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Coventry University Degree Show 2010
Corvette C9Paul Nichols"One of the most difficult tasks a designer can be challenged with," says BA student Paul Nichols, "is reinventing something which already has a well established pedigree." Automotive icons don't come much more established than the Corvette, yet Nichols' C9 - three generations on from the current model ...
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Coventry University Degree Show 2010
Car Design News traveled to Coventry University's BA graduate exhibition last month, the largest and most established of its kind in the UK. Held in the University's School of Art and Design, the sheer number of graduates guaranteed a broad spread of projects. However, the recurring theme this year was ...
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Renault inaugurates Global Design Studio in Mumbai
On Wednesday this week Renault inaugurated their global design studio in Mumbai, India. The Renault Design India Studio is the sixth edition to Renault's international network of satellite design centres following those in Barcelona, Paris, Kihueng (Korea), Sao Paolo and Bucharest (Romania) and is the third to be inaugurated this ...
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Concept Car of the Week: Plymouth XNR (1960)
In the early ‘50s, both GM and Ford offered attractive and exciting sports cars, symbols of a proud post-war America. Ford had the Thunderbird and GM the Corvette, but Chrysler's approach was more pragmatic, producing cars that were practical and robust but also slow. After commissioning a long series of ...
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Car Design of the Year 2009
Last chance to vote for your favorite concept and production design of 2009!
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Ex-Morgan Chief Designer forms Matthew Humphries Design
The former chief designer at Morgan, has formed his own design consultancy, Matthew Humphries Design, in a bid to branch out into the worlds of bespoke cars and product design.
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Video: First glimpse of Porsche's new 911
These are the first images of the new 2012 Porsche 911, set to make its official debut at the forthcoming Frankfurt motor show.
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Ferrari Opens ‘Non solo Rosse’ Exhibition
Galleria Ferrari opened the ‘Non solo Rosse' exhibition in Maranello last weekend, devoted to the fascinating subject of color in Ferrari's history and output. The show, which will remain open until April 30th 2010, tells the story of the evolution of the colors that have become signatures of both the ...
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Design Review: Kia Pop concept
Contrasting with the dark chrome body sides is the gloss-white front panel, onto which the minimal DRG is rendered. While not entirely benign, the facial expression is a welcome relief - and much more appropriate for the car's intended city environment - from the overt aggression that could be seen ...
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Design Review: Kia Pop concept
There is a connection between a specific country and certain typologies of car. True muscle cars only come from the USA; exotic sports cars really have to be Italian; and, having invented the layout (front wheel drive) that made the type practical, France is synonymous with the small car.
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Inspiration from the world of home interiors
Inspiration from the world of home and interiors is to be made regularly available to members of CDN in an innovative exchange of editorial content with the leading design resource in the design, fashion and lifestyle sector.
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Renault to unveil Alpine-branded concept car at Monaco GP
Renault is set to unveil an Alpine-branded concept car at this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix. The A110-50 - so named to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the oh-so-pretty A110 rally car - is clearly a development of the 2010 DeZir concept car although with only one leaked image to analyze, ...
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Who's Where: Gert Hildebrand appointed Head of Design at Qoros Auto
Gert Hildebrand, former General Manager of Mini Design, was appointed Head of Design at Qoros Auto in January this year. In his new role, Hildebrand is responsible for overseeing a regeneration of the existing design and styling processes at the joint venture company, a collaboration between Qoros and Israel Corporation, ...
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Design Review: MG Zero concept
Other highlights include a witty glass roof featuring a see-through abstracted union flag motif that casts interesting reflections and shadows across the interior and the use of a lozenge pattern that is repeated throughout the car, including a red graphic in the rocker panels, the texture in the lower grille ...
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Design Review: MG Zero concept
SAIC has a fairly standard strategy with their new model launches: a showcar concept model is shown 12 months before the start of production as a way of introducing the press and sales teams to the impending new model. The latest MG Zero concept shown at Beijing in April follows ...
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Nissan to show GT-R crossover in Sao Paulo?
Nissan has teased a concept car to be unveiled later this month at the Sao Paulo motor show in Brazil with two renders.
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BMW's new i concepts revealed
The i8, on the other hand, is BMW's proposal for an e-super sports car. "The silhouette is elongated and the look is a sports car for the future," said van Hooydonk. Based on the 2009 Vision EfficientDynamics concept, the i8's aesthetic echoes its extreme aero efficiency with a black band ...
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Kia and BMW claim 2012 Red Dot Design Awards
Kia and BMW have been recognized by the 2012 Red Dot Design Awards judging panel, picking up the ‘best-of-best' awards in the transportation product design category.
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Umea University students complete Saab collaboration project
A selection of first-year students from Sweden's Umea University have completed a 10-week collaborative design project with Saab. Tasked with exploring new directions for the brand, students were encouraged to investigate the interplay of brand and identity. Each of them was assigned a non-automotive brand to reflect on parallels that ...
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Kia scoops three design awards
Kia has won three design awards in this year's Automotive Brand Contest, continuing its strong showing in last year's competition.