Viktor
Schreckengost will be honored with the
EyesOn Design 2001 Honored Design Educator Award
GROSSE POINTE PARK, MI., June 4, 2001 EyesOn Design, the world’s only car show to focus on the emotion and character of automotive design, today announced that design legend Viktor Schreckengost will be honored with the EyesOn Design 2001.
Honored Design Educator Award. The award will be presented June 15 at the Eve of the Eyes Reception, one in a series of events held throughout regional Detroit during the EyesOn Design 2001 weekend, June 15 - 17.
The work of 94 year-old Viktor Schreckengost spans more than a dozen fields and categories, and he has made major breakthroughs in nearly every one. He is a sculptor, painter, graphic designer, industrial designer, as well as stage and costume designer. His design work spans everything from tricycles to trucks and from fans to flashlights. In 1930 he designed the Jazz Bowl which is regarded by many as the best example of American Art Deco. In 1932, Schreckengost produced one of his most widely imitated industrial designs – the first cab-over-engine truck for White Motors of Ohio. The design revolutionized the bus industry.
Most notably, however, is his role as a teacher of automotive design. Over a span of 70 years he taught design to more than 1,000 students at the Cleveland Institute of Art where, in fact, he graduated in 1929. Schreckengost’s students have designed such automotive icons as the 1949 Ford, the Mustang and the Nissan 240Z.
EyesOn Design 2001 Honored Design Educator Award
GROSSE POINTE PARK, MI., June 4, 2001 EyesOn Design, the world’s only car show to focus on the emotion and character of automotive design, today announced that design legend Viktor Schreckengost will be honored with the EyesOn Design 2001.
Honored Design Educator Award. The award will be presented June 15 at the Eve of the Eyes Reception, one in a series of events held throughout regional Detroit during the EyesOn Design 2001 weekend, June 15 - 17.
The work of 94 year-old Viktor Schreckengost spans more than a dozen fields and categories, and he has made major breakthroughs in nearly every one. He is a sculptor, painter, graphic designer, industrial designer, as well as stage and costume designer. His design work spans everything from tricycles to trucks and from fans to flashlights. In 1930 he designed the Jazz Bowl which is regarded by many as the best example of American Art Deco. In 1932, Schreckengost produced one of his most widely imitated industrial designs – the first cab-over-engine truck for White Motors of Ohio. The design revolutionized the bus industry.
Most notably, however, is his role as a teacher of automotive design. Over a span of 70 years he taught design to more than 1,000 students at the Cleveland Institute of Art where, in fact, he graduated in 1929. Schreckengost’s students have designed such automotive icons as the 1949 Ford, the Mustang and the Nissan 240Z.
Schreckengost will be in Detroit to receive the EyesOn Design 2001 Honored Design Educator Award. In addition, examples of his work will be on display June 5 through June 14 at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, Michigan.
The 2001 EyesOn Design series of events runs from Friday to Sunday, June 15 – 17 and are held throughout the Detroit region. Feature events are:
Friday,
June 15
Saturday, June 16
Sunday, June 17 (Father's Day)
Tickets for all events can be obtained by calling EyesOn Design at (313) 824 EYES (3937). EyesOn Design is a benefit for the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology (DIO), a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation founded in 1972 in Grosse Pointe Park, Mich. EyesOn Design is the primary source of revenues for the DIO’s research, education and support group programs that enhance the independence of the visually impaired. For more information about EyesOn Design and the DIO, visit our website: www.eyeson.org |
