mfg Posted Monday at 02:43 PM Report Posted Monday at 02:43 PM What are two good examples of what Raymond Loewy considered to be “applied elegance” in car design ? (Styling treatments he strongly disliked)
1963r2 Posted Monday at 10:07 PM Report Posted Monday at 10:07 PM My guesses are, No grill and No excess chrome Pb
mfg Posted Monday at 11:23 PM Author Report Posted Monday at 11:23 PM 1 hour ago, 1963r2 said: My guesses are, No grill and No excess chrome Pb You ‘nailed it’ with ‘excess chrome’!, However, the second item wasn’t a grille.… Although we do know that for the Avanti project Loewy did not want to see a conventional grille on the car. Any other thoughts on that second item of ‘applied elegance’ ??
mfg Posted yesterday at 03:20 PM Author Report Posted yesterday at 03:20 PM 1 hour ago, Footer said: No flat panels? Good guess… but no! HINT !…. What can be applied to a new car once the design has been approved and assembled?
mfg Posted 7 hours ago Author Report Posted 7 hours ago 23 hours ago, mfg said: Good guess… but no! HINT !…. What can be applied to a new car once the design has been approved and assembled? SECOND HINT….. Picasso
Mark63Avanti Posted 1 hour ago Report Posted 1 hour ago Paint? I thought he wasn't a big fan of fins either.
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