Mark Jones, Harry Bradley
Background
Mark Jones — Mark Jones has been a Mattel designer for many years, with work for Hot Wheels and Matchbox (he was responsible for the Matchbox Real Working Rigs). He estimates having about 300 castings, most of them between 1986 and 2019, and was the inventor of the CM6 wheel. His projects include Pipe Jammer (1993), Hot Wheels 500 (1995), Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, Ferrari Enzo, Porsche 962, Mazda RX-3, Porsche 964, Ford GT 2017 and Ford Transit Supervan. The sources consulted do not state his education or year of entry.
Harry Bradley — Harry Bentley Bradley (died 2023) was an automobile designer. He studied at the College of Wooster and the Pratt Institute (industrial design) and worked at General Motors from 1962 to 1966. In 1966 he joined Mattel, where he created the die-cast miniature line launched in 1968 as Hot Wheels, and he left the company in 1969 to open his own studio.
For years he collaborated with the Alexander Brothers customizers (including the Alexa and the Dodge Deora), designed the 1995 version of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile and taught at the Art Center College of Design.
