Speed Read Car Design: The History, Principles and Concepts Behind Modern Car Design
暫譯: 快速閱讀汽車設計：現代汽車設計的歷史、原則與概念

Lewin, Tony, McGovern, Gerry

Speed Read Car Design: The History, Principles and Concepts Behind Modern Car Design

商品描述

This beautifully designed and illustrated essential guide to car design from Motorbooks' Speed Read series traces the inspirations of the first car designers and tracks the craft, the art, and the science that have propelled successive generations of designers and shaped the contours of the vehicles we see all around us.

Never before has the car-buying public been more aware of how a car's design fits into their everyday lives and what it communicates about the driver behind the wheel. Like all design, car design is complex subject. Every part of a car represents myriad decisions by the design team ruled by engineering, aesthetics, human interface, and emotion. Speed Read Car Design helps the you understand the hows and whys of that design process, offering an engaging review of history, theory, key concepts, and key designers. It's a book for car enthusiasts, design fans, and anyone with a desire to better understand why our wheeled world looks the way it does.

In sections divided by topic, you'll explore the birth of car design, how it evolved over the last century, successes and failures in innovation, the elements that make up a car's style, the engineering behind the design, the creative process and design fads, and finally the road ahead in car design.

Each section ends with a glossary of related terms, and informational sidebars provide fun facts, historical tidbits, and mini-bios of key people in car design. Sleek illustrations of the cars give clear design examples throughout.

With Motorbooks' Speed Read series, become an instant expert in a range of fast-moving subjects, from Formula 1 racing to the Tour de France. Accessible language, compartmentalized sections, fact-filled sidebars, glossaries of key terms, and event timelines deliver quick access to insider knowledge. Their brightly colored covers, modern design, pop art-inspired illustrations, and handy size make them perfect on-the-go reads.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

這本由Motorbooks的Speed Read系列出版的精美設計與插圖的汽車設計必備指南，追溯了第一代汽車設計師的靈感，並追蹤了推動一代又一代設計師的工藝、藝術和科學，塑造了我們周圍所見汽車的輪廓。

汽車購買者從未像現在這樣意識到汽車設計如何融入他們的日常生活，以及它所傳達的駕駛者形象。與所有設計一樣，汽車設計是一個複雜的主題。汽車的每一個部分都代表了設計團隊在工程、美學、人機介面和情感等方面的無數決策。《Speed Read Car Design》幫助您理解這一設計過程的如何與為何，提供了一個引人入勝的歷史、理論、關鍵概念和關鍵設計師的回顧。這是一本適合汽車愛好者、設計迷以及任何希望更好理解我們的輪子世界為何如此的讀者的書籍。

在按主題劃分的各個部分中，您將探索汽車設計的誕生、過去一個世紀的演變、創新中的成功與失敗、構成汽車風格的元素、設計背後的工程、創意過程和設計潮流，最後是汽車設計的未來之路。

每個部分結尾都有相關術語的詞彙表，資訊側邊欄提供有趣的事實、歷史小知識和汽車設計關鍵人物的迷你傳記。流暢的汽車插圖在整本書中提供清晰的設計範例。

透過Motorbooks的Speed Read系列，您可以在一系列快速變化的主題中迅速成為專家，從F1賽車到環法自行車賽。易於理解的語言、分門別類的部分、充滿事實的側邊欄、關鍵術語的詞彙表和事件時間線，提供快速獲取內部知識的途徑。它們色彩鮮豔的封面、現代設計、受波普藝術啟發的插圖和便攜的尺寸，使其成為完美的隨身閱讀材料。

作者簡介

Tony Lewin is a lifelong automotive commentator and industry analyst and has spent most of his career testing cars, analyzing them, and reporting on the ups and downs of the global enterprises that build them. He has been a regular writer and editor for Automotive News Europe and launched several pioneering titles for The Financial Times as well as contributing regular columns for other national and international publications. Today, Lewin divides his time between journalism, books, and translation work. His titles for Motorbooks include BMW Century, How to Design Cars Like a Pro, The Complete Book of BMW, and Speed Read: Car Design. He also translated Junkyard: Behind the Gates at California's Secretive European-Car Salvage Yard for Motorbooks. He lives in East Sussex, England.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Tony Lewin 是一位終身的汽車評論家和產業分析師，並且在他的職業生涯中大部分時間都在測試汽車、分析汽車，並報導全球汽車製造企業的起伏。他曾是Automotive News Europe的常駐撰稿人和編輯，並為The Financial Times推出了幾本開創性的書籍，同時也為其他國內外出版物撰寫定期專欄。如今，Lewin在新聞報導、書籍和翻譯工作之間分配他的時間。他為Motorbooks撰寫的書籍包括BMW Century、How to Design Cars Like a Pro、The Complete Book of BMW和Speed Read: Car Design。他還為Motorbooks翻譯了Junkyard: Behind the Gates at California's Secretive European-Car Salvage Yard。他目前居住在英國東薩塞克斯。

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