Recorded in June 2022, a Brigadoon Monthly Call with Paul Snyder.
Paul Snyder, the Paul & Helen Farago Chair of Transportation Design @ College for Creative Studies, will lead a discussion on transportation design and emerging mobility systems.
Paul’s experience spans four continents and encompasses both exterior and interior development for a number of automotive brands, including Ford, Lincoln, Renault, Honda, and Acura.
For Ford Motor Company, he designed exterior and interior solutions for the Taurus/Sable and Explorer production vehicles and later oversaw projects for the Taurus X, Ford Five Hundred, Ranger, and Flex production vehicles.
Prior to joining the College for Creative Studies, Snyder worked at Honda Research and Development in California where he was Assistant Chief Designer, overseeing production and concept projects for the Civic, Accord, Crosstour, Odyssey, Tokyo Motor Show EV-Ster Concept, and Honda AC-X Concept theme vehicles, as well as a 2013 Acura RL vision theme.
Paul previously taught transportation design and visual communications at Pratt Institute as well as a range of undergraduate and graduate courses at Wayne State University and CCS.
In addition to his work as a car designer, Paul is an accomplished figure painter, sculptor, and collagist, having earned a Master of Fine Arts degree cum laude in fine art and cultural studies from the New York Academy of Art in New York City, where he has also shown his work.
Notes:
Cadillac introduces InnerSpace autonomous concept at CES 2022: Two-person electric luxury concept offers vision of future personal mobility focused on elevating the passenger experience, grows Cadillac Halo Concept Portfolio. Press Release
Zoox: The future is for riders: This is on-demand autonomous ride-hailing. Let Zoox handle the traffic, while you enjoy a smooth, relaxing ride in a spacious cabin designed around you.
Covestro: The company serves a range of applications in the automotive industry including interior and exterior elements, lighting, seating, and electric vehicle battery (EVB) packaging, using dedicated raw materials for coatings and adhesives, thermoplastics, foams, films, composites, and more.
Ground Vehicle Systems Center: Develop, integrate, demonstrate, and sustain ground vehicle systems capabilities to support Army modernization priorities and improve readiness. The United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC), located in Warren, Michigan, is the United States Armed Forces’ research and development facility for advanced technology in ground systems.
NIO: A Chinese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in designing and developing electric vehicles. The company is known for its development of battery-swapping stations for its vehicles as an alternative to conventional charging stations.
Vehicle technology @ CES
Michigan plans 'first-in-the-US' wireless electric vehicle-charging road: ElectReon has been tapped to build the mile-long section of road outside Detroit. PC Mag
Michigan and Cavnue creating road of future between Ann Arbor and Detroit: A first-of-its-kind connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) corridor will improve transportation across Southeast Michigan and continue Michigan’s leadership in smart infrastructure and future mobility. Cavnue, a company founded by Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, was selected to lead the project in partnership with the state of Michigan. Press Release
Japan is one step closer to launching driverless vehicles: The framework has been put in place to allow fully autonomous cars on Japan’s roads. IoT World Today
5G network as foundation for autonomous driving: Autonomous means that the car is fully independent in making decisions and responding to situations, including emergencies; no driver and no external intervention are needed. Enabling an even faster connection between transport systems, the 5G network will offer new application options advancing the development of autonomous cars. Not only will they be able to make autonomous decisions in the future, they will also communicate and cooperate with each other. Telekom
Apple embraces the ever-expanding dashboard touchscreen: The company recently announced a souped-up evolution of CarPlay. But do larger infotainment systems make distracted driving worse? Wired
Apple and Google are coming for your car: Big Tech’s big car ambitions have antitrust advocates worried. Recode
The most basic tenet of the Bauhaus was form follows function.
Harley Earl – the inventor of American car design: The Unites States of America in the late '50s. Television, rock and roll, neon signs, and eight-lane highways flooded with chromed giants five meters long, with their tailfins proudly jutting out in a nod to the Space Age and wraparound windscreens that made it possible to see the Soviet missiles in Cuba. These and other design elements that are only associated with cars produced in that particular country were the creation of one person – Harley Earl, the most famous American automotive designer of the 20th century. Dyler
+ "Most advanced, yet acceptable" -- Raymond Loewy
The four-letter code to selling just about anything: What makes things cool? The Atlantic
+ Loewy believed that consumers are torn between a curiosity about new things and a fear of anything too new
2022 North American International Auto Show: In addition to the show at Huntington Place, there will be additional city-wide activations taking place throughout downtown Detroit. The show will highlight a wide range of vehicles, the technology enabling global mobility and electrification race, and Michigan’s position as a mobility and technology incubator. Web
+ Dates = 14 - 25 September 2022
Detroit Concours: As the cultural epicenter of the country's automotive capital, the Detroit Institute of Arts helps Hagerty to marry our bold celebration of American automotive history. Web
+ The Detroit Concours show field will display 144 historically significant vehicles vying for various awards and accolades
+ Dates = 16-18 September 2022
