As Ford Motor Co.’s J Mays ponders the way designers are perceived within the auto industry, his sarcasm is as subtle as the bumper bullets on a ’56 Coupe de Ville.
Ward’s: Are designers stereotyped?
Mays: C’mon, everyone knows that designers only wear black and sport German designer spectacles, and they all have terrifyingly geometric haircuts.
Ward’s: Are you wearing socks right ...
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