see the lack of interest in the younger generation of designers wanting to understand the historical evolution of cars, aircraft, furniture, pottery, etc. and how to use that to create new inroads in art & design. I am hopeful, candid, expressive, but most of all desire to design until my last breath exits my body! My wish is that those of you who have left your remarks are leaders of companies that see the benefit of true exploration and apply it! Kudos to Foose and keeping the torch lit for us to still see that hope is alive even if only a few notice! Thank you, Angelo

Date reviewed: Jul 7, 2006 10:45 PM

Nickname: Angelo

Review: PART 4: We all look at the old styling and design of Bugatti, Delahayes, early Ferraris, Mercedes, Lambos, etc. to only wonder why so few cars in the USA get this much lip service so long after they're gone. Is it that we are afraid to give designers, engineers, artists, and other creative types the freedom to explore because we are afraid of the things they might reveal. Our country's Protestant heritage of "group" and "self" being in conflict with each other only causes further stumbling blocks. Being an "individual" is promoted as a strength of America but we are told quietly that the group is safer and conforming will only make your life path easier. Not so, conformity squashes the psyche of your time and culture. continued below

Date reviewed: Jul 7, 2006 10:45 PM

Nickname: Angelo

Review: PART 3: Good design is born because it's right, not because it makes economic sense. I attribute this to corporations gaining strength and the early demographic data collection as a way to make stuff people want. Although good at collecting this information most companies still do not understand what it is they've collected and how to best use it. They fumble now as they did then with deciphering the code of what makes a successful design profitable because they do not allow those trained in the arts the exploratory latitude to find it! If more corporations treated their design & development departments like a Petri dish where they let the creative bacteria flourish it would multiply spawning exponential opportunities. Yes, a few shinning examples in the past signify the "Petri dish" concept like GM's Corvette, crazy tail finned Caddy's, but not a 1/16 of the examples a semi-knowledgeable car enthusiast can rattle of about the European makers. continued below

Date reviewed: Jul 7, 2006 10:44 PM

Nickname: Angelo

Review: PART 2: Then they switched to a new level of business strategy and disregarded the value of cross cultural pollination in the products they were creating. The outcome was the Pinto, Maverick, Bobcat, and you know of even more examples. I will never knock another designer's vision because for an artist this is how we move society forward. Creative people look to their peers for insight and criticism. We work collaboratively to understand what we are doing and if it's successfully being communicated. I cannot believe that the Pinto was given this type of deconstruction opportunity by the design community forced to develop it. My belief about this car and so many other domestic vehicles is that the designers were pushed by executives because it made monetary sense. When you are trying to shape the world and your first line item in the design process is "make it profitable" you have already missed the boat! continued below

Date reviewed: Jul 7, 2006 10:41 PM

Nickname: Angelo

Review: PART 1: It's funny to read all the above comments and see how much people yearn for true creativity and are willing to pay for it. Especially, if it is seen as the extension of their personalities. As an industrial designer for over 15 years, I have worked for many well-known corporations that take a great concept and wish it into the same old conforming muck we always settle for as a culture. What's funny about American society is that "we" collectively have never truly embraced design as an art form with the same respect as Europe. My Italian heritage, formal & informal education in art from an early age has given me a solid understanding of the old adage of form & function. Even more significantly than that was being taught how important visual expression is to the human psyche. The past corporate culture in America embraced much of the old world thinking from the early 1930s until about 1969. continued below

Date reviewed: Jul 7, 2006 10:40 PM

Nickname: the voice

Review: I'll buy that 1935 Chevrolet Sedan as soon as someone in Detroit has the guts to build and market it! Of course, it won't be a cheap ticket--the big three auto makers have simply lost site of prices, that's for sure. But what a ride and what a "timeless" design.

Date reviewed: Apr 19, 2006 10:32 PM

Nickname: bobbie

Review: Oh yes, oh yes! Please "bring some true timeless elegance back".

Date reviewed: Apr 19, 2006 5:05 PM

Nickname: Matt

Review: I love Chip Foose's Manhattan concept and I was wondering if he has a client yet who is willing to support the project of making the Manhattan concept a reality.

Date reviewed: Apr 19, 2006 3:10 PM