SATURDAY, NOV. 6, 2021
HARBOUR TOWN CLUBHOUSE
at The Sea Pines Resort
6:30PM
Tickets: $ 375 (available online spring 2021 through 10/11)
at The Sea Pines Resort
6:30PM
Tickets: $ 375 (available online spring 2021 through 10/11)
Perhaps the most unique and intimate experience at the Hilton Head Island Concours d'Elegance & Motoring Festival, guests will mingle and dine with some of the world’s most notable automotive designers in an iconic Hilton Head Island setting.
Join us at the precursor to the Concours d'Elegance and watch the designers work live. It is truly a behind the ropes opportunity with the biggest names in the industry, the distinguished designers behind the objects of vehicular desire.
Attendees will have an exclusive opportunity to bid on automotive art as these designers take pen to canvas and sketch before your eyes.
Proceeds from the auction will go to the Hilton Head Island Concours d'Elegance & Motoring Festival's charitable fund, Driving Young America.
Join us at the precursor to the Concours d'Elegance and watch the designers work live. It is truly a behind the ropes opportunity with the biggest names in the industry, the distinguished designers behind the objects of vehicular desire.
Attendees will have an exclusive opportunity to bid on automotive art as these designers take pen to canvas and sketch before your eyes.
Proceeds from the auction will go to the Hilton Head Island Concours d'Elegance & Motoring Festival's charitable fund, Driving Young America.
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featured designers INLCLUDE
MORAY CALLUM |
craig metros |
MICHAEL SIMCOE |
jay ward |
kip wasenko |
MORAY CALLUM is former Ford Motor Company Vice President of Global design, a position in which he served from 2014 to 2021. In this role he led the design of all concept and production vehicles for the Ford and Lincoln brands globally. His successes include the 2017 Ford GT, Ford Fusion, Ford Explorer, Lincoln Navigator, the 5TH-generation Mustang, Mustang Mach-E and the latest Ford Bronco. His international design career started in 1982 when he began working for Chrysler Corporation, UK and PSA Peugeot Citroën on passenger and commercial vehicles. In 1988, he joined Ghia SpA a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company as a consultant designer, where his work included the Ford Ghia Via concept vehicle in 1989 and the Aston Martin Lagonda Vignale in 1992. During his tenure at Ford he was also appointed the Global Head of Design For Mazda Motor Corporation and spent five years (2001-2006) based in Hiroshima leading the Design revival of the Mazda brand with products such as the 1ST-generation Mazda3, the Mazda CX7 and the 3RD generation
Mazda MX-5.
CRAIG METROS is former Ford Motor Company Design Director of North American Trucks and SUV’s. After graduating from the College for Creative Studies in 1986, Metros joined Ford Design. Over his 30-year career, Craig held numerous key positions in the US, UK, Germany, Italy, Australia, and Japan. His vehicle design programs have been equally as diverse; including the first generation Escape, the 2017 Ford GT, current F-Series Pick-ups, and the newly released Ford Bronco.
Metros credits his parents for exposing him to cars at a very early age, which led to his love for the automobile and his passion for transportation design.
MICHAEL SIMCOE serves as vice president, Global Design, where he leads GM’s global design team consisting of five studios in the United States, China, and Korea. His team focuses on all aspects of design including advanced, production and industrial design operations supporting GM’s entire portfolio of brands and subsidiaries including Cruise, BrightDrop, GM Defense and others.
Today, Simcoe’s team is playing a pivotal role in GM’s expansion and transformation, challenging his global teams to innovate as the organization and society more broadly experience a massive shift in mobility. From leading the charge on new EV designs to autonomous vehicle applications, Simcoe and his team are defining the next chapter of GM’s design philosophy, focused not only on the company’s product portfolio, but the expansion of its business beyond the vehicle. Under his leadership, GM design has led the shift with breakthrough designs including the GMC HUMMER EV, Cadillac LYRIQ as well as personal autonomous vehicle concepts, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft concepts, the Cruise Origin autonomous vehicle, BrightDrop EV600, and exploratory work for a range of other initiatives including lunar mobility, and much more.
GM Design continues to expand the use of technology including new tools like artificial intelligence and virtual reality, redefining design processes, and ultimately accelerating speed to market. In addition to creating the right balance between the use of new tools and traditional methods, GM design continues to grow exponentially. During Simcoe’s tenure, GM Design has continued to expand around the globe, with more than $1 billion in investments that are expected to more than double studio space and design operations around the world. Expansions taking place today include the addition of Design West at GM’s Warren Technical Center, opening of a new advanced design studio in Shanghai, China; and the expansion of the company’s advanced design studio and new innovation campus in Southern California. Today, GM Design has more than 1,800 designers and other professionals globally.
JAY WARD is the Creative Director of Franchise, Pixar Animation Studios. He resides in Orlindo, CA with his wife and two children. He started at Pixar in 1998 as a production assistant on the film “Monsters, Inc.”. Ward started as a Coordinator for the 2006 film “Cars” where he applied his automotive knowledge allowed him to take on different roles including character team manager and automotive consultant. He also worked on “Ratatouille”, “Brave” and the Pixar Short “Presto”.
He returned to cars for “Cars 2” and the creation of “Cars Land”, at Disney’s California Adventure Park, and continues to contribute everything and anything within the “Cars” franchise.
He has a degree in Fine Arts and Illustration and his background includes the U.S. Navy and Harley Davidson.
KIP WASENKO retired from General Motors Design with a 40-year Design Career in the U.S., Europe and Australia. Throughout his career at GM Design Staff as Chief Designer of Saturn, Chevrolet Studio, Oldsmobile Studio, Cadillac Studio and several Advance Studios, including the GM Performance Division, he is credited with several significant designs. These include the Buick Wildcat Mid-Engine PPG Indy Series Pace Car, the Two-Rotor Mid-Engine Corvette Concept Car where he received his first Design Patent, and many Indy 500 and Daytona 500 Pace Cars.
