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Essay: Nature and Concept Cars
Mazda's ‘flow' (Nagare) design concept was introduced two years ago, and for the design team in Yokohama, it felt very natural to be inspired by nature. As Atsuhiko Yamada, Chief Designer at the Yokohama Design Center told Car Design News, "it felt natural then, as it does now, as fundamentally ...
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L'argus European Design Competition 2004 winners announced
First prize winner 'Mag-netic' by Gabor Magyari. Click for larger imagesWith its 3rd design competition, French automotive magazine L'argus de l'automobile challenged design students in the European Union to express their creativity on the theme 'Imagine the convertible commercial vehicle'. With a total of 350 designs ...
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Whos Where: Marek Reichman appointed as Aston Martin Design Director
Aston Martin has appointed Marek Reichman as Director of Design. Reichman, 39, joins Aston Martin from Ford North America where he held the position of Director of Design for Product, Interior Design Strategy and Process. In that role, he led the development of interior design, strategy and execution for future ...
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Design Sevices: MCE Design Workshops
Independent design studio Motorcity Europe (MCE) is launching another series of two- and five-day design workshops aimed at broadening the skills, experience and job prospects of anyone working - or looking to work - within the field of automotive design. Based on the massive success of the MCE Summer Seminars, ...
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Design Development: Alfa Romeo Giulietta
The interior development was done on an equally tight schedule. Sketching began in November 2007, some six months before the interior design freeze of April 2008. "The brief was for something simple, emotional, ergonomic and spacious," recalls Alfa Romeo Chief Interior Designer, Ramon Ginah. "In terms of emotion, one of ...
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Design Development: Alfa Romeo Giulietta
In many ways, the Giulietta can be seen as a physical embodiment of the turbulent period that Alfa Romeo has endured over the last five years. Since work began in 2005, 'Project 940' (as it was known internally) has undergone two changes of name - from 149 to Milano to ...
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Interview: Citroën’s Thierry Metroz and Carlo Bonzanigo on DS and the Concept Numéro 9
In Shanghai in 2011 Citroën introduced the DS5. Reviewing it after the show, we suggested "there are many reasons why the DS5 is both significant and impressive, but primary among these is its marriage of the best in French luxury style with a contemporary Chinese design approach and sense of ...
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A Mind for Emotion: Getting inside the head of BMW's top designer
Adrian Van Hooydonk is considering trading his black BMW Z4 roadster for a MINI Cooper. The Dutch designer admits it seems like trading down - luxury for economy - but he's sentimental when it comes to the little MINI. "The Z4 is great, I just feel more attached to the ...
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Nissan previews Resonance Detroit show concept
Nissan has teased its Resonance crossover concept ahead of its official debut next week in Detroit.
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CDN announces finalists for Car Design Awards China 2010
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CCS/GM E-Flex project
Junior Transportation Design students at CCS in Detroit recently completed a project sponsored by General Motors developing vehicle concepts for one of GM's eight Global brands that utilized the innovative E-Flex technology, a plug-in, electrically driven powertrain with an on-board Range Extender.
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Architects and Car Design
Having recently employed an architect to produce plans for some remodeling on my house, I was frustrated at the reluctance to embrace new ideas for intersecting walls and surfaces. Anything more complex than perfectly straight walls and 90-degree angles was met with a lot of sucking of teeth and shaking of heads by both architect and builder alike. This left me wondering why automotive designers and architects still approach design from such different directions.
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Paris Motor Show 2012 - Trends and Overview
The 2012 Paris Mondial de l'Automobile will not be remembered as a classic. When the Big Book of the Paris Motor Show is published, 2012 may be consigned to no more than a side note as the show that marked what a dire situation the European car industry was once ...
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Design Review: Toyota FT-86 concept
The FT-86 is much more than just another show car. Developed as a fully-drivable ‘prototype concept', the FT-86 coupe is destined to spearhead a new wave of exciting Toyotas - sports cars designed to add glamour and desirability to a Japanese brand that spectacularly failed to do so with its ...
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Concept Car of the Week: Pininfarina CNR-PF (1978)
In the 1970s alarm bells were ringing in the energy sector as a series of energy crises and rising fuel prices spiralled. The car industry was forced to produce a new generation of more efficient cars and designers were putting new models through wind tunnels to optimize their aerodynamic performance ...