Anybody here in Transportation Design?

[asdflkijd]

Anybody here in transportation design? My friend is looking to become a car designer and I wanted to get her a good book for inspiration etc... Do you guys have any recommendations or where I should look? So far I found HOW TO DESIGN A CARS LIKE A PRO http://www.amazon.com/How-Design-Car...d_bxgy_b_img_b from this website http://www.designertechniques.com/ar...okreview01.htm.. Thanks!

[.:bHd:.]

I haven't watched this one but their other dvds are great

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/sto...w-to-Draw-Cars

[MCMLXXXIX]

im not in transportation but im in Industrial Design (which transportation design is a branch of). get the book Design Sketching

http://www.designsketching.com/ its not from america but its like 50 bucks without shipping

also get the dvd How To Draw Cars by Scott Robertson

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/product/325/

i got it and didnt think it was anything good, but in the long run i learned from it big time. too bad i lost the dvd


EDIT: oh above post listed the dvd lol. sketching is a MAJOR part of transportation design so make sure her skills go up!

[asdflkijd]

Originally Posted by MCMLXXXIX

im not in transportation but im in Industrial Design (which transportation design is a branch of). get the book Design Sketching

http://www.designsketching.com/ its not from america but its like 50 bucks without shipping

also get the dvd How To Draw Cars by Scott Robertson

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/product/325/

i got it and didnt think it was anything good, but in the long run i learned from it big time. too bad i lost the dvd


EDIT: oh above post listed the dvd lol. sketching is a MAJOR part of transportation design so make sure her skills go up!

Thanks fellas! I'm going to order how to design cars like a pro and design sketching I dono if she will watch the dvd though lol...

[MCMLXXXIX]

i dont have the Design Sketching book right now but ive looked through it and it should def help with drawing even tho its not all car stuff. btw, how old is she anyway? is she in college?

def get the first book you mentioned tho!...that one is good!

[Androo000]

art center ftw!!!!1 kinda..

[MCMLXXXIX]

Originally Posted by F000007

The best book by far that I have seen is 'H Point - The Fundamentals of Car Design & Packaging' by Stuart Macey with Geoff Wardle. It is the official book for students at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, which is one of the best known industrial design colleges in the world. Some of the greatest designers went there. Trust me, it's as up to date as it gets since it was released for the fist time at the end of March, you cannot go wrong with this book.

Here you can find a great description with some images to give you an idea of how it looks:
http://jalopnik.com/5190053/h-point-...ign--packaging

Here you can purchase the book for $49.95:
http://www.designstudiopress.com/new...k_H-Point.html

I notice also bHd recommended you a DVD from a person who attended this very college.

Hope that helps.

do you go to Art Center?

Originally Posted by Androo000

art center ftw!!!!1 kinda..

im guessing you do lol

[asdflkijd]

Originally Posted by Androo000

art center ftw!!!!1 kinda..

Thats where she is trying to get in. I'm going to send her those two books, along with some other goodies. I'm sure she might not even need those books since she is going to a design institute right now in Korea, but you know the saying, you can never "learn" too much.. also I want to show her my support

[561design]

CCS is the place to go if you want to do trans. Art Center is great but they just teach you the fluffy stuff. Also, I've heard the auto companies are actually hiring product designers to get a different interpetation of the automobile form.

If she does go into transportation design she should expect to be designing only small components (knobs, door handles) for the first couple years or even just working CAD. The interior and body development is reserved for the more senior designers. Also, salary for a trans designer is pretty craptastic at first.

Check these portoflios out. She needs to bench mark off of these guys. http://cardesignnews.com/site/designers/portfolios/

If you have any questions just post it up. I went to school for industrial design and was strongly considering transportation design but the negatives outweighed the coolness of the profession for me.

[ragingclue]

Originally Posted by 561design

CCS

This.

[561design]

Originally Posted by MCMLXXXIX

sketching is a MAJOR part of transportation design so make sure her skills go up!

While this may be true, her thought process is what will get her paid. If she has good sketching skills, she'll just end up being someone's beeyotch. How and where she derives her form factors will get her a job and allow her to move freely within the design community. Trans design or almost any field of indsutrial design is cut throat. You have to bring way more to the table than just pretty drawings.

[purespeed]

Here's a couple of good books that I've used:

http://www.amazon.com/Chassis-Engine...0038558&sr=1-1


http://www.amazon.com/Build-Fibergla...0038625&sr=1-1

I'm not in transportation. I'm a mechanical engineer that is always repairing, modifying, or building a car.

Good luck

[Year's_End]

i'm hoping to get into art center, ccs or academy of art.

[radiantm3]

Originally Posted by Bimmer Loyalist

i'm hoping to get into art center, ccs or academy of art.

All it takes is money to get into Academy of Art.