Storyboard: Dave Marek The four-year old that caught the car I have a little thing I call the ten-second rule. I didnt invent this concept, but I try to adhere to it most of the time. The ten-second rule dictates that a customer generally knows within ten seconds whether or not they like somethin...
Transportation Design alum, adjunct professor and Acura Executive Creative Director Dave Marek (BS 1987) heads a team of designers at the Acura Design Studio.
Dave Marek is the executive creative director for Acura. He began his career at Honda R&D Americas, Inc. in 1987 and served as design project leader for a number of milestone products such as the 1997 Acura CL, 2003 Honda Element, and 2016 ACURA NSX. As Acura's executive creative director, he is res...
BMW Group for 15 yrs, in US/EU, designing BMW, Mini, MG, Land Rover and Rolls-Royce concept and production cars. Best known for RR Phantom and 100EX. Worked alongside Rolls-Royce directors to determine marques future direction, product planning and communications. In 2005 set up Marek Djordjevic Inc...
Special Guests Perhaps even more impressive than the one-of-a-kind vehicles on display at Car Classic is our s who of special guests, which include some of the most well-known designers, influencers and collectors in the world of transportation. Guest Speakers Chip Foose, Co-founder Foose Desig...
Alumni Panels at Car Classic Celebrate Iconic Design: 70 Years of ArtCenter Influence An event that capped a weekend-long alumni celebration thatattracted 600 alumni back to ArtCenter, last months Car Classicdubbed Iconic Design: 70 Years of ArtCenter Influencebrought together several generations o...
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Auto Industry Leaders Show Innovative Concepts and Explore Future Mobility Challenges More than 2,000 connoisseurs of past, present and future mobility gathered for ArtCenter College of Design’s annual Car Classic on October 20 under the theme “One of a Kind Vehicles That Stand Al...
Today, ArtCenter College of Design Provost Anne Burdick announced Marek Djordjevic as the new chair of Transportation Design beginning in the Fall 2023 semester. Djordjevic will be joined by Alan Macey, who will serve as associate chair of the Transportation Design Bachelor of Science degree, and R...
Gravity Sketch and Stellantis teamed up with ArtCenter's transportation design students to create the next generation Jeep Wrangler.
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Fans Treated to Inspirational Stories About Career Highs and Lows as Top Designers Get Personal and Reveal Car Culture Reality A crowd of more than 2,000 auto enthusiasts and art aficionados experienced gathered for “Red, White and Blue: Celebrating Italian, American and French Design,&rdquo...
Auto Industry Design Leaders Reminisce About Dream Come True College Experience Nearly 2,500 car design fans from far and wide joined ArtCenter College of Design in a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Transportation Design program at this year’s Car Classic, Iconic Design: 70 Years ...
Philanthropist, business leader and distinguished ArtCenter College of Design Trustee Emeritus Peter W. Mullin passed away at the age of 82 on September 18. The College offers heartfelt condolences to Merle, his wife, and the family as the community grieves this loss. “We’re grateful to...
One of the biggest names in automotive design has joined the Board of Trustees at ArtCenter College of Design. Franz von Holzhausen, chief designer for Tesla and the design lead for nearly all the company’s models since he joined the company in 2010, will bring his vast industry experience as ...
Meet Nick Garfias (BS 95 Transportation Design)
ArtCenter in Asia: Create Change Design Forums at Beijing Design Week Whether it’s the impending arrival of China-made cars to the U.S. market or Film alumnus Michael Bay’s (BFA 88) Transformers: Age of Extinction breaking the $300 million barrier at the Chinese box office, these ...
Knowledge is Power: A Transportation Design Student’s Journey from Zimbabwe to ArtCenter One day, when then 6-year-old future Transportation Design student Thokozani Mabena was playing with friends in the shanty town where he grew up, in authoritarian-ruled Zimbabwe, he was drawn to a magazin...
Turn of Events: Reimagining Gatherings for the Post-Pandemic Era Many years ago, Erick Weiss pitched an idea for a unique and futuristic musical experience that would place attendees in the middle of the action. Imagine James Cameron’s Avatar meets Electric Zoo.“If you purchased a certa...
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