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Imagine too!
Regular Edition
by Patrick G. Kelley
Available worldwide
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A companion book to Patrick Kelley’s earlier IMAGINE!, which featured the drawings of a wide range of concept cars from the 1930s onwards, IMAGINE too! showcases a new crop of images, and artists, along with some familiar favorites. These incredible designs have been untouched and unseen since they were drawn and include a look into the future with for example ideas for flying vehicles. Represented here is an important part of America. It is about American style and commerce that continues today with innovative automobile designs intended to drive sales and brand loyalty. The images published are absolute survivors. Up to 90% or more of all the drawings made never saw the light of day or literally never left the drawing board. These young designers never stopped dreaming...or Imagining.
- Over 600 never-before-seen automobile concept images
- Over 130 automobile artists represented
- Flying cars – factory concepts that never ended up in showrooms
- Follow-up book to “IMAGINE!”
- Including concepts that are being designed for tomorrow
- Featuring a collection of automobile concept toys, models and concept prototype sculptures
- Foreword by GM's Ed Welburn
- Page Size 290mm x 219mm
- 456 pages, with four fold-outs
- Hard cover
- ISBN: 978-1-956309-07-2
- First published 2023
Thank you, Octane magazine, for the terrific review.
February 2024
Thank you, Jürgen Lewandowski and Classic Trader magazine, for the great review!
December 2023
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English translation:
In 2019, Patrick G. Kelley, also with Dalton Watson, published a wonderful book with drawings of concept cars that had been created on the tables of talented designers since the 1930s - drawings full of imagination and inspired by the desire to put the future on paper today. The edition was 100 copies, which were also signed. It took a few years until I was able to buy a copy - and now Patrick G. Kelley has snapped it up a second time: his new volume is entitled Imagine too - towards the Future.
And after Volume 1 became a cult book, no fewer than around 700 drawings and explanatory photos with the protagonists are summarized here on 456 pages. One wonders where Kelley found and discovered these treasures - most of which have never been published. He says: “The drawings are survivors that defined an important period in the American auto industry. They show the American style and the commercialism that lay behind the search for new forms.” It was then that the idea that good design boosts sales and strengthens brand loyalty began to take hold.
Imagine too! Towards the Future shows the full range of imagination
The book features more than 600 never-before-published drawings of concept vehicles from more than 130 designers - concepts for flying automobiles, concepts for sports cars and limousines. And the viewer is amazed at the creativity that can be admired here. The drawings are complemented by photos of concept toys, model cars and sculptures - and you are left fascinated and enthusiastic about the imagination, creativity and craftsmanship of these designers. And think about which of the drawings you would like to hang framed on the wall. One of the greatest books of the year.
Thank you, Sabu Advani and SpeedReaders.info, for the great review!
September 2023
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Thank you, Nathan Chadwick and Magneto magazine, for the great review!
October 2023
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Thank you, Jürgen Lewandowski and MotorWorld Bulletin, for the great review!
September 2023
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Translation:
In 2019, Patrick G. Kelley also published a wonderful book with Dalton Watson with drawings of concept cars that had been created on the tables of talented designers since the 1930s - drawings full of imagination and inspired by the desire to put the future on paper today . The edition was 100 copies, which were also signed. It took a few years until I was able to buy a copy - and now Patrick G. Kelley has snapped it up a second time: his new volume is entitled Imagine too - towards the Future.
And after Volume 1 became a cult book, no fewer than around 700 drawings and explanatory photos with the protagonists are summarized here on 456 pages. One wonders where Kelley found and discovered these treasures - most of which have never been published before. He says: “The drawings are survivors that defined an important period in the American auto industry. They show the American style and the commercialism that was hidden behind the search for new forms.” It was then that the idea that good design boosts sales and strengthens brand loyalty began to take hold.
The book features more than 600 never-before-published drawings of concept vehicles from more than 130 designers - concepts for flying automobiles, concepts for sports cars and limousines. And the viewer is amazed at the creativity that can be admired here. The drawings are supplemented by photos of concept toys, model cars and sculptures - and you are left fascinated and excited by the imagination, creativity and craftsmanship of these designers. And think about which of the drawings you would like to frame and hang on your wall. One of the greatest books of the year.
Thank you, Nathan Chadwick and AutoMobilia Resource, for the great review!
September 2023
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Classic & Sports Car review, September 2023
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Author Biography
After a lifetime of fascination with all things automobile, Patrick Kelley shares his passion for cars and art. Born in Merced, California, and raised in Fresno, Patrick developed a deep love of the automobile in all its various forms. From racing to custom cars, from Sears Point to Laguna Seca, LeMans and Daytona Beach for the racing, and to the Pebble Beach and Quail Concours, Patrick has always loved cars and racing. About 15 years ago, he stumbled onto what would soon be a new passion, the collection of original automobile concept art by many of the finest designers and stylists working in and around Detroit. These were drawing and paintings of what future automobiles might look like. Patrick felt that the story of this futuristic work that came out of art schools across America and ultimately the ‘Big Three’ automobile companies had to be told.
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