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Design Development: Aston Martin AMV8 Vantage
The Detroit Auto Show is becoming a significant showcase these days for Aston Martin. Just as the V12 Vanquish was originally launched as a concept at the 1998 NAIAS, so the AMV8 Vantage will go into production pretty much as seen at this years NAIAS by 2005. Furthermore, what sets ...
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Exclusive: Derek Jenkins to become Design Director at Mazda
Derek Jenkins, former chief designer at the Volkswagen Group design studio in Santa Monica, will become the new Director of Design at Mazda's R&D Design Center in Irvine, CA.
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College Exhibition: CAFA University degree show 2012
Senior transportation design students at China's Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) presented their degree projects in the school's annual graduate exhibition in Beijing.
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College Exhibition: Institut Superieur de Design 2009
Another Parotech intern was Thomas Clavet, who collaborated with colleague Baptiste Viry on the ‘Green GT' project. This was a group project based on the 2009 Green GT chassis that is being developed by the Swiss racing team. The project took two different directions: an open single seat racer powered ...
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College Exhibition: Institut Superieur de Design 2009
Valenciennes in northern France might not be the most glamorous of French towns but it's been quietly turning out transportation design graduates for over 20 years. The Institute Superieur de Design (ISD) isn't as well-known as Strate or Creapole in Paris, nevertheless it has a growing reputation as one of ...
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Poll: Fiat Panda vs. GW Peri
In China it may be considered flattery to copy another car company's design. In the European Union however, this is frowned upon.
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Huntsman U-Box concept explores use of carbon materials
If you attended our Car Design Night at this year's Geneva motor show, you may well have seen the U-Box concept vehicle parked outside the entrance. Developed by Huntsman Advanced Materials, this 'last mile' delivery vehicle is a showcase of the company's composite materials expertise.
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Car Design News announces Design Contest
Car Design News is pleased to announce the Car Design News Contest 2008 in association with SABIC Innovative Plastics, powered by Autodesk, and to present our panel of judges (pictured left). The contest is the world's only international digital car design contest where all designs will be created as digital ...
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Volvo V40 teased again ahead of Geneva [w/video]
Volvo has released an unusual cartoon teaser video for its new five-door V40, together with an additional image.
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Ford to reveal 'post-kinetic' design in Detroit
It appears the NAIAS in Detroit will not be a complete wash in terms of new designs. Ford, for example, is poised to reveal the next phase in its global design language at the automaker's press conference on January 11th.
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Audi Urban Future Awards 2010 - Phase 2
Imagine a utopia where digital technology allows for an uninterrupted traffic flow of autonomously driven pay-as-you-go ‘taxis' that liberate the urban landscape from the unnecessary clutter of road signs, traffic lights, parked vehicles and the pollution caused by street lights. This was the winning proposal from Berlin architect J Mayer ...
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Design Review: Renault DeZir concept
Climb through the generous door openings and into the floating bench seat and it's clear that interior designer Stéphane Maïore and color and material designer, Stéphanie Petit had a very clear vision of the theme.
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Design Review: Renault DeZir concept
Which was the last Renault you loved? Not merely liked, but felt a strong emotional connection to? The Avantime? Megane II? Whichever it is, it's unlikely that many would cite a design from la Regie's current range.
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Bentley Mulsanne Executive Interior concept
Bentley is using its Mulsanne flagship to showcase a new Executive Interior concept, highlighting multimedia connectivity at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show. The new concept offers an impressive array of bespoke business, comfort and entertainment features designed to conduct business on the move.
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MG Design Centre opens in UK
The opening of MG's new design center this week at the historic production site of Longbridge, Birmingham, England was both an incredible and credible occasion.
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Toyota to release ‘back to basics’ GT 86 for JDM tuners
Toyota is releasing a back-to-basics version of its GT 86 in April, specifically for the Japanese aftermarket tuning scene.
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Four artists let loose to customize Renault Twingo cabins [w/video]
Four examples of the revised version of Renault's Twingo have been given an artistic overhaul. Four artists created four very different visions, which went on display under the title ‘Cabinet of Curiosities' from December to January at L'Atelier Renault on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris.
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Interior Motives Design Conference 2005
The first Interior Motives Design Conference took place in Berlin on the 28th and 29th of June. The event run by the UK-based design magazine, titled: 'The ins and outs of car design', was attended by a broad variety of predominantly European-based automotive design professionals from both OEMs and suppliers. ...
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Milano Design Week 2004
In its 43rd year the Salone Internazionale del Mobile (international furniture fair) finally takes on a new, more encompassing name: Milano Design Week 04. The reason for this change in quite simply a question of numbers; the week long fair is no longer only a platform for furniture manufacturers to ...