User:Speedstudio/Eric Stoddard
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Eric Stoddard, born {{birth date and age|1975|06|24}}, is an automobile and industrial designer who has worked for DaimlerChrysler and Hyundai Kia Automotive Group.
Background
Stoddard was raised in Rochester, New York and is the son of a violinist for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and had an early passion for Car design.
Early career
After graduating from the Cleveland Institute of Art in Cleveland, Ohio with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design, Eric worked as a designer at DaimlerChrysler from 1998 to 2002.
In 2002 he was recruited to work for Hyundai Motor Company in Irvine, California. In 2008, Eric joined Hyundai in Korea.
DaimlerChrysler
Image:Chrysler_Crossfire_front.jpg]]
While at the Chrysler Headquarters and Technology Center in Auburn Hills, Michigan, Eric worked under Don Renkert to design the Chrysler Crossfire Concept {{cite journal
|title=Chrysler Crossfire - The Penta Star's next concept-to-production story?
|last=Keebler
|first=Jack
|year=2002
|date=October 2002
|journal=Motor Trend
|url=http://www.motortrend.com/future/concept_cars/112_0102_chrysler_crossfire/index.html
|accessdate=4 February 2010
|publisher=Car and Driver
|title=Not Caught in the Crossfire: How Chrysler didn't water down the Crossfire concept for production.
|last=Wyss
|first=Wallace
|year=2003
|date=April 2003
|website=CarandDriver.com
|url=http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car/03q2/chrysler_crossfire-car_news
|accessdate=4 February 2010
}} released at the North American International Auto Show in 2001. Eric went on to become the lead exterior designer of the production model of the Chrysler Crossfire under Andrew Dyson{{cite journal
|title=From a Bad Marriage, Pretty Babies
|last=Patton
|first=Phil
|year=2007
|date=May 2007
|journal=New York Times
|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/automobiles/27DESIGN.html?_r=1&ex=1182052800&en=96cb47326aa3af0a&ei=5070
|accessdate=4 February 2010
}}.
Eric was also the lead exterior designer on the Dodge SRT-4 as well as a contributing designer to the Chrysler Pacifica, 2003 Dodge Viper and Chrysler Sebring.
Hyundai
Image:2010_Hyundai_Genesis_Coupe_2.jpg]]
In 2002, Eric was recruited as a senior designer to Hyundai Kia Automotive Group in Irvine, California. At Hyundai, under Design Chief Joel Piaskowski, Eric lead the exterior design of the Hyundai Genesis Coupe Concept{{cite journal
|title=2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe - New and Future Cars
|last=Lamm
|first=John
|year=2008
|date=October 2008
|journal=Road and Track
|url=http://www.roadandtrack.com/future-cars/2010_hyundai_genesis_coupe
|accessdate=4 February 2010
}} unveiled at the 2007 LA Auto Show, the Production 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe{{cite press release
|publisher=Hyundai PR
|title=ALL-NEW HYUNDAI GENESIS COUPE
|year=2009
|date=June 2009
|work=Hyundai News
|url=http://www.hyundainews.com/Media_Kits/2010_Models/Genesis_Coupe/Press_Release.asp
|accessdate=4 February 2010
}} , the HCD-9 Talus Concept{{cite press release
|publisher=Hyundai PR
|title=Hyundai reveals rear-drive V8 HCD9 Talus high-set sports coupe
|year=2006
|date=January 2006
|journal=Hyundai.com.au|url=http://www.hyundai.com.au/Hyundai-reveals-rear-drive-V8-HCD9-Talus-high-set-sports-coupe/default.aspx
|accessdate=4 February 2010
}}, the 2007 Hyundai Elantra and KCD-1 Slice Concept{{cite press release
|publisher=Kia Media
|title=KIA KCD-1 SLICE OFFERS A NEW TWIST ON THE CROSSOVER CONCEPT
|year=2003
|date=January 2003
|journal=Kia Media
|url=http://www.kiamedia.com/secure/slice010703.html
|accessdate=4 February 2010
}}. Eric is now working in Seoul, South Korea as a design manager for a global design team.
Awards
Eric Stoddard is the recipient of a Red Dot Design Award in 2009 for a bicycle design concept called the Zoomla{{cite journal
|title=Zoomla: Red Dot Design Award Concept 2009
|journal=Red-dot.sg|url=http://www.red-dot.sg/concept/porfolio/o_e/MB/R022.htm
|accessdate=4 February 2010
}} and is a finalist for the 2010 Taipei Cycle Show for his bicycle entry named the AutoVelo{{cite web
|publisher=CNET
|title=Copy the car: AutoVelo is no ordinary bike
|last = Moore
|first = Elizabeth Armstrong
|website=cnet.com
|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10442601-1.html
|accessdate=4 February 2010
|title=Entries of the 14th IBDC
|journal=Taipeicycle.com.tw
|url=http://www.taipeicycle.com.tw/en_US/news/info.html?id=C963C979078A31DB
|accessdate=4 February 2010
}}.
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