Since David DeVeau, Owner and Engineering CEO of DEVCO Design & Development, was first able to wield a crayon it was apparent he had a natural ability for art. In fact it was his artistic talent that helped influence his carrier choice as suggested by his many teachers that caught him doing drawings like this one above during the nineteen sixties and seventies in his school note books.

Another very strong influence to go into engineering and use his natural talent occurred as a young teenager when one of his school note books, that had three pages of notes and the rest filled with design concept drawings of automobiles, trucks and vans, was seen by two influential automotive executives. Each, with an engineering background, called David a prodigy and explained to him and his mother that he shows much more than an artistic ability and should pursue Industrial Design Engineering.

Later in the mid nineteen nineties David was hired to put some of his carrier talent to work through a subsidiary holding of these same automotive executives and do what he learned to do best, design a custom injection molded enclosure. It was during a three-day business trip to review vendors for this project that a second agenda emerged and David was presented with the opportunity once more to express ideas in his number one passion, automotive designs.

The above drawing illustrates just a few of the designs that David presented. When asked about an emblem, his reply was every American likes eagles and a simple chromed wing shape that was like the three lower fingers extended with a centered gold shield on a black background in an ellipse, being the most subtle shape to the eye, would be impressive. When asked about pick-up trucks, he replied that typical buyers all like big rigs and the most dominant features are the large grill, large bumper and pronounced front fenders. Lower the fenders about four inches from the top of a pronounced grill, open the hood along the fender line and even put on a big bumper but never advertise a big rig look, because no one will want to be called a trucker wana-be. When asked about station wagons, he replied that the coolest one he ever saw was in a car show that had its roof chopped. Give it a lowered roof look by raising the body panels and slope the roof and it will be sleek. When asked about the mini-van, his first reply was that having to take out the seats was very inconvenient, they have the floor space, they are high enough, so why not fold the seats into a stow-a-way compartment in the floor. And if any vehicle should have a rear foil to control the back wind eddies, it should be the mini-van. Then David also explained that he held a fondness for the small Willies panel truck, or carpet van as it was also called and explained a take off on it with the big sloped grill and dominant fenders with a running board look and even the same dash with big round gauges would make a very cool mini-van like vehicle.

It was the very obvious success of these and many more designs, some having even won "Best Design Awards" that have inspired David to get even more involved with his talents for industrial deign engineering in his passion for automotive styling and we are sure you will see much more from him in the future. In fact, if this prodigy keeps proving himself, next time some executives may even want to mention his name in the credits.

To See More Of David's Art Visit The DEVCO Garage ZONE Hobby Projects