In house Design just ticked up a notch

In my blog post of Valentine's Day, I mentioned a new team member who had come aboard to advise us on some early website critical design decisions. Ben Messmer, was at the time, engaged with school and internship in California. Apparently, he could not stand it to be so far away from the action...Therefore, as of today, he has completed a 3,000 mile drive (made with his Father as a driving companion) in order to take up residence in the LM hometown of Wareham, MA and to start honing our design focus and vision.




(Ben Messmer, Master Ratty, concept, www.local-motors.com)


To recap, Ben hails from North Carolina, Florida, New York, and California. He is a graduate of the prestigious Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, a trans designer at Art Center College, and is our "design oracle" and guide to the new land of distributed community transportation design. He is sensitive to engineering, uniquely well-informed in the practical ways of the world, and one downright impressive trans designer.

His father is also a super guy having come with Ben such a long way! Please give our newest member a warm welcome, and look for his impact very soon on the site, in our design decisions, and in the way we express ourselves. We are so proud to call him a member of the team.