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News of September 25, 2002

Art Center To Honor Mays

Ford Motor Company Design Vice President J Mays is heading back to Art Center College of Design this month - but not for classes.

To be honored, an individual must be an Art Center graduate with "exemplary character," an established reputation and demonstrated service to Art Center. Additionally, he or she must be considered by a jury of peers to have made a significant contribution to the advancement of the arts and have attained distinguished leadership in the profession.

"We could think of no other graduate who better embodies the spirit of this award," said Art Center's President Richard Koshalek. "We take pride in applauding alumnae with distinguished leadership roles and strong reputations in their profession - who also support Art Center.

"Given his role in creating outstanding vehicles including the Ford GT40 concept, Ford Thunderbird and Volkswagen Beetle Concept 1, J has made a significant contribution in advancing the arts and, really, making automotive design more relevant to millions of people - and more than a few people are taking notice of that."

This fall, Mays' work will be the subject of an exhibition called "Retrofuturism: The Car Design of J Mays" at the Geffen Contemporary of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. In addition, Mays received the Harvard Design School annual Excellence in Design Award in February, and his work was the subject of a separate exhibition at Harvard's Design School.

Mays received his degree in Industrial Design in 1980 and has returned to campus a number of times - both as a graduation speaker and classroom lecturer.

After graduation, Mays worked for 14 years in Europe - all but one of those years for Volkswagen/Audi. His best-known works from this period include the Audi AVUS concept car, which laid the foundation for a new generation of Audis, and the Volkswagen Concept 1, which later became the new Beetle.

Mays joined Ford in 1997 as vice president of Design. In this position, he is responsible for the design of all Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Mazda, Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover and Aston Martin vehicles worldwide.

"It's one of the best jobs on the planet," says 47-year-old Mays. "But I tend to believe my career would have been far different without such a strong start with Art Center."

Mays joins Jason Hailey, Philip Hays, Syd Mead, Bob Peak, Chuck Pelly, Strother MacMinn, and Jack Roberts in receiving the Don Kubly Professional Attainment Award from the college's alumni.

(Sept. 20, 2002)

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