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Article: Henry Ford Museum Partners with College for Creative Studies to Display Students' Model T Designs of the Future.
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- July 16, 2008
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DEARBORN, Mich. -- Visit Henry Ford Museum this summer and be amazed by the new Model T concepts created by students from College of Creative Studies (CCS) in Detroit. Eleven clay models representing Model Ts of the future will be on display throughout the summer.
Challenged by Ford Motor Company and channeling the spirit of Henry Ford, eleven students enrolled in the CCS Transportation Design program worked with Ford designers, historians and futurists, for 16 weeks forming concepts that add style, affordability, and improved sustainability to the boxy "Tin Lizzie." The students created a Model T for the future that is more aerodynamic in shape, weighs less and ...