Designer

Biography: Participant, General Motors Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild Model Car Competition from 1961-1966. Won 5, 1st Regional Awards, and 2nd Sr. National Award in 1966. 1968 Graduate, Schools of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago, with BFA Transportation/Product Design. Began ‘design career,’ working at GM Styling, as an Exterior Designer in the Advanced Pontiac Studio and Chevy Production Studio No. 2, ’68-’72; J.I. Case Company, Styling Supervisor AG Tractors ’72-’83; Vehicle Improvement Products (VIP), Director of Design Development, ’83-’90; CASE Corporation, Managing Designer, AG Design Development-Research, ’90-’92; Emergency One, Inc. (E-One), Manager of Design, ’93-’97; Thomas Built Buses, Inc., subsid., DAIMLER Trucks North America, LLC, Creative Design Specialist, Adv. Design Concepts Studio, TBB Concept to Market Group, ’97-Present.

Location:
High Point, North Carolina

Articles written by John M. Mellberg:
Cars of Tomorrow by Boys of Today
The Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild Model Car Competition