Tom Tjaarda: Master of Proportions (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781854433138)

A comprehensive, richly illustrated appraisal of the life of this automotive design giant.

Few automotive designers have as impressive a resume as Tom Tjaarda. Among automotive enthusiasts, his name is synonymous with the De Tomaso, Ferrari, Fiat, Ford, Innocenti, and Lancia marques, but he also is responsible for the successful workaday Ford Fiesta. Raised in Detroit when the American Dream was beating out its rock 'n' roll rhythm, Tjaarda moved to Europe, where he had a ringside seat at the heart of automotive styling activities in the Mecca of vehicle design, Turin, in its heyday. The lessons he learned there helped make him one of the most influential and important designers of the second half of the twentieth century. Tom Tjaarda: Master of Proportions is a comprehensive, richly illustrated appraisal of the life of this design giant, featuring all his designs, both automotive and in other fields.

Author: Gautam Sen
ISBN-10: 185443313X
ISBN-13: 9781854433138
Publisher: Dalton Watson Fine Books
Language: English
Published: 08/04/2021
Pages: 474
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 5.35lbs
Size: 12.10h x 8.70w x 1.40d