Sharing cool music and creative ideas is what keeps Ford designers fueled »
Posted By 08lasventuras 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & TechnologyHere, where designers turn abstract "shapes" into the cars and trucks that end up on the showroom floor, out-of-the-box thinking is crucial, and Earl Lucas, chief designer on the Taurus program, says the specific music that he and his designers listened to influenced the design of the 2010 Taurus.
"When you've got good music, it's amazing how many shapes come out," Lucas said. "You lose track of time. When we were working on this program, it was nothing to have our senior designer, Dean Carbus, sketching away with his music blaring; the next designer would say, 'Oh I don't have that track,' and he'd put it in his iPod. The studio has to be a creative environment like that, because we're sharing ideas all the time."
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