“No Particular Place to Go” as Chuck Berry sang in 1964 is as good a metaphor as any to describe the current plight of the U.S. auto industry. It was just announced that the once mighty Pontiac is no more, and at least two of the Big Three are in serious danger of being relegated [...]
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No Particular Place to Go
Posted in Los Angeles, Video, tagged Aptera, Big Three, cars, Kurt Andersen, Los Angeles, Petersen Automotive Museum, Studio 360 on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Desert Planes and Automobiles
Posted in Design, Los Angeles, tagged aircraft design, cars, desert, Dryden Research Center, Gene Winfield, hot rods, Los Angeles, Mojave, NASA, planes on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just spent a fascinating day in the desert an hour and a half north of Los Angeles.
It was an Art Center College of Design field trip. First stop was a hangar-cum-workshop at the Mojave airport – officially, and very grandly, the Mojave Air and Space Port — where I met Jon Sharp, a charming, [...]