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Sportswear designer styles for Nissan
*ecko unltd. Pathfinder. Click for larger images'Cut + Sew' Armada "It's not a mash-up. It's a double-label," says sportswear stylist Marc Ecko of his partnership with Nissan in North America. Ecko has worked with Nissan to create co-branded Pathfinder and Armada vehicles in keeping with Ecko's ...
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Car Design China Award Winners at Umeå
两位2012CDN中国汽车设计大赛的获奖选手踏上了前往瑞典 Umeå Institute of Design的学习之路。这是他们的奖品之一，与其他志同道合的年轻设计师一同学习技艺与最为前沿的科技知识。
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Detroit Auto Show 2008 Trends and Overview
The biggest news in car design at the Detroit Auto Show this year was how the world's SUV brands are all exploring the prospect of smaller vehicles for their ranges. But that's not all. We also saw more crossover vehicles take to the show floor, new color & trim treatments ...
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Central Academy of Fine Arts degree show 2009, China
"Other students are still designing cars; Phoenix tried to push the envelope by trying to explore what the future taxi, when completely electrified, would look like. She tried to condense her design ideas and express them as simply as possible," Wong said. "She also paid a lot of attention to ...
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Central Academy of Fine Arts degree show 2009, China
China's home grown car makers are increasingly ambitious, as illustrated by plans to grow rapidly at home and, in some cases, expand abroad and compete with foreign rivals in cutting-edge technologies. One big impediment they face in taking on their foreign rivals is design.
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EyesOn Design Awards Winners announced
On the second day of the Detroit auto show, the traditional EyesOn Design awards took place in the newly-opened Atrium Stage of the Cobo Hall.
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Honda NSX set to return
Acura, Honda's luxury division, is set to launch two new concepts alongside a showcar preview of the next generation US-market Accord Coupe at the NAIAS in January.
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Design Development: Jeep Grand Cherokee
The interior is arguably the bigger story on the Jeep Grand Cherokee. When the project started back in June 2007 Klaus Busse was head of truck interiors. He is now director of Interior design and strategy. His co-project interior leader was James Mantua, and Chris Welch led the interior design.
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Design Development: Jeep Grand Cherokee
Over the last eight months Car Design News' sister publication Interior Motives has been allowed behind the curtains at Chrysler design to follow the development of the Jeep Grand Cherokee. As the wraps come off this crucial next-generation SUV in New York in just a few hours' time, we'll also ...
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Ford agrees to sell Aston Martin
Ford Motor Company announced this week it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Aston Martin, its prestigious UK sports car business. The new owner of Aston Martin is a consortium comprised of: David Richards, founder and chairman of Prodrive, a world-leading motorsport and automotive technology company; John Sinders, ...
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Design Development: Volvo C30
A key part of the design, which emphasises the shooting wagon concept, is the rear side window that is much longer and narrower than on premium hatchbacks such as the Audi A3, BMW 1 Series, Mercedes C-Class Sports Coupe or Mini. Plus the glass hatch that extends way below the ...
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Design Development: Volvo C30
Although Volvo is best known for its large wagons and sedans, it has a periodic history of making sporty cars too. It made the P1800 coupe for ten years from 1961, which culminated in the pretty 1800ES shooting wagon, made for a brief two years from 1972-73. Two decades later ...
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Driven: a week with a Chevrolet Volt
Day 4 + 5By now, we’ve a clear picture of what irritates and delights about the Volt. The start up ‘whoosh’ never grates as we thought it might. The layout of the center stack buttons actually has strong logic and becomes much easier to use with familiarity, while grabbing the ...
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Driven: a week with a Chevrolet Volt
In Fall 2010, before the Volt went on sale in North America, we sampled an early build model and came away so impressed, we declared it the car for the digital age. Since then the car has received harsh criticism from the press and been outsold by the Nissan Leaf ...
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Book Review: Car Guys vs Bean Counters
"Were I emperor of the United States, I would call for a 25 cent per gallon per year increase in pump fuel taxes until the prevailing global level is reached, about $6 or $7 a gallon. This is what all of Europe pays. Far from destroying the automobile business and ...
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Book Review: Car Guys vs Bean Counters
Designers are the surprise heroes of a new book by former General Motors vice chairman Robert Lutz, called Car Guys vs. Bean Counters: The Battle for the Soul of American Business.
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The Future Role of the Vehicle Designer
The vehicle design department at the Royal College of Art hosted the second in a series of five lectures looking at the future of the profession last week. Moving on from the previous week's topic of sustainability, this debate explored the future roles and responsibilities of the vehicle designer.
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Design Contest: Ferrari 'New Concepts of the Myth'
Ferrari and Pininfarina presidents, Luca di Montezemolo and Sergio Pininfarina were pleasantly surprised by the students work in many ways but whereas works of high standards were expected they did not expect to present their prizes to as many as twelve students. The competition called for four First Prize winners ...