In the absence of observable, measurable evidence, the very question "What designed the designer?" leads to an infinite regression from which intelligent design proponents can only escape by resorting to religious creationism or logical contradiction.
(Other designers, led by Joe Oros, later added back seats and other features).
The company's California designers, led by Tim Benner and Eric Schumaker, joined Generation Y'ers as they surfed, mountain-biked and camped.
Designers led by Mr. Bohr in Hillsboro, Ore., chose hafnium to replace silicon oxide, the venerable insulator in chips and a material used in making glass.
Some Avanti buffs say they believe that the in-house designers, led by Bob Doehler, were the true creators, or that a 1953 internal study for a sports car was the Avanti's real progenitor.
The seeds of rebellion were sown in the late 1970s when postmodernist designers, led by Alessandro Mendini and Ettore Sottsass in Italy, introduced craftsmanship to their work, partly to symbolize their rejection of modernist orthodoxy.
The radical eye-popping furnishings of Memphis, a loosely formed consortium of designers led by Ettore Sottsass, burst upon the world in 1981 during the Salone del Mobile in Milan.
