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Andrea Pininfarina dies in traffic accident
Andrea Pininfarina, Chief Executive Officer of the coachbuilding firm that bears his name, died in a moped accident in Turin this morning. He was 51. The accident took place on via Turin, the gateway to the Italian city, when a car crossed Pininfarina's path just before 8am. According to ...
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Interview: Masaki Matsuhara, General Manager of Design, Mitsubishi Motors Europe
What are the biggest challenges for you as head of Mitsubishi Europe design?
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Interview: Masaki Matsuhara, General Manager of Design, Mitsubishi Motors Europe
On the payroll at Mitsubishi since he graduated from Tokai University in 1986, Masaki Matsuhara is now responsible for repositioning the company's European design language. Arguably best known for its four-wheel-drive vehicles and Evolution performance variants of the Lancer sedan, Mitsubishi now wants to be the number one manufacturer of ...
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Dok-ing Automotive contest calls for fresh interior designs
Dok-ing Automotive has launched a global sketch contest calling for interior designs for its XD concept.
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2013 Pilkington Design Awards winners announced
Royal College of Art Vehicle Design graduates Nir Siegel and Ian Slattery have taken top honors at the 26th annual Pilkington Vehicle Design Awards, held at the RCA in London.
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Yanfeng Visteon to unveil Glide concept car at Car Design Night Beijing
Yanfeng Visteon is set to reveal its Glide project at Car Design News' Car Design Night in Beijing on 23 April, the evening of the first Beijing auto show press day.
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Show Preview: Frankfurt motor show 2011
The biannual Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung, or the Frankfurt motor show, is again due to take place this September, swapping places with its sister show in Paris.
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Peugeot Design Lab launched
PSA has launched its new Peugeot Design Lab to design products, services and experiences for clients outside the automotive industry.
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College Exhibition: Pforzheim University Summer Degree Show 2004
Graduating Masters student John-Paul Gregory presented an 'extreme offroad' mid-engine Volkswagen similar in size to the Concept R, intended to raise Volkswagen's profile amongst younger buyers.
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College Exhibition: Pforzheim University Summer Degree Show 2004
Transportation Design students at Germany's Pforzheim University displayed their work in the school's summer Transportation Design degree show in July, one of the two graduation shows per year.
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Goodwood Revival 2011
The middle week of September was a crowded one for the CDN team with coverage of the Frankfurt motor show but we still found time to get our period tweeds out and head down to Sussex to cover the Revival weekend. This historic motor racing festival runs over three days, ...
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College Exhibition: Pforzheim University Winter Exhibition 2012
Dominik GöltzAMG AirfoilBased around the prediction that personal transport will not be an alternative to public transport but an expression of lifestyle and wealth, Göltz's project offers a completely new driving experience. Ground effect aerodynamic features lift the passenger cabin at speeds over 100km/h in a kind of ultra-low-level flight ...
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College Exhibition: Pforzheim University Winter Exhibition 2012
Car Design News made its biannual visit to the town of Pforzheim in the state of Baden-Württemberg, southwest Germany for its university's graduate exhibition earlier this year.
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Design Review: Aston Martin Lagonda concept
Disregarding the typology and slightly malevolent design theme, the Lagonda's aesthetic still clearly suffers from a rushed development - something that is perhaps most evident in the car's unresolved secondary proportions and volumes. The area between the rear wheel and the DLO is particularly guilty in this regard: the side ...
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‘GEN Y 2012 - Express Yourself’ contest launched
Liberty Electric Cars has launched a competition for design students calling for ideas for a revolutionary ‘Car of the Year' 2020.
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Umeå Institute of Design Degree Show 2008
Masters students at Sweden's Umeå University Institute of Design exhibited their final projects in the annual Degree Exhibition in early June. This year 38 students exhibited their work, including 7 from MA Transportation Design, 5 from MA Advanced Product Design, 6 from MA Interaction Design and a further 20 from ...
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Exhibition Report: Giugiaro - 45 Anos de Design Italiano at Museu da Casa Brasileira, São Paulo
São Paulo's Museu da Casa Brasileira - one of Brazil's most important design museums - has dedicated an exhibition to the celebration of Italdesign Giugiaro's 45th anniversary. Car Design News sent its Brazilian correspondent along for a closer look.
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CDN and Opel/Vauxhall launch new Interactive Competition - design the Ampera of 2020
‘Design the 2020 Ampera': That's the challenge being thrown down to European design students by Opel/Vauxhall's design team in a new interactive competition launched today in conjunction with Car Design News.