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General Motors design landmark gets second life--as a school

"The profession was invented in this room,” says Richard Rogers, president of the College for Creative Studies (CCS), as he stands in the dusty construction site that used to be the General Motors Argonaut Building. “And this is where Harley Earl's office was.” Looking across the top floor of the building, it is easy to see a circle of concrete like the landing mark of a flying saucer. The circle is the remnant of an early platform for clay models, developed here for the first time as design tools for mass-production autos.

At GM, the tail fin is back--but now it's a blade

Tail fins are making a comeback at General Motors Co., although they are a far cry from the saillike appendages of the 1950s. And this time the company is calling them blades. The look, pioneered on the Chevrolet Volt to improve aerodynamics, will appear on other models to boost fuel economy, said Ed Welburn, GM's global design chief.

Win one of six pairs of Polaroid sunglasses

By James Popsys Competitions 30 June 2009 09:30 The summer is here and CAR Online has teamed up with Polaroid sunglasses to give away six pairs of its range-topping shades. Click here to enter our competition. Polaroid was the inventor of polarising lens technology in 1930s, so all the sunglasses we’re giving away feature polarised lenses, which deliver 100% UV protection and block glare, rather than just making things darker.