Daily Archives: September 16, 2014


One of the last Mustang related things I worked on before leaving Ford earlier this summer was a story on the design evolution of the newest version

One of the last Mustang related things I worked on before leaving Ford earlier this summer was a story on the design evolution of the newest version

https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/products/cars/mustang/2015-mustang-press-kit.html#design-taking-the-all-new-ford-mustang-from-sketch-to-production

Over the course of 2013, we published a series of sketch to production stories on each of the first five generations of Mustang in the run-up to the 50 year celebrations. Each of those can be found on this page: https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2013/08/02/mustang.html

Here are some of the sketches that emerged during the design competition for the 2015 model. I just wish that my former colleagues had chosen to share some of the other sketches to show off ideas that didn't make the cut. ?


Having spent some time working on the PR side of the auto industry, I can tell you that almost every press photo that gets published gets some serious photoshop time

Having spent some time working on the PR side of the auto industry, I can tell you that almost every press photo that gets published gets some serious photoshop time

That said, at least at the companies I worked with, they don't take away parts that are actually there as Apple seems to have done. Because many of the photos released are shot with early prototypes or preproduction vehicles, they have to add stuff that is missing. ?

Apple has an unpleasant bulge it’s hiding. The latest iPhone 6 has slimmed down to just 6.9mm of metal in what Apple describes as a “streamlined profile,” but it has picked up one element that…


Despite not having utility in the name like SUVs, the minivan is easily the most utilitarian vehicle on the road

Despite not having utility in the name like SUVs, the minivan is easily the most utilitarian vehicle on the road

It's also unapologetically not an #unminivan

The Dodge Caravan turned 30 this year as the Ford Mustang turned 50. You'd be surprised how much shared DNA they have https://sam.abuelsamid.com/2014/09/15/brothers-from-different-mothers/?