How to Design Cars Like a Pro: Automotive Design Guide

How to Design Cars Like a Pro is a digital PDF guide to automotive design by Tony Lewin and Ryan Borroff. It provides instant download access after purchase.

With a foreword by Ian Callum, Design Director at Jaguar, the book explores the art and practical process behind creating automobiles.

This digital edition is suited to design students, aspiring automotive designers, industry readers, and car enthusiasts.

Book Overview

How to Design Cars Like a Pro examines modern automotive design from the first sketch to industrialisation and the showroom. It combines interviews with designers, analysis of past and present trends, studies of individual models and concepts, and practical design material.

The seventeen chapters cover design principles, interiors, concept cars, designer profiles, design identity, future propulsion, student work, sketching tutorials, influential designers, landmark vehicles, and automobile history. The book also includes a glossary and a directory of design colleges, courses, global car brands, and design directors.

Authors Tony Lewin and Ryan Borroff write for readers interested in professional car design, design education, automotive history, and the relationship between art and engineering.

What You’ll Discover Inside

• How studio inspiration develops from an initial sketch into a production vehicle.
• The role of interiors, concept cars, brand identity, and new forms of propulsion.
• The nine stages of car creation, from idea to industrialisation.
• Profiles and perspectives involving Jean-Pierre Ploué, Oliver LeGrice, and Ian Callum.
• Tutorials covering perspective, tone, rendering, and highlights.
• Fifty cars that define 110 years of automobile history.
• A glossary of design terminology and a directory of colleges, courses, brands, and design directors.

Why This Book Matters

Automotive design brings visual form, engineering requirements, technology, customer needs, and brand identity together. This book presents that work through design processes, professional commentary, historical examples, student work, and practical tutorials.

Its coverage of concept cars, landmark designs, changing propulsion systems, and design education makes it a useful reference for understanding how automobile design has developed and where designers may work next.

Book Details

Device Compatibility

This is a digital download, and no physical copy will be shipped. Access is available after purchase.

The PDF can be opened with appropriate Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and compatible reading apps. Device features may vary by application.

FAQ

When can I access the book?
Access is available after purchase through instant digital download.

Will I receive a physical copy?
No. This product is a digital PDF download with no physical shipping.

Which devices support the file?
The PDF works with suitable Kindle apps, tablets, desktop and mobile devices, and compatible reading apps.

Download How to Design Cars Like a Pro for a detailed reference on automotive design, sketching, design history, and the car creation process.

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