Art Center College of Design Car Classic
Sunday October 25, 2015
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ArtCenter College of Design
1700 Lida Street
Pasadena, California 91103
artcenter.edu
This year’s Car Classic provides several unique story opportunities, including:
| Visualizing the Future: Explore the world of legendary visual futurist and ArtCenter alumnus Syd Mead. |
| On the Right Track: ArtCenter meets the needs of the automotive industry and offers students the opportunity to specialize in Alternative Transportation and Vehicle Interiors. |
| What’s Past is Prologue: Find out what inspires future transportation designers and discover the paradigm-shifting innovations these passionate individuals plan to pursue. |
| A Self-Driving Future: As self-driving vehicles become a reality, we may not even own cars in the future, much less drive them. |
| Romance Returns to the Sky: The future of light aviation allows consumers to travel when they want and how they want through the design of an autonomous light aircraft and network of air taxis. |
| The Future has Arrived: Experience a fictional and non-fictional future through the collective imagination of ArtCenter knowledge makers and artists. |
| Cruising into the Future: Explore a new category of narrow commuting vehicle and the vehicle sharing program of tomorrow providing consumers with more car when they need it, less when they don’t. |
| The Road to Success: ArtCenter’s Graduate Transportation Systems and Design students and faculty create sustainable solutions and vastly improved consumer experiences to move around our city, region and the world. |
| Bridging the Gap: Major car collectors support the next generation of transportation designers through philanthropy. |
Schedule
| 6:30 a.m. | Field opens to exhibitors |
| 8 a.m. | Field opens to judges |
| 9 a.m. | Field opens to sponsors and patrons; judging commences |
| 10 a.m. | Field opens to “Sneak Preview” ticket holders. Brunch available for judges, patrons, sponsors and “Sneak Preview” ticket holders |
| 10:45 a.m. | Complimentary shuttles from off-site parking begin |
| 11 a.m. | Field opens to the public. On campus parking available for “Direct Access” ticket holders. |
| 11:30 a.m. | Welcome and opening remarks |
| 11:45 a.m. | Jay Leno interview with Ed Welburn, Vice President of Global Design for General Motors |
| 12:15 p.m. | Dave Kunz and Ed Justice, Jr. conduct on the field interviews with exhibitors and designers |
| 1 p.m. | “Meet the Designers” Panel Discussion with Chris Bangle, Clay Dean and Tisha Johnson |
| 2:15 p.m. | “Meet the Designers” Presentation and Book Signing with Syd Mead |
| 3:30 p.m. | Awards ceremony with Barry Meguiar |
| 4:30 p.m. | Show concludes |
| All day | “Stories Behind the Design”—live interviews from the field with Dave Kunz and Ed Justice Jr. |
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| The San Marino League offers tours of ArtCenter’s design studios, 3D rapid prototyping facilities and galleries. (Start times: 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.) | |
| ArtCenter Café serving a special menu of barbecue items and refreshments on the patio | |
| ArtCenter merchandise, art supplies, magazine and more available in the Student Store | |
| ArtCenter for Kids fall classes in session (For kids in grades 4-8. Must be registered in advance.) |
