Hasta La Ideas

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pIn an article called “A HREF=”http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/g-m-salutes-its-damsel-designers/” G.M. Salutes Its ‘Damsel’ Designers/A,” the ITimes/I covers the “Designing Women” exhibition that went up earlier this week at the Museum of the City of New York. “Designing Women” examines a largely unknown part of U.S. auto design history: The small cadre of women hired as designers by General Motors following World War II./p

blockquote”The women I spoke with did not think of themselves as being pioneers,” said [former G.M. designer Susan] Skarsgard, who interviewed three of the original “Damsels” during her research. They shrugged off hurdles or obstacles by simply focusing on “being really good at what they did.”/blockquote

pThe following video gives you a brief look at both Skarsgard and current-day designer Christine Park:/p

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pSadly, the “Designing Women” exhibit does not have its own webpage at the Museum site. The exhibit itself is folded into the larger “A HREF=”http://www.mcny.org/exhibitions/current/Cars-Culture-and-the-City.html” Cars, Culture, and the City/A” show and runs through August 8th./pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/events/exhibition_looks_at_female_auto_designers_from_the_1950s_era_16857.asp”(more…)/a
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