He is best known for the Design of the Cadillac EVOQ that was named “Best Concept Car at the 1999 North American International Auto Show." This design initiated the Art & Science Design Direction which was recognized as a Design Renaissance for Cadillac. The EVOQ was sold to the public as the Cadillac XLR-V. Kip applied the same Design Philosophy to the CTS-V, STS-V and the Cadillac LMP Race Car, developed with Riley & Scott, that raced LeMans. In addition, he designed the winning CTS-VR World Challenge Cadillac Race Cars by Pratt Miller. These race cars and the technology learned from Cadillac’s Racing Programs have contributed to the success of the world respected Cadillac V-Series Performance Cars. In February 2005, Motor Trend magazine recognized Kip’s contribution on their Power List, “He's made Cadillacs cool again.”
Mazda MX-5.
CRAIG METROS is former Ford Motor Company Design Director of North American Trucks and SUV’s. After graduating from the College for Creative Studies in 1986, Metros joined Ford Design. Over his 30-year career, Craig held numerous key positions in the US, UK, Germany, Italy, Australia, and Japan. His vehicle design programs have been equally as diverse; including the first generation Escape, the 2017 Ford GT, current F-Series Pick-ups, and the newly released Ford Bronco.
Metros credits his parents for exposing him to cars at a very early age, which led to his love for the automobile and his passion for transportation design.
MICHAEL SIMCOE serves as vice president, Global Design, where he leads GM’s global design team consisting of five studios in the United States, China, and Korea. His team focuses on all aspects of design including advanced, production and industrial design operations supporting GM’s entire portfolio of brands and subsidiaries including Cruise, BrightDrop, GM Defense and others.
Today, Simcoe’s team is playing a pivotal role in GM’s expansion and transformation, challenging his global teams to innovate as the organization and society more broadly experience a massive shift in mobility. From leading the charge on new EV designs to autonomous vehicle applications, Simcoe and his team are defining the next chapter of GM’s design philosophy, focused not only on the company’s product portfolio, but the expansion of its business beyond the vehicle. Under his leadership, GM design has led the shift with breakthrough designs including the GMC HUMMER EV, Cadillac LYRIQ as well as personal autonomous vehicle concepts, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft concepts, the Cruise Origin autonomous vehicle, BrightDrop EV600, and exploratory work for a range of other initiatives including lunar mobility, and much more.
GM Design continues to expand the use of technology including new tools like artificial intelligence and virtual reality, redefining design processes, and ultimately accelerating speed to market. In addition to creating the right balance between the use of new tools and traditional methods, GM design continues to grow exponentially. During Simcoe’s tenure, GM Design has continued to expand around the globe, with more than $1 billion in investments that are expected to more than double studio space and design operations around the world. Expansions taking place today include the addition of Design West at GM’s Warren Technical Center, opening of a new advanced design studio in Shanghai, China; and the expansion of the company’s advanced design studio and new innovation campus in Southern California. Today, GM Design has more than 1,800 designers and other professionals globally.
JAY WARD is the Creative Director of Franchise, Pixar Animation Studios. He resides in Orlindo, CA with his wife and two children. He started at Pixar in 1998 as a production assistant on the film “Monsters, Inc.”. Ward started as a Coordinator for the 2006 film “Cars” where he applied his automotive knowledge allowed him to take on different roles including character team manager and automotive consultant. He also worked on “Ratatouille”, “Brave” and the Pixar Short “Presto”.
He returned to cars for “Cars 2” and the creation of “Cars Land”, at Disney’s California Adventure Park, and continues to contribute everything and anything within the “Cars” franchise.
He has a degree in Fine Arts and Illustration and his background includes the U.S. Navy and Harley Davidson.
KIP WASENKO retired from General Motors Design with a 40-year Design Career in the U.S., Europe and Australia. Throughout his career at GM Design Staff as Chief Designer of Saturn, Chevrolet Studio, Oldsmobile Studio, Cadillac Studio and several Advance Studios, including the GM Performance Division, he is credited with several significant designs. These include the Buick Wildcat Mid-Engine PPG Indy Series Pace Car, the Two-Rotor Mid-Engine Corvette Concept Car where he received his first Design Patent, and many Indy 500 and Daytona 500 Pace Cars.
He is best known for the Design of the Cadillac EVOQ that was named “Best Concept Car at the 1999 North American International Auto Show." This design initiated the Art & Science Design Direction which was recognized as a Design Renaissance for Cadillac. The EVOQ was sold to the public as the Cadillac XLR-V. Kip applied the same Design Philosophy to the CTS-V, STS-V and the Cadillac LMP Race Car, developed with Riley & Scott, that raced LeMans. In addition, he designed the winning CTS-VR World Challenge Cadillac Race Cars by Pratt Miller. These race cars and the technology learned from Cadillac’s Racing Programs have contributed to the success of the world respected Cadillac V-Series Performance Cars. In February 2005, Motor Trend magazine recognized Kip’s contribution on their Power List, “He's made Cadillacs cool again.”
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HARBOUR TOWN CLUBHOUSE at THE SEA PINES RESORT
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The Harbour Town Clubhouse with its stunning views of Harbour Town Golf Links and the Harbour Town Lighthouse offers an iconic Hilton Head Island backdrop to showcase the iconic automotive designers.
Designed to complement the distinction of famed Harbour Town Golf Links, the clubhouse's stunning interior and world-renowned location offer an experience like no other. Bespoke design features, such as a curved monumental staircase, custom cabinetry and millwork, and a reclaimed white oak floor, provide an elegant backdrop for an evening you won't soon forget. MORE INFO |
