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Larry Erickson, Mustang Cheif Designer and the man behind the design of the highly successfull 2005 Mustang has left Ford to Chair the transportation design department at Detroit's College for Creative Studies. Erickson, who is a well-known auto designer has been named the Paul and Helen Farago Chair of Transportation Design at CCS. CCS is considered one of the best automotive and transportation design schools in the world. Erickson will also oversee the school's Master of Fine Arts in Transportation Design program when it launches in the fall of 2009. Erickson has worked with some of the top designers in the industry including the late Boyd Coddington on Billy Gibbon's Cadzzilla, Hogzzillas and the Aluma Coupe. He has also worked with Chip Foose and Craig Naff on various projects.

For more on Larry Erickson's career and move to the College check out the article over autoobserver.com.

Source: autoobserver.com