[DeTomaso] Announcing the Winner of the Tom Tjaarda Scholarship

[laurieferrari at aol.com]

To all the folks who kindly contributed to the Tom Tjaarda Design Scholarship, forwarding the information from Dave and Linda with the results and letter from the chosen recipient, Ettore Balsadonna. This is still on going to reach the goal if anyone would still care to contribute.  Read below.Thank kindly!

-----Original Message-----
From: Hobbycar Dave <dave at hobbycar.com>
To: laurieferrari <laurieferrari at aol.com>
Sent: Thu, Jul 4, 2019 10:21 am
Subject: Happy 4th and nice seeing you at Bobby's C.O.L.

Tom Tjaarda Scholarship Fund 2019 Winner AnnouncedLinda and I are very proud to announce that Mr. Ettore Balsadonna was selected by a jury of the IED Design School in Turin as the winner of the first Tom Tjaarda Scholarship.We are very proud of this deserving young man's project and the passion for design with his respect, duly paid for Tom Tjaarda, make this whole campaign so worthwhile.We thank all of you who have made contributions so far. The campaign will continue until we can reach our goal of $10,000.00. We will reach-out to as many of you as we are able. It is a small way to pay Tom back for all he did for the Pantera Community. Even if you never met the man, there are compelling reasons to donate. Start by reading Mr. Balsadoona's email below and look at what he created in Tom's memory. Thank you also to Mrs. Paola Tjaarda, who called on Tom's American friends to fund the scholarship. We have your back Paola. You and the contributors so far, have done good deeds for a noble cause.Donations can be made in any amount. No contribution is too small. Please click on this link to donate: https://www.gofundme.com/tom-tjaarda-scholarship-fundCiao! Dave and Linda

