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Craig Vetter
Lecturer on matters of Design and Invention
Available for your school or event
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Some previous engagements:
Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA), Lake Barkely, Kentucky
IDSA, Asilomar. California
IDSA Del Mar, California
IDCA, Aspen, Colorado
Pasadena School of Art & Design, California
San Jose School of Design, California
Elam Universty, New Zealand
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
Columbus School of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
AMA Vintage Motorcycle Events, California and Ohio
Carnegie-Mellon, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Monterey Prayer Breakfast
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I have been a part of a wonderful period in history, known a lot of movers and shakers and have great stories to tell about it all. Motorcycles, Industrial Design and teaching at the university level have been my life. But more important has been being a husband to my wife Carol and father to our boys, Zak and Morgan.
My experiences are arranged in PowerPoint Shows which I generate from my Apple iBook.
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What they say about me: |
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"Vetter's presentation represented a lucky moment for students to witness firsthand a one-of-a-kind package of intellect, intensity, and know-how. It was a pleasure for the School of Art + Design to welcome Craig home!"
( I graduated from the U of I )
Ken Carls
k-carls@uiuc.edu
Interim Director
School of Art + Design
University of Illinois at U-C
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| Conducting a 3-day design project for Design Seniors at Illinois, Oct 2002 |
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"Very few designers have the guts or the skill to become successful entrepreneurs. Craig Vetter did and still does. Yet Craig's passion for design and sensitivity to the environment is something most design student's today consider a dichotomy. This is the power behind his message - it ain't necessarily so and it doesn't have to be. This is an important message for the next generation of designers to know and to hear, especially from a man who still makes a difference. Craig is about where the rubber meets the road and he doesn't pull any punches. Craig tells it like it is and shows how a designer can truly create a world as it should be. He inspires anyone who may dare call themselves a designer."
Carl Garant
c_garant@yahoo.com
Dean of Industrial and Interior Design
Columbus College of Art and Design
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Columbus College of Art & Design, 2002
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"Vetter's achievement with the Triumph Hurricane had a significant influence on motorcycle design for the next two decades."
Charles M. Falco
falco@u.arizona.edu
UA Chair of Condensed Matter Physics
Professor of Optical Sciences
University of Arizona
Co-Curator 'The Art of the Motorcycle'
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My Triumph Hurricane Design at the Guggenheim, 1999 |
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“Craig is not an ordinary Industrial designer. His Windjammer fairing really changed the image of motorcycles. His design for the 1973 Triumph Hurricane garnerd it a place in the Guggenheim “Art of the Motorcycle”, an exhibit reserved for only 100 designs. He sponsored a Fuel Economy Contest near his home in Big Sur California in which the winner got over 500 mpg. His innovative wheelchair design carried the driver to first place in the Boston Marathon. He is an extraordinary Industrial Designer who has made innovative accomplishments that go far beyond his own disciplines.“
Craig Vetter, as introduced at the 15th Robert Lepper Distinguished Lecture Series, 1999
Mary Schmidt
Associate Head of Art, Carnegie Mellon
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Carnegie-Mellon, 1999
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"Working with Craig Vetter over the past couple of years has taught me that he's much more than the designer of the Windjammer Fairing. His PowerPoint presentation (The Vetter Story, “Too Much Fun”) starts when he was a teenager re-designing scooters, making cardboard motorcycle silencers, hovercraft, fairings, even wheelchairs. His use of PowerPoint is set to music, and a very complete and professional presentation. His sons help with this great documentation of his work. Like father, like sons, I guess." |
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"Man in the Wind" display. 2002-3
AMA Hall of Fame Museum Pickerington, Ohio
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Mark Mederski, Curator AMA Hall of Fame Museum MMederski@ama-cycle.org |
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I have been blessed far beyond what anybody would expect in life. Now it is time to give back. |
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Some of my shows:
"The Hurricane Story" 1969- present: How this famous English Triumph motorcycle got designed by an American in the cornfields of Illinois"
"How to get 500 miles per gallon at real highway speeds" The Craig Vetter Fuel Economy Contests 1980-85
"What is this Harley Thing?" An informative and humorous look at the Harley phenomenon
"The Vetter Story... Too Much fun" How an Industrial Designer changed the world. You can too.
"Craig Vetter's Scooter designs" After 50 years, development of the American motor scooter has resumed
"Why not a Flying Motorcycle?" Flying vehicles are the future. A contest is the best way to make it come true. Are we not designers?
"Streamlining - Fact and Fiction" What you think is slippery, ain't. As responsible designers, how will you handle this information?
"Well, what is wrong with an Electric Vehicle?" Really Mr. Vetter, are you suggesting that our legislators can't make electric vehicles happen?
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Booking Craig Vetter for engagements is easy:
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This page updated Dec 27, 2007
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