Drex has a post on the designer of the Aventine describing the design process:
http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/2010-sotl-closeup-%E2%80%93-mark-rademaker%E2%80%93-%E2%80%9Caventine%E2%80%9D/
http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/2010-sotl-closeup-%E2%80%93-mark-rademaker%E2%80%93-%E2%80%9Caventine%E2%80%9D/