American Dreaming: The Corvette Designs at The Scarab Club (Photos)
At The Scarab Club in Midtown Detroit, there are more than 100 designs, concept sketches, and models on display now. Check out some of what's being shown as the exhibit goes through the history of Ameria's greatest sports car.
2. The secrecy
To keep rival car manufacturers from stealing design cues and see some inner workings of what is going on with a brand means destroying these designs once they are turned down. However, artists will sometimes hold onto these as they are their "babies" and want to save the work they've toiled on for so long. Many of these on display have never been seen before by the public and the artists have risked their entire careers by sneaking them out of the company.
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5. The curators
American Dreaming exhibit curators John Douglas Peters and Robert Edwards spent a whole year gathering and curating the catalog of items for the show. The exhibit is the first of its kind and celebrates not just the designers but the whole art form Detroit started. Included in the exhibit is a design competition open to transportation students who can conceptualize what the new mid-engine C8 Corvette may look like.
For more information on the American Dreaming exhibit which closes on February 9th, just click here.
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