Following are four designers who will regularly post to AUTODESIGN.com. If you’re interested in posting, send an email link with your post/article and contact info to: post@autodesign.com.
Robert Gelardi
Contributing Editor
Robert Gelardi is a Design Manager at Ford Motor Company’s North American Studios in Dearborn Michigan. He has contributed to and lead many projects, including the 2013 Mustang exterior, the 2010 Mustang and Shelby GT500 interior and exterior, the 2012 Boss 302 Mustang exterior and interior, the 2008 Lincoln MKS, and 2005 Mustang. In his spare time, he developed a digital art technique and has exhibited at AutoRama, SEMA Las Vegas, and many Mustang shows. His artwork hangs in several management offices including the President of Ford. His work and contact info can be seen at www.robertgelardi.com
Rob Jensen
Digital Editor
A graduate of Brigham Young University, Rob Jensen worked as a Senior Designer at Ford’s Dearborn studios where he was very influential on the 2010 Mustang, creating the front end winning theme for the Shelby GT500, and developing the early sketches for the recently introduced 2013 Fusion. Rob is currently a managing partner at My Social Practice, and advertising and marketing firm in Provo, Utah. His work can be seen on TheArtofRob.com
Ryan Paul
West Coast Editor
Ryan Paul is a graduate of CCS’s Transportation Design program. While at CCS, he interned at Design a Storz in Zell am See, Austria, and at Ford’s Living Legends Studio in Dearborn. Asa consultant, he’s designed cars, computers, custom aircraft and architectural interiors, brands, and experiences for clients including Dell, Alienware, HP, and Microsoft, as well as startups like KLD Energy Technologies, and even King Al Khalifa of Bahrain. Products he’s helped design have won multiple IDSA and Red Dot design awards. As an artist and photographer, he’s had numerous group and solo shows of his paintings and photos, both analog and digital. His personal website is www.phenotyp.com, but can be found more frequently posting to his Tumblr, phenotyp.tumblr.com.
Jason White
Detroit/Educational Editor
Jason White previously contributed to the website Car Design Fetish and provides a unique perspective on the world of design; often focusing on nostalgic and eccentric stories that receive little coverage from other outlets. Jason graduated from Detroit’s College for Creative Studies in 1999 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Transportation Design. While at CCS, he was awarded internships at Chrysler Corporation and William M. Schmidt Associates. He worked as a designer at Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan from 1999 to 2006. His contributions there include the 2008 Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner interior and the 2007 Ford Super Duty instrument panel. After a three year stint at Hyundai in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Jason has returned to Ford as a contract designer. He has taught freshman transportation design courses at his alma mater since 2007. In 2010, Jason published his first book, the critically acclaimed Old School Viscom: 20 Renderings in 20 Steps.
