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Sketchbattle Pro By the Bay
After 18 events, you would think we would run out of ways to make the Sketchbattle series of events exciting. You would be wrong. Sketchbattle Pro #18 was held as part of the annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on the … Continue reading
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The Rounds – A #MSBEXP-LA Thanksgiving Story
In the beginning, boxing fights continued until one fighter quit or was knocked out. Brutal but effective. In the 1920’s 15 rounds was adopted as the norm for championship fights. Still brutal. It was reduced to 12 rounds in 1982 … Continue reading
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Tagged AACS, Aaron Bambach, Animal Aid Foundation, Autoweek Design Forum, BASF, Bruce Benda, College for Creative Studies, Covestro, David Scott Neal II, Doris Gilles, Dutch Mandel, EyesOn Design, Harman Audio, Hastings Street Ballroom, Jake Gutierrez, Joe van Bael, Judith Banham, Keith Nagara, Kunsthalle, Lacks Enterprises, Lacks Trim Systems, Lawrence Tech School of Design, Lefty Tsironis, Mark Montone, Mary Ann Short, Middlecott Design, Project Beautiful - Inside and Out, Satori Circus, Shabtai Hirshberg, Tangent Gallery, Tate Osten, Terri Toennies
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First Las Vegas Middlecott Sketchbattle Experiment™ Crowns a Sketchmaster
Whoever says there is no car design in the desert obviously wasn’t at the first Middlecott Sketchbattle Experiment™ in Las Vegas presented by Axalta. The majority of people in town spent the day looking at underhood performance parts at SEMA, … Continue reading
Bringing Detroit to Vegas – The Middlecott Sketchbattle Experiment™ comes to SEMA
For the first time EVER, the Middlecott Sketchbattle Experiment™ is coming to the desert. Brook and I are excited to announce that on Wednesday, November 1st in Las Vegas , the Middlecott Sketchbattle Experiment™ will at the SEMA show.
The Auto Industry 3.0 – An Enthusiast’s Review of the 2016 LA Auto Show
Editor’s Note – while this website concentrates on factual reports, the following is an editorial. The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by myself as author and any forum participants on this web site do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and … Continue reading
The Last 6 – Contestants for the LA Sketchbattle
First there were 6, then there were 12, now the roster of 18 designers and artists is complete. Read on the find out about the last 6 selected who will be competing for this title belt designed by Middlecott Design … Continue reading
MSBE-L.A. Contestants Part 2
Earlier this week we announced the first 6 contestants who will battle it out Joe Louis style for the title of Sketchmaster at the inaugural Los Angeles Fight Club of Design? What else would you expect from a city whose … Continue reading
Contestants Announced for Middlecott Sketchbattle Experiment LA
I have three reasons to start the introduction of Sketchbattle contestants with a picture of Joe Louis. First, The Middlecott Sketchbattle Experiment is billed as “THE Fight Club of Design”. Second, the Sketchbattle originated in Detroit, a city steeped in … Continue reading
A Slippery Slope – Winter Driving Part 1
Those of you who know me on Facebook have been treated to my rants about winter tires for a number of years. Some 25 years ago I moved from the beaches of the Carolinas and Virginia to the snowy climate … Continue reading
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