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Design Development: Aston Martin Rapide
The biggest exterior difference on the production Rapide compared to the concept is the bold new crease that extends from the signature side air intake behind the front wheelarch across the front door and just into the rear door panel (this is just below the shoulder line that extends from ...
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Design Development: Aston Martin Rapide
The design development of the forthcoming four-door, four-seater Aston Martin Rapide was heavily affected and intertwined with the recent transition of the brand itself: from Ford Group ‘jewel in the crown' to independent player, and from super car niche manufacturer to its now GT-expanded range and scope. Car Design News ...
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Wörthersee Tour 2011
The annual Wörthersee Tour meeting saw the VW Group wheel out a larger than usual selection of concepts to appease the flocks of GTi devotees who made the pilgrimage across to Austria for Europe’s largest VW Festival.
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Chris Bangle Associates announces 'Illustrate the Future' design competition
Chris Bangle Associates has announced a new design contest called 'Illustrate the Future.' The competition is open to all design students across all design disciplines and coincides with the launch of Managing Director, Chris Bangle's new book.
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Jaguar and Land Rover to open Virtual Reality Centre
Jaguar and Land Rover have revealed plans for a new industry-leading design facility that will draw on advanced audio visual technologies with the projection power of eight cinemas to significantly speed up product development cycles.
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BMW and Local Motors announce contest winners
BMW and Local Motors have announced the winning ideas in the Urban Driving Experience Challenge after phase one of the contest closed on 16 October.
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LA Auto Show 2009 - Trends and Overview
The 2009 LA Auto Show delivered some impressive concepts and some important new production debuts as well as the Design Challenge and the engaging ‘car design vibe' unique to the show and California generally. But the biggest take-away this year was that it was a show dominated by Asian and ...
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Geneva Motor Show 2010 - Trends & Overview
Alongside a return to more classical exterior design qualities, one exterior design trend of note is an increased experimentation with ‘floating blade' surfaces - typically a C-pillar section which sits away from the body or glasshouse, as first seen on the Ferrari 599. Concepts illustrating such surface treatment here included ...
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Geneva Motor Show 2010 - Trends & Overview
Geneva is the annual litmus test of the auto industry's health. The neutrality of Swiss ground, the sense that spring is just around the corner, and the Palexpo's compact nature combining to make this level playing field a place where it is easy to gauge the collective mood.
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Driven: Chevrolet Orlando
Inside, the Orlando doesn’t attempt to rewrite the rulebook, but it does bring a new level of functionality to the segment. The seven-seat layout of the cabin is akin to that of an SUV or crossover, not of a typical MPV. It feels spacious and roomy - especially considering the platform on which it’s built - and the top of the line LTZ model we drove features leather seats and piano black trim alon
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Design and Technology at Siggraph 2007
One of the most enthralling parts of Siggraph is the Emerging Technologies area, which features a broad range of installations from research labs, universities, independents, and industry giants that explore the dynamics between humans and digital systems.
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Design and Technology at Siggraph 2007
From 5-9 August, over 24000 artists, designers, research scientists, developers, filmmakers, and academics gathered in San Diego, California, for the 34th Siggraph Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. The Siggraph conference and exhibition ranges from several days of highly technical courses and academic paper presentations, through to hands-on demos ...
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Lexus launches own Design Award contest
The first Lexus Design Award has been launched that gives the next generation of designers the chance of seeing their work showcased at next year's Milan Design Week.
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Beijing Motor Show 2008 Trends and Overview
Taillamps that adopt a teardrop shape, wrapping well around to the side are another obvious theme; typified by the new VW Lavida. This graphic is very popular: the GAIG 4-Door Coupé, Buick Invicta concepts and BAIC 800 all display this motif. But interestingly, a visually-strong rocker/sill impression - highlighted by ...
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Beijing Motor Show 2008 Trends and Overview
China is a market where the four-door sedan rules. Other bodystyles such as coupes, sports cars or wagons are surprisingly rare in what is now the second-largest car market in the world (now ahead of Japan and set to edge out the US in the top spot by 2020). You'll ...
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How CATIA helped to create the SilverBull concept bike
Dassault Systèmes' latest CATIA has helped a French industrial designer to realize his concept bike, SilverBull.
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Porsche Design to launch two bikes
Porsche will be joining its fellow car manufacturers when they release two bikes in September.
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Partnership Premium 2030 - Part 1
Strate College in Paris, France, has been working on a Peugeot-sponsored project for the past few months.
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Designer Interviews: Fabio Filippini, Pininfarina design director
Nonetheless, Filippini fears that too many car designers are getting carried away by the endless possibilities of complex software programs: "It's not only about overdesign, but also about a certain manierismo. It reminds me of the end of renaissance when all the typical elements and added features totally dominated the ...