Letters.(Letter to the Editor)

Do we go with new or retro? Dutch Mandel is right in his Jan. 24 column-the new Mustang is good design. But Richard S. Chang (Jan. 10) is right too, because it doesn't advance the art of design; retro can never do that. As a commercial-design architect for nearly 40 years, many of my designs are in the retro-futuristic category, though we don't call it that.

We start with traditional concepts, clean them functionally and visually and fill them with the latest conveniences, like Ford did with the Mustang. Nothing wrong with that. It's harder than it seems, and done well, it's ...

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