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Brook Banham is the Founder and Owner of Middlecott Design, based in downtown Detroit, Michigan. After graduating from Coventry University with a BA in Transport Design, Brook has undertaken a number of projects working mainly as a vehicle and industrial designer for Fortune 500 companies as a concept designer such as Daimler/ Benz, Volkswagen, BMW, Puma, Nike, Adidas, Microsoft, HP, Motorola, Hot Wheels, and Sony Entertainment. Today his company provides graphic, industrial, and automotive design services for companies including Hasbro Transformers, Delta Airlines, Mobsteel, Ford, General Motors, Ram, and many others. He has also been teaching product, fashion and transport design sketching at the College for Creative Studies (CCS) part-time for 3 years now. Brook also founded Middlecott Sketchbattle Championships, the Fight Club of Design; a live automotive design sketching competition and party blowout held annually at the LA Auto Show, SEMA, Detroit Auto Show, and at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
SHOW SPONSORS
Covercraft • Edelbrock • Christopher Kimball Financial Services • Pebble Beach Concours • Cars Yeah TV
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE
Stack it and rack it.
CAREER & LIFE CHALLENGES
Brook shares about the challenge of starting Sketchbattle.
FIRST SPECIAL VEHICLE
1999 Jaguar XJR
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
Don’t be arrogant and be a very nice/professional person in your career.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
RECOMMENDED BOOK
John Z, the Delorean and Me, by Barrie Wills (Mark)
PARTING WORDS OF ADVICE
Keep on truckin’ even when you come across struggles.
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