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Driven: Hyundai i40
CDN recently spent a day sampling Hyundai’s new i40 Tourer, which has just been launched in Europe. For the launch, Hyundai invited us to Waddesdon Manor, the home of the Rothschild banking family and a venue that has been used for previous Louis Vuitton events. It has recently added a new art gallery with fabulous views across rolling countryside, and contains work by Anish Kapoor, Michael Craig-
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College Exhibition: Monash University Degree Show 2009
Amatoya Liam Ferguson This fire reconnaissance vehicle possesses fire suppression technology and features superior off road capabilities. It has been designed by for the purpose of initial response and front line defense, but also provides unparalleled vehicle and crew safety/survivability.
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College Exhibition: Monash University Degree Show 2009
Graduating students from the Industrial Design undergraduate program at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia recently presented their annual degree show. One third of the group developed transport related projects encompassing a broad range of topics including energy efficient personal mobility, sustainable materials and manufacturing, scientific data collection and emergency services. ...
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Creapole graduates on course to become influential designers
Since its establishment in 1981, the creative design school Creapole ESDI has enjoyed the rich atmosphere of its unique location, set in the cultural and historical heart of Paris between the Louvre and the Georges Pompidou Center.
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College Exhibition: Northumbria University Degree Show 2011
Mercedes KratosAthanasios KarachaliosWhile technically a Design for Industry student, Karachalios' project was displayed alongside the Transportation Design work. His industrial design background is clear to see, with an analytical approach to the problem of how to make light commercial pickups more useable. At the heart of his pickup design is ...
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College Exhibition: Northumbria University Degree Show 2011
CDN made its annual pilgrimage to the city of Newcastle in the north east of England for Northumbria University's Transportation Design undergraduate exhibition.
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Lincoln gets own design studio
Ford is creating a dedicated design studio for its luxury brand Lincoln in an ongoing bid to rejuvenate the brand and position it further apart from the core Ford offering.
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College Exhibition: Coventry University Design Degree Show 2005
As a counterpoint to an established heritage brand such as Morgan, Robert Craft chose to explore an advanced modular hotel room inspired by Japanese solutions to space and volume. Called YOMAD after the fast-developing YO brand in Europe, the concept comprises of two cylinders that rotate internally to arrange themselves ...
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College Exhibition: Coventry University Design Degree Show 2005
Europe's largest graduation show for transportation design opened last week at Coventry University. The suitably summer theme for the show, entitled '75 Degrees', also indicates the number of transportation and product design students graduating at this one show.
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Beaulieu National Motor Museum hosts 'Bond in Motion' exhibition
The name Bond is synonymous with a few things - international espionage, gadgets and of course, women. But Bond also has one attribute that brings movie goers back time and time again: his choice of automobile.
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Rankin: Spirit of Ecstasy collection
Earlier this year, Rolls-Royce announced its collaboration with renowned photographer Rankin in celebration of the Spirit of Ecstasy centenary. Over the course of the collaboration, Rankin has snapped 100 images all inspired by the Spirit of Ecstasy - the defining feature of Rolls-Royce's face.
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Umea Institute of Design degree show 2009
Masters students from Sweden's Umea Institute of Design recently exhibited their final-year projects at the university's annual degree show. Featuring the work of both graduating diploma students and those completing the first year of their MA in Transportation Design, this year's exhibition brought together a diverse range of themes, ranging ...
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ArticleDesign Development: Acura ZDX
The Acura ZDX debuted as a prototype at the New York Auto show earlier this year, following a three-year design development process. In early 2006 four designers based at Honda’s design center in Torrance, California, started work on a “really blue-sky project to explore the direction of Acura”, as ZDX exterior designer Michelle Christensen told Car Design News. Based on the MDX platform, the resu
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Design Development: Acura ZDX
As we wrote when the ZDX made its debut in March 2009, “The immediate reaction to the ZDX is that this is Honda’s take on the BMW X6”. In reality the Acura design was near sign-off when the X6 concept appeared at the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show, but clearly the BMW’s debut must have caused quite a reaction from the ZDX design team - it being so similar, sharing both SUV and coupe genes.
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Design Review: Ford Focus
The new car's exterior theme progresses the fastback profile of the original (and so bucks the norm of upright tailgates in this class) but otherwise erodes all elements of its predecessor's design distinction.
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Design Review: Porsche 911
It is a rare thing to look at a car for the first time without some level of ‘pre-loading'. We may never have seen the design before, but if we know its technical specification or brand we will have our views on its appearance subconsciously colored. Even the experienced car ...
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College Exhibition: LTU Degree Show 2012
Colin Bonathan (exterior) and Jeeho Cha (Interior)2025 Lincoln Continental