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Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
The Tale Of The Tape
Tape roll’s role in 2015 Ford Mustang design
There’s nothing quite like that brand new roll of adhesive tape, straight from the cellophane wrapping, is there? That sweet, tangy aroma of the glue; the squeaky-clean backing…it all comes together, and suddenly, the world is your oyster, ready to be adhered together. You know what we’re talking about…
And when it comes to design concepts in the automobile world, coming up with sleek lines and edgy touches to any given car concept, guess what is commonly used in providing a base for the keystone of design? You got it–TAPE!
“Great design is about proportions,” explains Kemal Curic, Ford exterior design manager. “From the beginning, we need to focus on creating the right structural lines – the skeleton of the car. Then our job is to tailor the vehicle body to enhance the figure. This is a process of editing every single line to find the perfect balance of concave and convex angles. We achieve this on the clay model, and tape is what we use to decide which lines to move.”
So, with all the high-tech design capacity today’s technological world offers, Ford Mustang designers still relied upon a faithful stand-by to get the job done. Simply. Awesome.
“Tape gives us a defined line that is like a carpenter laying a level line on a building,” said Larry Pelowski, Ford master modeler, exterior design. “So when the designers put tape on the model, there is no question what their intent is.”
Just how important was tape to the design of the new 2015 Mustang? So significant such that the design team consumed enough bonding strips of magical adherence, it would result in a span of 155 miles if placed in linear fashion. Too cool!
From Stangnet.com
Monday, February 17, 2014
2014 Chicago Auto Show - in the Books!
The Anderson Sales Team had the pleasure of attending the 2014 Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place this past Sunday. We loaded up one of our 15 passenger vans(Thank you Mr. Anderson) and headed north at around 6:30 in the morning. The show started at 10 am and we wanted to beat the crowds.
We had invited a few of our customers to go with us as they have never attended the show before.
With everyone aboard, we had a total of 12 people.
There were two main vehicles the sales team wanted to see at the show.
1) the All New 2015 Ford Mustang! There is a lot of hype about this new mustang and all the sales team had to see was a few pictures on the internet and a few Ford publications.
I, for one, was not disappointed with what I saw. Ford was able to keep the Mustang DNA along with designing the car for the European market. Kudos to Ford. I like it a lot!
The second vehicle we wanted to get our eyes on was the 2015 Ford F-150!
This newly designed, all-aluminum bodied truck is surely gaining a lot of attention in the press.
Overall it was a great day to visit Chi-town. We had good weather and a good time was had by all!
We ended the our car show adventure with a stop at the local Portillo's Restaurant.
What a great choice that was. I can't wait to go back!
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