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• Environmental Design

  There have been classes in environmental design since the Industrial Design department was formed in 1931.  Art Center did not start using the term “environmental…

• General Electric Space Capsule project, 1960

  Art Center’s very first sponsored project in 1960 was not to design an automobile or even an industrial design product, but rather a space capsule.…

• Early Transportation Design

  The first Art Center graduates to enter the automobile design field were placed in positions with General Motor Buick Division in Detroit, Michigan, as early…

• General Motors Irvine Project, 1971

  Senior design executives from General Motors Corporation challenged a class of advanced transportation students with the design of a total community transportation system projected for…