Upstart auto company lures designer with big-time resume
Tom Matano, shown in this 2003 photo, wont be leaving the classroom. The lead stylist for the newly formed V-Vehicle Co. -- a part-time gig -- will remain director of industrial design at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco. (MARK RECHTIN)
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