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Interview: Nobuki Ebisawa, managing director of R&D and general manager, styling design development division, Honda
Historically, access to Honda designers has been tricky to gain. So it was a rare pleasure to catch up with design boss Nobuki Ebisawa at Honda's Automobile R&D center in Wako on the outskirts of Tokyo. Apparently, the occasion marked only the second time the normally secret location had opened ...
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Ken Ma appointed VP Design at Chang'an
Former Shanghai Automotive Technical Center (SATC) design director Ken Ma joined Changan Automobile Group as vice president of the firm's Engineering Research Center late last year. Ma's new role puts him in charge of the Group's global design department, reporting directly to Changan group chairman LiuPin Xu on all design ...
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Exclusive: Anthony Lo to become VP of Exterior Design at Renault
In another exclusive, Car Design News has obtained information regarding Anthony Lo's most recent career move. According to our industry contacts, Lo resigned as Director of Advanced Design at General Motors Europe, handing in his papers yesterday morning. He is now set to become Vice President of Exterior Design at ...
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Design Development: Mercedes-Benz B-Class
A strong part of the brief for the new platform called MFA (Mercedes Front-wheel drive Architecture) was to appeal more strongly to a youthful clientele. It will provide the base for around five new small cars. The B-Class - on sale March 2012 - starts the onslaught followed by a ...
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Design Development: BMW 3 Series
"Larger, more powerful, more rear seat space" - it seems this could be the headline for every new 3 Series introduced since the first 320 model replaced the much-loved 2002 Series back in 1975. BMW's entry car has always got a little larger each time and now, in terms of ...
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Design Development: Mercedes-Benz B-Class
“You have to have some lines on the side view to make the proportion a little bit lower,” Bauer continues. “If you have one or two long lines on the side it’s easier to add emotion for the eyes, it’s necessary. For the SLS you don’t need such lines. You could build a car like the B-Class without lines, but maybe it would be a little bit simple.”
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Design Development: BMW 3 Series
"Larger, more powerful, more rear seat space" - it seems this could be the headline for every new 3 Series introduced since the first 320 model replaced the much-loved 2002 Series back in 1975. BMW's entry car has always got a little larger each time and now, in terms of ...
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BMW Guggenheim Lab
With many surveys suggesting the world's automobile buyers are growing younger and more urban, saavy automobile companies are rushing to show their concern with cities, the future - and the future of cities. In New York City recently, black Audi A8s recently ferried 'influencers' to the Lower East Side area ...
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Jaguar Land Rover lands Nokia's Damien Dinning
Jaguar Land Rover has acquired the services of Nokia's chief imaging head Damien Dinning, who it hopes will advance its connected car systems.
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Design Review: Porsche Boxster
Key changes centre around the simplified design language that eliminates the use of concave 'flips' that were a particular characteristic of the original Boxster concept of 1993. The biggest difference is at the front, where the headlamps are now egg-shaped and the hood features a totally enclosed shutline treatment not ...
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Show Review: '100% Design' Product and Furniture Design exhibition
Now into its tenth year, '100% Design' is a showcase for emerging talent from Britain in the fields of product and furniture design. Held in Earl's Court, London, it also attracts European and Asian companies keen on marking their presence. Whilst the show has come to attract larger corporations too, ...
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Driven: BMW 5 Series GT
It's an illustration of the place London has become that it's typically possible to park brand new or exotic cars on an average street and be met with studied indifference by the average passer by. So why, during a week of driving a BMW 5 Series GT, were we made ...
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Who's Where: Stephane Schwarz
After 14 years at Nissan Motor Company, Stephane Schwarz has stepped down from his position as Design Director of Nissan Design UK and set up his own design consultancy.
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Lamborghini Brand and Design Director steps down
According to well-placed sources within the automotive design community, Car Design News has learned that Manfred Fitzgerald, Brand and Design Director at Lamborghini, has been asked to leave the company. It is presumed his role with the company's design aspects will likely be absorbed by current Audi Group Head of ...
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Michelin Challenge Design 2007: How designers handle being 'doored' and other safety issues
Ever been 'doored'? Even know what it is? You do if you're a bicycle, motorcycle or even skateboard rider who has been passing a parked car, truck or SUV at the precise moment one of the vehicle's doors is being opened directly in your path. At its worst, it ...
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Inspiration from the world of home interiors
Texture and color are key to the Primal Future interior. Wild landscapes and dramatic scenery inspire an elemental style, contrasting natural materials with hi-tech innovations.
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Inspiration from the world of home interiors
This is the first of a new series of quarterly reports for CDN members from WGSN-homebuildlife, the online trend forecasting and product design tool created for the interiors market. It is an offshoot of WGSN, the online service providing analysis, research and global creative intelligence for the fashion and apparel ...
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What the Future Holds, Nobody Knows
It's a testament to the talent, charisma and relative celebrity of Ian Callum, Derek Jenkins and Franz von Holzhausen - heads of Jaguar, Mazda and Tesla design, respectively - that they managed to captivate a crowd of industry insiders at the tail end of the Los Angeles Auto Show's second ...
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Honda designers talk about Tokyo concepts
With the Tokyo motor show now firmly in our rear view mirrors, Honda has made us aware of a new addition to its website that highlights the numerous concepts the Japanese company had on show at the exhibition.
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University of Huddersfield Degree Show 2004
To minimise wrist strain, the bike is an automatic, removing the need for a clutch to change gears. Servo-assisted braking multiplies the grip forced applied. The lever design that has the lever pivots centric as opposed to inside the hands. The stance of the motorcycle itself is upright and narrow, ...