EyesOn Design at Ford House to Celebrate The Art of Design with 38th Car Show, Design Symposiums, Driving Tour and Presentation of Lifetime Design Achievement Award to Ian Callum CBE.
Each Father’s Day, thousands of car fans journey to the idyllic home of Edsel and Eleanor Ford in southeast Michigan for the visual feast that is EyesOn Design. Organized around an annual design theme, 200+ vehicle owners are invited to share their rolling sculpture with the world at a car show like no other.
Unlike concours events, judging is conducted predominately by automotive designers using professional design criteria, not based on restoration or authenticity. The event attracts some of the world’s leading designers, collectors, and fans for an unpretentious and unmatched day.
Also unique among car shows, one class of cars is judged by a group called the Visionaries — blind and visually impaired judges donning white gloves and evaluating the vehicles only by touch. The Visionaries represent the mission upon which EyesOn Design was originally conceived — to support the work of the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology.
Founded in 1988, EyesOn Design has raised millions of dollars to support the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology. The DIO, a division of the Henry Ford Health Department of Ophthalmology, supports the visually impaired and organizes groundbreaking eye research conferences.
Dignitaries for EyesOn Design at Ford House 2025 are:
EyesOn Design Lifetime Design Achievement Award Recipient:
Ian Callum, CBE – CALLUM
Honorary Chairman:
Todd Willing – Ford Motor Company
Grand Marshal:
Shelley Selim – Detroit Institute of Arts
Commemorative Poster Artist:
Camilo Pardo – Art & Development Inc.
Schedule of events for 2025 is as follows:
SATURDAY, JUNE 7
Cars & Coffee
FREE! NEW FOR 2025 – Cars & Spectators Welcome!
8:00–11am
Grosse Pointe Woods City Hall, 20025 Mack Plaza, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236
TUESDAY, JUNE 10
Media Preview
9:30–11am
Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI
FRIDAY, JUNE 13
EyesOn Design Driving Tour
75-mile tour of a winding southeastern Michigan route followed by lunch and auto-enthusiasts tour at a surprise destination. Starting point shared one week prior to event.
8:30am–noon
$95 per person
Vision Honored: EyesOn Design Lifetime Design Achievement Award
Gala dinner and presentation of award to Ian Callum
Emcee: John McElroy
Remarks from Moray Callum, Presentation by Julian Thomson
Special memorial tribute to EyesOn Design founder Dr. Philip C. Hessburg, MD
Michigan Central Station, Detroit, MI
6:30pm–10pm
Table of 10: $3,000
$300 per person
1988 Pontiac Banshee Concept
SATURDAY, JUNE 14
Design Symposiums
Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores
Symposium I: Creating Dreams
Stories of those who used their own hands to build the car of their dreams.
10am–noon
$50 per person
Chair of the EyesOn Design Vehicle Selection Committee Glenn Abbott will share the stories of two remarkable individuals who used their own hands to breathe life into the cars of their dreams: a 1948 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 pieced together through the grit and determination of Paul Wilson and 1956 Jaguar XK140 Aerodyne, made by John Toom to satisfy his quest for a Jaguar that bore the flair of late ’30s French and Italian aerodynamic coupes.
Symposium II: The Art of the Designer
A curated collection of art from the automotive design process
1pm–3pm
$50 per person
EyesOn Design Chief Judge Glen Durmisevich leads a conversation about a unique artform: a curated collection of automotive design drawings, renderings and illustrations. This style of design communication, especially the older original hand-created artwork, has caught the discerning eye and imagination of collectors who focus on automotive art. Come explore some of the designs, process and techniques and hear the stories told by some of the designers who created these true works of art.
Adam Wade, well known for his YouTube channel “Rare Classic Cars & Automotive History,” will moderate a panel of designers including:
Tom Peters, former Director of Design for the Corvette
John Mack, former Director of Design for Pontiac
Camilo Pardo, former Ford GT Design Manager; Owner of Art & Development, Inc.
SUNDAY, JUNE 15
EyesOn Design at Ford House
Ford House, 1100 Lake Shore Drive, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI
The 38th annual EyesOn Design car show, judged exclusively by automotive and design industry professionals, will present an extraordinary collection of 200+ vehicles from the past, present and future. 2025 theme is The Art of Design, relating periods in the history of art with periods in the history of automotive design, such as Romanesque, Baroque, Art Nouveau and Pop Art.
Automotive Design Exhibition
10am — 4pm
$40 per person. Children under 10 free with adult. Active duty military free with ID.
Private Eyes Brunch
Reservations required: $125/person; $50/children under 10
Children under 3/free.
Includes admission to Sunday car show
Tickets may be purchased online at www.eyesondesign.org Some events require advance ticketing and will sell out. Car show tickets may be purchased in advance or at the gate on Sunday, June 15.
Find out about the prior EyesOn Design Lifetime Achievement Award of Ed Welburn on AutoDesignO.
