Designers’ Big Dreams Roll Into Manhattan
The New York Times, March 30, 2012.
Abstract/Summary
Dreams have always been the currency of auto shows, where the admission price buys unlimited fantasies of awe-inspiring cars that never get dirty, break down or gulp premium unleaded at $4.50 a gallon.
But before the latest models and futuristic design studies could take form in sheet metal, somebody had to dream them up. In far-flung studios, designers seek inspirations — perhaps from nature or technology, sometimes from brand traditions or the fine arts — for the shapes that move the world.