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Video: Auto Design Night retrospectives
Since its introduction at the Geneva Motor Show in March this year, Auto Design Night has established itself as the event for professional designers to meet up and unwind after a hard day at the auto show. Hosted on the evening of the first press day, this informal gathering has ...
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College Exhibition: IED Fiat/Chrysler project
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Jaguar C-X75 adds Louis Vuitton Award to collection
Adding to its collection of trophies, the Jaguar C-X75 was last night awarded the Louis Vuitton Classic Concept Award 2010 by a panel of luminaries from the worlds of design, fashion and luxury. Set up in 2009, the annual Louis Vuitton Classic Awards Ceremony took place in Paris on ...
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Design Development: Volvo S60
This racetrack theme actually originated with the interior design, which was led by chief interior designer Jonathan Disley. "We had already developed the ‘Spa' theme for the S80/V70 - a feeling of luxury, of wellbeing after a long trip. The question was how to turn that into something very racy ...
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Design Development: Volvo S60
Last year's Volvo S60 concept stirred up great expectations for the production version to follow. Wearing an exciting new face and sleek, coupe-like proportions pushed through by then Design Director Steve Mattin, it promised to usher in a new era of more overtly sporting design at the Swedish brand.
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BMW concept stars in Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol
BMW's EfficientDynamics concept car will star alongside Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol, the next installment in the series of hit Hollywood blockbusters.
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Design Essay: Interior Texture Trends - Europe vs USA
The use of texture can go beyond mere coverage and move into a way of creating inexpensive accents like the production Dodge Magnum to highlight the vent surround or the Jeep Liberty on the center stack. Even more innovative is the Mazda Sassou Concept car from this year's Frankfurt show ...
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Design Essay: Interior Texture Trends - Europe vs USA
The texture on car interior components is something few of us consider much - as practising designers or car users. On injection molded parts grain was originally added to the surface of a tool to hide any molding issues. Now, with greater interest on interior design, the awareness of the ...
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Design Development: Fiat Mio concept
As with the car's exterior design, the interior was the result of design by global committee. The Mio's homepage allowed users to submit and request aspects they felt would contribute to future personal transport. The two themes present in the initial stages of the exterior development -- ‘Precision' and ...
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Design Development: Fiat Mio concept
One of the more unusual concept cars to surface last year was the Fiat MIO. Conceived from the ideas and proposals of over 10,000 online users worldwide, the MIO is said to truly be ‘a global car'. Debuting at the Sao Paulo auto show in October last year, the concept ...
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Where is Kinetic Design headed?
Martin Smith has been guiding Ford of Europe's design efforts since he was appointed to the position of Executive Design Director in 2004, coming straight over from an illustrious career at General Motors. During his tenure as Director of Design at GM Europe, Smith oversaw the Insignia concept car as ...
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BMW and Local Motors join forces for latest contest
BMW and Local Motors have come together to launch the Urban Driving Experience Challenge, which launches on 25 September.
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Design Review: Mitsubishi i
At the rear, the 2003 'i' concept featured a bubble-like rear profile with a split rear window, not unlike an Audi A2. On the final car this has become simpler and more vertical. The doors on the production car have also been given a couple of subtle horizontal feature lines ...
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Design Review: Mitsubishi i
Mitsubishi Motor Corporation is one of those companies that is difficult to pigeonhole design-wise: it's a company with a very wide model range but little unity in design. There are several disparate centres of gravity in the Mitsubishi range, from totally orthodox sedans such as the Lancer, Carisma and Galant ...
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Driven: Range Rover Evoque
As Sam Livingstone opines in his review of the latest Porsche 911, we are in a period of car design consolidation, with the new 911 the ultimate expression of a slightly suffocating trend.
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Ian Callum receives two design accolades
Jaguar's Design Director Ian Callum has been given an Honorary Fellowship by the Institute of Engineering Designers (IED) as well as being granted the Gerald Frewer Memorial Trophy in recognition of his outstanding contributions to modern car design.
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Winners announced in 2010 Car Design of the Year competition
The 2010 Car Design of the Year awards, which took place at the annual Car Design Night at La Sip nightclub in Geneva last night, recognized the winners of the best production and concept cars of 2010 as voted by Car Design News readers in an online poll. With over ...
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Hongik University Degree Show 2008
Hongik University held its tenth annual Degree Show late last year at the university's Modern Gallery in Seoul, Korea. With a focus on creating the next generation of sedans for the graduating students' favorite brands, luxury sedans were developed using various design procedures. The students produced sketches, a 1/10 half-mirror ...
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Show Review: SEMA 2006
Year after year, the staples of the aftermarket industry that are hot rods and customs seem to be doing well. Recently, numerous reality TV shows broadcasted on specialized cable channels initiated a larger public - and also a new generation - to these fields. But there seems to be a ...