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College Exhibition: RCA/GM - Fast Forward 2049
Opel GlidéGabriel TamThe Opel Glidé takes inspiration from deconstructivist architectural design for a new type of work-utility vehicle. A pair of jewel-like wedge-shaped side blades forms the side structure that, when viewed from the outside, gives the impression of strength and engineering precision. The interaction between the side blades and ...
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College Exhibition: RCA/GM - Fast Forward 2049
First year students at the Royal College of Art recently held an exhibition at the London Transport Museum commemorating the 40th anniversary of the school's vehicle design course. Sponsored by GM's Opel/Vauxhall division, 19 students responded to a brief that called for them to ‘Fast Forward into the Future'. ...
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Paris Motor Show retrospective
The 2014 Paris motor show begins this week. But while most attention is focused on the concept and production cars that will premiere at the Porte de Versailles venue, Car Design News has been taking a look back at some of the landmark vehicles unveiled at past editions of France's ...
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Bertone announces latest motor show special
Bertone has revealed it will give a new one-off concept its world premiere at the upcoming Geneva motor show.
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Bombardier YouCity design competition launched
Bombardier is sponsoring the YouCity Innovation Competition, seeking design concepts for 'the future of urban mobility'.
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Design Contest: Pininfarina Student Awards 2006
In conjunction with Pininfarina Deutschland and VDC Fellbach, the Society for the Advancement of Architecture, Engineering and Design in Stuttgart (AED) awarded prizes to up-and-coming young designers as part of a competition that made its debut last year. The Pininfarina Student Award represents a platform intended to make entering professional ...
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Italdesign Giugiaro releases ‘Timeline’ app
Italdesign Giugiaro has released a new app called the "Giugiaro Timeline", spanning the company's illustrious design history. Available for the iPhone 3G, the iPhone 4 and the iPod Touch (sorry Android and Blackberry users) the app enables design enthusiasts to check out some of the products the company has been ...
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Video: Road & Track presents The Five Minute Car Design with Tom Matano
Tom Matano - designer of the Mazda MX-5 and executive director of industrial design at Academy of Art University - is the subject of Road & Track's second ‘The Five Minute Car Design' video feature.
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Interview: Franz von Holzhausen, Senior Design Executive, Tesla Motors
"Here it's actually creating all of those things. The challenge is also not having the infrastructure and tools and people instantly available when normally you have all these resources in place already. So we've been kind of building a team and a program and a brand all at the same ...
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Interview: Franz von Holzhausen, Senior Design Executive, Tesla Motors
Franz von Holzhausen is Senior Design Executive at one of the most unusual car companies in the world: Tesla. Part owned by CEO Elon Musk - who made his fortune with PayPal - the company is the only American manufacturer of a series production electric car: the Lotus Elise-based Tesla ...
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Who’s Where: Peter Horbury appointed Senior Vice President Design at Geely Group
Peter Horbury, presently Vice President of Design at Volvo Car Corporation, is set to join a growing roster of design directors who have relocated to China - the most recent being Gert Hildebrandt who was appointed Design Director at Chery Quantum Auto Co. (a joint venture between Chery Automobile, China's ...
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Mazda Design Workshop 2010
The presentation, joined by comical visuals, seemed to take the form of a consumer clinic, though the concept had long been finished and was now waiting in an outdoor viewing area for us to see. At the end of the presentation, a dialogue between the designers and ...
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Mazda Design Workshop 2010
Milan is home to Italy's most famous fashion labels. But the Italian city is also firmly entrenched in modern industrial design, having developed into a significant player during the country's post-war era. Intrinsically linked to the creation of some of the most lauded architectural projects, such as the Torre Velasca ...
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Citroën DS Numéro 9 set to woo new Chinese bourgeoisie [w/video]
The Citroën DS Numéro 9, which will make its debut at the Beijing auto show, marks a return of luxury French motoring - a segment the nation has shied away from in recent years. This follows the poor sales of cars such as the Renault Vel Satis, Peugeot 607 and ...
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Fashion designers make their mark on Opel/Vauxhall Adams
Vauxhall has joined forces with fashion designers Louise Gray, James Small and Fred Butler by giving them the chance to personalize their own Adam car.
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Interview: Dirk van Braekel, Design Director, Bentley Motors
CDN: There's a huge 'back catalogue' of special-bodied Bentleys to choose from.
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Interview: Dirk van Braekel, Design Director, Bentley Motors
Last month, Dirk van Braekel received the 2007 laureate of Antwerp's Christoffel Plantin award, which honors Belgian citizens whose cultural, artistic or scientific activities contribute to the country's prestige abroad. He is the first representative of the automotive industry to have been so honored.
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College Exhibition: Royal College of Art Show 2005
Jul 8, 2005 - Sixteen final year students at London's Royal College of Art postgraduate Vehicle Design course have displayed their work in the second part of the internationally renowned annual graduation show.
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Show Review: RTT Salzburg Conference
Relative to most other automotive design events Car Design News has attended, the RTT event is focussed on the technical side of car design, with much of the 240 delegates from design and engineering modelling management and from related service providers.The opening presentation from Porsche Design Director Michael Mauer titled ...