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Italdesign Giugiaro tweets first glimpse of new concept
Italdesign Giugiaro has released the first of a series of teaser images of its new Geneva-bound concept car, exclusively to its Twitter followers.
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Interior Motives China Conference Day 2
Session 7: Inspiration Right Here (part 2)The final session of the conference continued with a theme of ‘Inspiration Right Here', and was chaired by Chris Bangle, founder of Chris Bangle Associates.
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Interior Motives China Conference Day 2
After a first day packed with fascinating discussions and opportunities for networking, delegates from around the world reconvened in anticipation of another day of presentations from some of the industry's biggest names.
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Design Essay: Digital Design
Outside of the car design community there's a popular misconception that cars are designed by computers. If you look around a modern car design studio it is easy to see how this misconception could occur: the traditional image of a design studio has rows of draughting tables with manual sketching ...
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Porsche announces new Weissach design center and wind tunnel
Porsche is to invest around €150m into its Weissach development facility, including a new design center. The plans also include an electronics integration department and a state-of-the art, on-site wind tunnel, which is hoped will allow the company to realize an holistic approach to efficient design, with a strong focus ...
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College Exhibition: Coventry University degree show 2012
Coventry University's famous Transport Design course celebrates its 40th year. Car Design News headed to the historic city in the British Midlands to check out the class of 2012.
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Audi Urban Future: Project New York
Audi will take advantage of New York's 'Festival of Ideas' to display their vision of Manhattan in 2030, an objective that fulfills part of the German automaker's Urban Future Initiative. Now in its second year (the first was held in Venice last year) the initiative was created with the intention ...
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Interview: David Lyon, Executive Director of Interior Design America, GM
At a basic level, the consumer wants to get in and for stuff to just work. So to a degree you're gatekeeper, yet you don't want people to think that you're big brother. Audi is creating its own apps-type store to approve third party stuff for use in cars. Are ...
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Interview: David Lyon, Executive Director of Interior Design America, GM
Dave Lyon has held the position of Executive Director of Interior Design of North America at GM since July 2007. Currently a judge for the CDN-GM Interactive Design Competition, prior to being appointed to his current position Dave was based primarily in Seoul as Executive Director of GM Asia Pacific ...
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“Where is the sustainable vehicle design?”
The notion of a 'new paradigm in car design' was a theme running through talks by five panelists at London's Royal College of Art last week, who debated "Seriously now, where is the sustainable vehicle design?"
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Chris Bangle: The future of auto design; the purpose of life
As part of the recent graduation exhibition at Umea Institute of Design, Chris Bangle was invited to give the keynote address. Given that the theme for the event was change, it's difficult to think of a speaker better qualified to pass on their insights to a new generation of designers.
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GM closes UK Advanced Design Studio
CDN has learnt that General Motors is closing its UK Advanced Design Studio as part of its ongoing restructuring program.
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Design Development: Changan Chana E301 concept
Given the complexity of the project in terms of movable functions and parts, close engineering support was necessary throughout, including the engineers at Turin-based Vercarmodel that built the prototype. The E301's project leader was Fabio Miniati. Cosimo Amadei was the exterior designer and their Chinese colleagues Zheng Haihao (design) and ...
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Design Development: Changan Chana E301 concept
If you're looking for evidence of increasing confidence and content in concept cars from Chinese carmakers, you'll find it in the Chana E301. One of the surprise hits of the 2009 Shanghai auto show, the boldly asymmetric concept was commissioned by Changan Automobile, a manufacturer that recently gained Chinese Central ...
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Northumbria University Degree Show 2007
Nissan BallNeilesh AmbuThis is a new type of crossover sporting coupe designed around the needs of the mature driver who is young at heart, and does not want to compromise style while retaining practicality. For easier use by both young and old, the car features a fold down step, large ...
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Northumbria University Degree Show 2007
Students graduating from the Northumbria University BA (Hons) Transportation Design course based in Newcastle in the north east of England have shown their work in London in the exhibition 'Forming Emotion'. Held in Brick Lane as part of the 'Free Range' series of summer Art and Design shows, the exhibition ...
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College Exhibition: Coventry University degree show 2011
Citroen Rapid Prototype Antoine Gaillot Drevon"My goal was to design a car that could be made using rapid prototyping," Gaillot Drevon says of his creation "and to come up with a new form language and shape that can only be achieved in this process." The design is a complex shape ...
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College Exhibition: Coventry University degree show 2011
Coventry University recently held its annual degree show, showcasing the works of more than 100 graduating students from the school's five different design disciplines: Automotive, Product, Vehicle, Transport and Boat Design.
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Tesla Eye showcar by IED
The Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) was the only university to have a stand at the recent Geneva motor show. Occupying a booth in the center of the upper main hall, the school showcased the Eye concept, a recent project designed by students in the Master of ...
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Michelin Challenge Design 2010
Michelin Challenge Design (MCD), now entering its eighth year, is inviting designers young and old to compete in the 2010 Challenge. The first step is completing the online questionnaire, available online until April 15, 2009.