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WGSN-homebuildlife Trend Report Spring 2012
The London Design Museum showcases redesigned Muji products where slight adjustments in the production process reduce waste and energy consumption by 20%.
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WGSN-homebuildlife Trend Report Spring 2012
Raw elemental colour undergoes natural transformations to create awe-inspiring skies and landscapes. The organic quality of intense blues and warm summer darks is offset with the molten sheen of polished metallics.
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WGSN-homebuildlife Trend Report Spring 2012
In an exceedingly complex, polarised and politicised world, sometimes it's necessary to adopt a radically neutral view. Balancing extremes, dissolving dissonance, and creating with moderation and reason demands both dedication and focus. Radical neutrality is the design version of fashion's new modesty. This serene revolution focuses on intelligence, function and ...
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WGSN-homebuildlife Trend Report Spring 2012
This is the third of a series of special quarterly reports for CDN members from WGSN-homebuildlife, the online trend forecasting and product design tool created for the interiors market. It is an offshoot of WGSN, the online service which provides analysis, research and global creative intelligence for the fashion and ...
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Chuck Jordan, former VP of GM Design, dies at 83
Legendary GM designer Charles M. "Chuck" Jordan died at his home in California on Thursday, December 9th. He was 83.
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Ford Shelby GR-1 concept shown at Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
Click for larger imagesCarroll Shelby Ford is taking the occasion of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance to unveil the Ford Shelby GR-1 concept, calling the new sports car a salute to 'performance art'. The GR-1 is a uniquely emotional American sports car design that makes a bold statement about Ford's ...
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Paris Motor Show 2006 - Preview
The 2006 Paris Mondial de L'Automobile opens its doors with the media preview days starting September 28th and features a wealth of new concept and production cars. With around 1.4 million visitors expected, it remains the most popular automobile show in Europe and this year's major production releases will include ...
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Video: How DGT Architects created Renault's Paris show stand
The creators of the Renault stand at this year's Paris motor show have released a video explaining how they created one of the most popular show stands in recent years.
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Aptera Motors reaches end of the road
Start-up EV manufacturer Aptera Motors has announced it is going out of business. The brainchild of former Chrysler brand manager and CEO of ASC Inc, Paul Wilbur, the company had gained approval for a $150 million loan from the U.S. Department of Energy's advanced vehicle fund, but was unable to ...
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Sergio Pininfarina exhibition to open in Maranello
The late Sergio Pininfarina will be honored in a three-month special exhibition at the Ferrari museum in Maranello, Italy, from 26 October.
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Design Development: Lamborghini Aventador
“We were driven by aeronautics, by nature, by minerals - we found inspiration in crystals and this was very, very interesting.” They may sound like mood board clichés, but the car's surfacing rings true of these sources of inspiration, with the complex interplay of surface and volume.
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Design Development: Lamborghini Aventador
The project took three and a half years from conception to delivery: "remember that this was a really long process - we did a lot of proposals, a lot of sketches and 1:4 and full-scale models - it was a very big job in order for us to reach the ...
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College Exhibition Photo Galleries
Car Design News reports on upcoming new talent from the leading design schools in more depth than any other source. We are continuing our coverage this week with a photo gallery featuring over 100 photos from the 2007 Art Center College of Design Spring Degree Show. Read the full reports ...
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Cars & Desire: A symposium at the College for Creative Studies
The love of the car makes Detroit the Motor City capital of the world. But what drives people's devotion for cars and car culture? What is it about the roar of the engine, the feel of a design or the appeal of an era that makes the automobile a most ...
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Last call for entries: IM Design Awards
As the deadline for entries to the 2010 Interior Motives Design Awards approaches - all designs must be received by 10 July - details of the judging panel and the upcoming awards ceremony in Paris are firming up.
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Winners of Australia's 2011 Target 2030 design competition revealed
The winners of the 2011 Target 2030 ‘Design the Car of the Future' competition have been announced.
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Ford announces new Silicon Valley research laboratory
Ford has announced plans to open a new R&D center in California's Silicon Valley with a view to creating a hub for collaborative technology projects. With neighbors including Google, Microsoft, facebook, Apple and Stanford University, it's certainly setting up shop in the right part of town. Its location also connects ...
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Cars meet Chairs - Reciprocity in Design
Having seen what product designers were up to at Milan’s Design Week, it isn’t always that car designers get involved too. All too often one has to rely on a vehicle concept in Geneva to see what the studios have been up to. What isn’t always obvious is the extent to which car designers influence product design- and indeed vice-versa, as the Renault Zoe showed with its Ingo Maurer-inspired roof. T
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Cars meet Chairs - Reciprocity in Design
Found on eBay of all places, Emeco discovered a chair it had done over half a century ago, but of which it had no record. Following the prompt purchase of said article, Adrian von Hooydonck became involved. After studying the original, his team made the new proposal as an entry-level model for Emeco - albeit still at $750. The design is well finished in box-section anodized aluminium, with excelle
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Nissan ‘Think Outside the Parking Box’ competition
Nissan, in collaboration with designboom, has launched an international graphic design competition with a theme to design the future of urban parking. Entitled 'Think Outside the Parking Box', registration to the competition is open to professionals, students, and design enthusiasts until September 27th, 2009.