by Andrew Smith, 13

Background

I graduated from Art Center College of Design when it was still in Los Angeles.

I worked at General Motors as an Exterior Designer when it was called Design Staff. That's after it was called Art & Colour Section and Styling, but before it was renamed Design Center. I worked under Bill Mitchell, Irv Rybicki, and Chuck Jordan. I worked in Pontiac, Buick, Olds, and Cadillac studios. Dave Holls picked a sketch of mine off the wall that later became the 1992 Oldsmobile Achieva. I learned the most from Bill Porter.

Then "Enough! Go West!" But we stopped short of California. I have been freelancing as Performance Design long enough to have accumulated over 500 CD-ROMs of client archives.

Work Ethic & Experience

I do the best I can to help make my clients be successful at what they do. I've had some clients over 19 years.

If you are looking for a designer who thinks "long-term relationship", you've found him. If you don't see exactly what you are looking for on the site that applies to your needs, all of my work is not here. I have done myriads of business identity packages, brochures for all kinds of businesses; graphics and logos of all descriptions. Hand drawn artwork, cartoons, 3D product art, gif animations, flash, you name it.

No matter what your need is, contact me. If I can't take care of it, I probably know someone who can.

Current Client list

Microchip Technologies
FilterMag
AeroMag
California Bill's Automotive Hndbks
CSK Auto
Good Year Books
TD Wright, Inc
Tornado Design
Arizona Archery Enterprises
Lumberline Laser
U-Haul International

Past Clients have included

Buick Motor Division
Forever Resorts
Fisher Books
Coriolis Group Books
Vortex Water Technologies
Steve Smith Autosports
Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.
Select Design Vehicles



Interesting Cars I've owned

1950 Chevy 2-door Deluxe
1950 and 1951 Chevy pickups
1952 Ford F-100
1957 MGA
1960 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limo
1966 Pontiac 2+2
1967, 1970, 1971, 1982 Camaros
1969 427 Corvette
1971 Corvette LT-1
1973 Porsche 914
1975 and 1976 BMW 2002s
1983 and 1984 VW GTIs
1989 Corvette
1989 Turbo Trans Am
1992 Olds Achieva SCX

Other
1941 Ford 9N
1953 Ford NAA Jubilee
1967 Airstream

 

Interesting People I've met

"California Bill" Fisher
Zora Arkus Duntov
John Thawley
David Hocking
Jacob Prasch
Cale Yarlbourgh
Junior Johnson
Mark Donohue
Strother McMinn
Bill Porter
Dave Holls
N. Gray Counts
Tom Peloquin
Mike Parris

John Higgins

Interesting Links

Contact Information

Gary D. Smith
Performance Design
Cave Creek, AZ 85331

480.242.7948 cell

box10@performancedesign.net

Cave Creek is north of
Phoenix and Scottsdale.


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