Black Designer Lights Up GM - Forward Times
The Detroit-area native started collecting empty cardboard boxes that were used for transporting fruits and vegetables from the grocery store, bringing them home and would just start cutting. There was a small closet in the entryway of his parents’ house, just big enough for a chair and his creations: interior designs for a car including a dashboard and center console. The GM design manager mentors children in the Detroit metro area and recommended that all students get focused at a young age and seek educational and career development programs that can assist them with achieving their goals. Davis added that his presence in the automotive design field shows students, especially students who look like him, that they can also be successful in that field. "It almost feels like a dream that I have this responsibility," said Davis. "You think of [General Motors’] history, this 100-year-old company that’s been making cars forever and now there’s this opportunity to shift focus to another part of the vehicle, a part of the vehicle’s face, the face of each brand. Source: forwardtimesonline.com
