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Magna Electronics develops 'Touchskin' concept [w/video]
Electronics firm Magna is working on a new technology it calls 'Touchskin concept' that has the potential to eliminate traditional switches and instruments inside vehicles.
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Car Design Awards China 2013 contest launches
通过参与这一CDN设计赛事，中国未来的汽车设计师们再一次面对来自未来的挑战，该项赛事致力于发掘最有潜力的设计人才。第四届Car Design News中国汽车设计大赛现已开始征集作品，所有来自中国全日制高校的学生均被邀请前来一试身手。
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Nissan launches new Note with digital flipbook
Nissan has developed an inventive way of advertising its new Note hatchback on its Japanese website - using a digital flipbook called ‘Long scroll, Long Drive, Long Life'.
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College Exhibition: IED Degree Show 2008
MF1 MAKOEmanuel Cena, Michele Cito and Giulio PartisaniThe designers of this proposal visualized the concept of equilibrium in creating a vehicle that embodies their values and those of BMW, looking forward to 2025. According to the designers, "equilibrium, like our emotions, does not come from a crossover or from a ...
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College Exhibition: IED Degree Show 2008
Graduating students at the Istituto Europeo di Design of Turin (IED) recently completed a project created in association with BMW. The projects, presented at an exhibition entitled ‘Designing the BMW of 2015', followed a brief to design a car by interpreting the language evolution and the trademark essence in view ...
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Lego movie needs vehicle designers
Lego is giving its fans the chance to win $1,000 and see their own custom Lego vehicle designs on the big screen in ‘Lego: The Motion Picture'.
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College Exhibition: Strate College Degree Show 2006
Graduating Transportation Design students at France's Strate College displayed their Diploma projects in the school's annual degree show, held at the central Paris school June 23-24. A jury of design managers from major European and international manufacturers including Renault, Citroen, General Motors, Hyundai, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen assessed the graduating students' ...
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Design Review: Honda OSM concept
Compared to the CR-Z, the form language here is softer. Whereas the CR-Z had a large snout and a deep grille, the OSM has a broad, flat hood and slim, pointed headlamps. The tail is more rounded too, with the beltline running around the rear deck in a sweeping curve. ...
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Design Review: Honda OSM concept
With the unveiling of the forthcoming Insight in Paris, Honda suddenly has a plethora of hybrid models in their line-up, which seems to be getting slightly confusing. Firstly, there's the Civic hybrid sedan that's been on sale since 2003 and recently facelifted for 2009. Then there's the new Insight concept, ...
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Mazda Design Workshop
Mazda has authored a comprehensive guide to the company's design practice.
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Cadillac XTS 'choreographed' LED lighting explained [w/video]
The introduction of LED lighting into vehicle lamp graphics has seen manufacturers strive to create their own identifiable lighting signatures. Cadillac, for example, is looking to take this one step further with the introduction of LEDs throughout the XTS, rather than just within its light clusters.
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Autoweek Design Forum 2007
The North American International Auto Show press days were followed again this year by the AutoWeek Design Forum. For this 14th edition of the Forum, the organizers picked 'Design for Success' as a theme for the conferences. And this theme was quite relevant given the gloomy forecasts made by some ...
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College Exhibition: Hongik University Degree Show 2009
Renault BAG (Buy_Assemble_Go)Ju-yeon Jang
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College Exhibition: Hongik University Degree Show 2009
This year's Hongik University Degree Show was held at the school's Modern Art Gallery, displaying the works of 16 final year transportation design students. Apart from the previous two years' annual degree shows, which focused on next generation sedan, this year's graduation works showcased a much broader spectrum of creativity.
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Michelin Challenge Design announces 2009 jury
Michelin Challenge Design, one of the world's top design competitions, has announced its panel of judges for 2009. The distinguished group of automotive design leaders will meet in July at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, to select the vehicle designs and concepts for special exhibition at the ...
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Design Development: Ford C-Max and Grand C-Max
The most delicate problem for the design team was the integration of the two sliding doors as Ford wanted to avoid any connotation which could be linked to commercial vehicles. The designers therefore looked for a way to conceal the rail by integrating an undercut line on the shoulder of ...
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Design Development: Ford C-Max and Grand C-Max
The new C-Max - now in its second generation without the Focus moniker - is the first product from Ford's new global CK-architecture, which will also be used for the all new-Focus sedan due to appear later next year.