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College Exhibition: Strate College Degree Show 2007
Strate College hosted its annual Degree Show on June 21st, displaying the assorted works from students graduating from the Industrial Design programs.The celebrations began on the eve of the graduation ceremony at a chic venue in the heart of Paris's Champs Elysees, where montages of the students work played in ...
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Coventry University students prepare for MA Degree Show
MA students from the Coventry University Automotive Design course are preparing for their annual degree exhibition.
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Essay: Open Source Car Design
In contrast, Riversimple's primary focus has been on eliminating the environmental impact of personal mobility. Collaborating with companies like BOC and Cranfield University, it has developed a lightweight vehicle structure and affordable hydrogen fuel cell system wrapped in a city car shell. Headed by Hugo Spowers (involved in the development ...
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Essay: Open Source Car Design
The concept of open source design has, until recently, existed almost entirely in the world of software and IT, with the best-known examples arguably Linux and Wikipedia. Originally referring to the open availability of the 'source code' used in software development, the process has its root in 1960s telecommunications protocols.
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Audi hosts student workshop in Design UNIverse
Audi has hosted a Design UNIverse event in Ingolstadt as part of its plan to support the next generation of automotive designers.
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Rolls-Royce confirms new Wraith coupé for Geneva
Rolls-Royce will launch its new Wraith coupé model at this year's Geneva motor show, thought to be a dramatic fastback based on the Ghost.
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Lamborghini by Giugiaro uncovered
At a recent visit to Giugiaro, this 50 year old unnamed Lamborghini, never before seen, suddenly appeared like an undiscovered Shakespeare manuscript, discreetly displayed in a library with no-one paying attention.
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Paris Motor Show 2010 Trends & Overview
The popularization of aggression is a rather contentious issue throughout the industry. While some - most notably Peugeot and Renault - appear to by reigning in the villainous faces, one designer told us that his brand’s car must be “as aggressive as possible” to underline their ‘sporty’ status. We’d like to argue that ‘aggressive’ and ‘sporty’ can be mutually exclusive and would have pointed in t
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Concept Car of the Week: AMC AMX/2 (1969)
Like Detroit's Big Three, AMC rapidly understood the importance of the youth market after the success of the Ford Mustang. In the late 60s, the design team produced a series of "Think Young" concept cars to reach the younger audience as well as exciting new showroom offerings like the Mustang-inspired ...
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Video: Buick's lead color and trim designer, Heather Scalf on the new Encore SUV
Buick's lead color and trim designer, Heather Scalf, talks us through the Buick Encore's interior as part of General Motors' ‘Faces of GM' series of short videos.
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Qoros set to unveil two concepts in Geneva
Qoros has announced it will showcase two concepts alongside its first production car, the GQ3 compact sedan, at this year's Geneva motor show.
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'Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish': A tribute to Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
The recent passing of Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple, has found us mourning the loss of a visionary who brought not only technology and functionality to the product design industry, but also transcended the boundary into automotive design.
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Design Contest: NDA wins 2009 LA Design Challenge
A future where environmentalists and car enthusiasts - not to mention sober-minded adults and thrill-seeking young people - all coexist in harmony just might be possible with Nissan's V2G concept vehicle.
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University of Huddersfield Degree Show 2005
Transportation Design students at England's Huddersfield University displayed their work in the annual degree show in June. The exhibition at Huddersfield University also included a display of the production model of the Toniq R sports car that has been designed and produced by former students of the Transport Design course. ...
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Autodesk European Automotive Days 2008
The 2008 Autodesk European Automotive Days conference was held last week in Munich, bringing together 200 automotive design and visualization experts. Autodesk presented their strategy and vision for industrial design, with an emphasis on 'digital prototyping', where even at the concept stage the digital model is treated not just as ...
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Show Review: Motorama Show Cars at Pebble Beach
Currently awaiting full restoration by collector/owner Joe Bortz, this 1955 Cadillac LaSalle II Roadster represents one of GM's last efforts to revive the LaSalle name. Bortz calls the condition of the car "junkyard fresh". The chassis side rails house the exhaust pipes, which exit just ahead of the back wheels ...
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Show Review: Motorama Show Cars at Pebble Beach
Aircraft and spaceships have long been the inspiration for designers. Few expressions of this theme are more evident than GM's mid-century designed dream cars. This year's 58th Annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance marked the 100th anniversary of General Motors, and to celebrate the event GM featured a special presentation of ...
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Studio Tour: Yanfeng Visteon, Shanghai
The design work of Tier 1 suppliers has rarely been the subject of CDN's attention, but their significance in the development of the Chinese car market has been too great to ignore. Our recent visit to Shanghai provided the perfect opportunity to catch up with the biggest company in the ...
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Show Review: Design Miami
Now in its fourth year, with 23 international design galleries participating and nine satellite exhibits, Design Miami is growing in size, but still intimate when compared to the vast pavilions of a trade show such as the Milan furniture fair. This year, gallery exhibits were housed in a reusable temporary ...