Sid Ramnarace

Sid Ramnarace (born 1973) is a Canadian-born designer. He has designed automobiles for Ford, furniture, jewelry, textiles, glassware, and home decor.[1][2]

He has also designed automobile interiors and exteriors including the Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX, Ford Flex and most notably, the 5th generation Ford Mustang which was cited as one of the most iconic cars of the last 20 years.[3]

Background

In 1985, at the age of 12, he submitted letters to General Motors and Ford in the hope of receiving advice to landing a job as a designer.[4] Based on the reply from those letters, Ramnarace studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art, where he graduated with a degree in industrial design.

Career

After a brief stint at General Motors as a contract designer, Ramnarace began at Ford working at Ford's Global Design Center and developed textiles, color and trim for the Ford Explorer, Ford Prodigy [5] and 24.7 show car concepts,[4] where he worked under Chief Designer Laurens van den Acker.

He currently lives and practices in New York City.

References

  1. ^ Metalware "Ramnarace Metalware=Josh Spear". http://joshspear.com/item/ramnarace-metalware=Ramnarace Metalware. Retrieved 16 February 2009. 
  2. ^ "Ramnarace Gilles Cufflinks=Design Spotter". http://www.designspotter.com/product/2009/07/Ramnarace-Gilles-Cufflinks.html?r=1857565028. Retrieved 26 January 2009. 
  3. ^ "25 Most Iconic Cars of the Past 20 Years". Businessweek. http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/05/0521_iconic_car_designs/21.htm. Retrieved 16 February 2010. 
  4. ^ a b "Ford renews design links with The Cleveland Institute of Art". Car Design News. http://archive.cardesignnews.com/news/2002/020502cia-preview/index.html. Retrieved 2 May 2002. 
  5. ^ "Prodigy Points Way To Ford's Future work=EV World". http://www.evworld.com/article.cfm?storyid=111. Retrieved 16 March 2008.