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Adler,My name is Ettore Balsadonna and I'm currently studying at the IED, a design school in Turin, Italy, I’ve kindly been invited to write you this email by Mrs Paola Bronzino, (Tjaarda) telling you a little about my person, passions and finally about the motivations behind the project I’ve designed for the Tom Tjaarda Design Award competition that took place the last 20th of June.I was born in Venice, but I spent the first years of my childhood in Belgium in Brussels because of my parents’ jobs necessities, I returned to Italy at the age of 6 and I lived near Venice, in Noale, on the mainland, dedicating myself to my Friendships, Passions and Studies.Since I was a child, I grew up in a theatrical and musical environment, I always had the attitude to draw what passed through my mind hoping one day to be able to realize my ideas.I attended the San Marco Salesian Institute in Mestre, studying Graphics and Communication, where I expanded and discovered new interests, especially in Multimedia Design, Marketing, Video making, 3D Modeling and UI Design.I have an open mind towards new things and professions that I consider as a chance to expand my knowledge in areas that would either rather never compete me, everything can come in handy when it comes to finding new creative solutions for a project.I've been passionate about cars since I was a child and I've always followed the most important saloons and Motorsport events, an innate passion that I don't really think I inherited from anyone in the family, which has always been more involved in music and art rather than cars, engines…, my mother is an opera singer, my father a pianist and my grandfather and aunt are painters.I don't think I have ever developed any particular sensitivity because of my family and childhood experiences, but I have always been fascinated by the “cult of beauty”, proportions, harmony, a component that made me immediately feel close to Tom Tjaarda and his design philosophy that often doesn’t require great creative efforts, but takes its cue from the surrounding world, from nature and becomes really simple, almost obvious and can be summed up in a “disarming grace”.I often like to use this quote from Leonardo da Vinci “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” and from the little I’ve learned about Mr Tjaarda during these past weeks I think this phrase really suits him as a Designer as well as a Person, I’ve understood that the Greatest don't need to prove anything to nobody, that’s why even if I haven’t either had the chance of meeting Tom in person I have a great respect and admiration for him, not either talking about his brilliant design qualities, just his personality is for me a great source of inspiration.Taking inspiration from Tom Tjaarda and try to follow his guidelines to create a new roadster car for the brand Fiat has been no easy task, I first decided that the best thing to do was taking inspiration from the cars there are in the Automobile Museum that we have here in Turin, so I did and I found out that in the museum there is a specific section dedicated to the masters of the Italian car design, in between of which there also Mr Tjaarda, every designer has a little showcase in which are represented few key elements that influenced or inspired their careers as designers, in Tom’s one there is a drawing of the Parthenon, the Greek temple, because of his design philosophy and golden ratio proportion that Tom used in cars, it’s good manner, at least here in Italy, to give to a car model the name of a person so it resembles more of something human, that you can more easily relate with, get a connection with when you are driving, so I decided to call my car proposal for the contest Fiat Athena because of the Geek goddess at which the Parthenon is dedicated to and from witch Tom Tjaarda took inspiration on his works.I’ll be really glad if you would like to take a look at the full project, which it’s more complete than this brief synthesis on the pdf I’ve linked in this mail, you can see few sketches of a formal design research, the interiors and the final design, on the last page there’s also a link for the video I’ve made.Thank you a lot for spending your time reading about me and this project, I’m sorry for my English, I might have miss translate few Italian sentences, I’ll be available for any question or doubt at this emailSincerely,📷Ettore Balsadonna
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   To all the folks who kindly contributed to the Tom Tjaarda Design
   Scholarship, forwarding the information from Dave and Linda with the
   results and letter from the chosen recipient, Ettore Balsadonna. This
   is still on going to reach the goal if anyone would still care to
   contribute.  Read below.
   Thank kindly!
   -----Original Message-----
   From: Hobbycar Dave [1]<dave at hobbycar.com>
   To: laurieferrari [2]<laurieferrari at aol.com>
   Sent: Thu, Jul 4, 2019 10:21 am
   Subject: Happy 4th and nice seeing you at Bobby's C.O.L.
   Tom Tjaarda Scholarship Fund 2019 Winner Announced
   Linda and I are very proud to announce that Mr. Ettore Balsadonna was
   selected by a jury of the IED Design School in Turin as the winner of
   the first Tom Tjaarda Scholarship.
   We are very proud of this deserving young man's project and the passion
   for design with his respect, duly paid for Tom Tjaarda, make this whole
   campaign so worthwhile.
   We thank all of you who have made contributions so far. The campaign
   will continue until we can reach our goal of $10,000.00. We will
   reach-out to as many of you as we are able. It is a small way to pay
   Tom back for all he did for the Pantera Community. Even if you never
   met the man, there are compelling reasons to donate. Start by reading
   Mr. Balsadoona's email below and look at what he created in Tom's
   memory. Thank you also to Mrs. Paola Tjaarda, who called on Tom's
   American friends to fund the scholarship. We have your back Paola. You
   and the contributors so far, have done good deeds for a noble cause.
   Donations can be made in any amount. No contribution is too small.
   Please click on this link to
   donate: [3]https://www.gofundme.com/tom-tjaarda-scholarship-fund
   Ciao! Dave and Linda
   Dear Mr. and Mrs. Adler,
   My name is Ettore Balsadonna and I'm currently studying at the IED, a
   design school in Turin, Italy, Iave kindly been invited to write you
   this email by Mrs Paola Bronzino, (Tjaarda) telling you a little about
   my person, passions and finally about the motivations behind the
   project Iave designed for the Tom Tjaarda Design Award competition that
   took place the last 20th of June.
   I was born in Venice, but I spent the first years of my childhood in
   Belgium in Brussels because of my parentsa jobs necessities, I returned
   to Italy at the age of 6 and I lived near Venice, in Noale, on the
   mainland, dedicating myself to my Friendships, Passions and Studies.
   Since I was a child, I grew up in a theatrical and musical environment,
   I always had the attitude to draw what passed through my mind hoping
   one day to be able to realize my ideas.
   I attended the San Marco Salesian Institute in Mestre, studying
   Graphics and Communication, where I expanded and discovered new
   interests, especially in Multimedia Design, Marketing, Video making, 3D
   Modeling and UI Design.
   I have an open mind towards new things and professions that I consider
   as a chance to expand my knowledge in areas that would either rather
   never compete me, everything can come in handy when it comes to finding
   new creative solutions for a project.
   I've been passionate about cars since I was a child and I've always
   followed the most important saloons and Motorsport events, an innate
   passion that I don't really think I inherited from anyone in the
   family, which has always been more involved in music and art rather
   than cars, enginesa|, my mother is an opera singer, my father a pianist
   and my grandfather and aunt are painters.
   I don't think I have ever developed any particular sensitivity because
   of my family and childhood experiences, but I have always been
   fascinated by the acult of beautya, proportions, harmony, a component
   that made me immediately feel close to Tom Tjaarda and his design
   philosophy that often doesnat require great creative efforts, but takes
   its cue from the surrounding world, from nature and becomes really
   simple, almost obvious and can be summed up in a adisarming gracea.
   I often like to use this quote from Leonardo da Vinci aSimplicity is
   the ultimate sophisticationa and from the little Iave learned about Mr
   Tjaarda during these past weeks I think this phrase really suits him as
   a Designer as well as a Person, Iave understood that the Greatest don't
   need to prove anything to nobody, thatas why even if I havenat either
   had the chance of meeting Tom in person I have a great respect and
   admiration for him, not either talking about his brilliant design
   qualities, just his personality is for me a great source of
   inspiration.
   Taking inspiration from Tom Tjaarda and try to follow his guidelines to
   create a new roadster car for the brand Fiat has been no easy task, I
   first decided that the best thing to do was taking inspiration from the
   cars there are in the Automobile Museum that we have here in Turin, so
   I did and I found out that in the museum there is a specific section
   dedicated to the masters of the Italian car design, in between of which
   there also Mr Tjaarda, every designer has a little showcase in which
   are represented few key elements that influenced or inspired their
   careers as designers, in Tomas one there is a drawing of the Parthenon,
   the Greek temple, because of his design philosophy and golden ratio
   proportion that Tom used in cars, itas good manner, at least here in
   Italy, to give to a car model the name of a person so it resembles more
   of something human, that you can more easily relate with, get a
   connection with when you are driving, so I decided to call my car
   proposal for the contest Fiat Athena because of the Geek goddess at
   which the Parthenon is dedicated to and from witch Tom Tjaarda took
   inspiration on his works.
   Iall be really glad if you would like to take a look at the full
   project, which itas more complete than this brief synthesis on the pdf
   Iave linked in this mail, you can see few sketches of a formal design
   research, the interiors and the final design, on the last page thereas
   also a link for the video Iave made.
   Thank you a lot for spending your time reading about me and this
   project, Iam sorry for my English, I might have miss translate few
   Italian sentences, Iall be available for any question or doubt at this
   email
   Sincerely,
   d-.
   Ettore Balsadonna

References

   1. mailto:dave at hobbycar.com
   2. mailto:laurieferrari at aol.com
   3. https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gofundme.com%2Ftom-tjaarda-scholarship-fund%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1YYzb8lj_naqtZSenHVlHPqALIkDuvLlQ5iYm7uAHzj2tzkCOjb6sjFcg&h=AT37avJ-7by3hLvEuGmdYWTeWMPXt08rJLxLYbxAPZAzAdUlXjuS52gpO_zep26pMUjdgCGDfkqwZyZVt7hb1s6qW2qKfq9VA2AsbMvJ5D_C--_Or_J38jN9apjgNckqsG-C64Nmdw