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Who's Where: Martin Uhlarik appointed SAIC UK Design Director
SAIC Motor has announced the appointment of Martin Uhlarik as its new UK Design Director amidst plans to significantly expand its European Design Center at Longbridge, UK.
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Kia Car Design Award winners announced in Beijing
The first Kia Car Design Award was successfully concluded on 20 May in Beijing, with Chinese student Li Bai being presented the prize for first place by Seon-Ho Youn, Vice President of Kia Design Center.
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Johnson Controls develops 3D Multilayer Instrument Cluster concept
Johnson Controls has developed a new instrument cluster concept that displays its information through a 3D interface.
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Driven: Audi S5
Driving the S5 out of London in slow moving traffic on a warm Friday evening, it was interesting to observe other drivers' reactions to the car. A new BMW M5 jostled to get a closer look, several Audi TT drivers nonchalantly pulled up alongside to cast a glance at the ...
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Driven: Audi S5
Audi has a long heritage of producing big four-seat coupés, going back to the original Audi 100 in the late 1960's. The new A5 is an interesting new addition to the range that doesn't have many direct competitors. The BMW 3-series coupé is the most obvious, as is the softer ...
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Big Three Truck Premieres
Once just a local agricultural fair, the State Fair of Texas, Dallas, has now become the launch platform of choice for automobile manufacturers to present new trucks.
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College Exhibition: Creapole MA Degree Show 2009
The Harley-Davidson Trunk is an autonomous bike for environmentally conscious riders; a self-sufficient target market that prefers to use recyclable and organic materials. The bike's chassis, made out of plastic, is inspired by the sequoia, a giant of the Californian forests and venerated by the American Indians. Keywords respected in ...
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College Exhibition: Creapole MA Degree Show 2009
Creapole, a design school offering degrees in a range of disciplines, held its MA Transportation Design show last week at its campus in Paris, France. The masters students, now in their fifth year of study, have been preparing for the show through the school's intensive program, which includes sociological, ecological ...
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Honda reveals Urban SUV concept
Honda's compact Urban SUV concept has been teased in a sketch ahead of its unveiling at the 2013 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit.
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Who's Where: Anne Asensio resigns as Executive Director of Advanced Design at General Motors
Anne Asensio has resigned from her position as Executive Director of Advanced Design at General Motors, presumably to return to Europe.
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Concept Car of the Week: BMW Spicup (1969)
The oddly named Spicup, standing for Spider and Coupé, was first presented at the 1969 Geneva Motor Show. Carozzeria Bertone had previous collaborations with BMW such as the 3200CS coupe by Giugiaro. The friendship between Nuccio Bertone and Willhelm Hoffmeister, head of bodywork construction at BMW, must have also contributed ...
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Essay: Looking Back in Wonder
Fast-forward to 2009, and the differences between small and large cars has become more extreme while the choice of bodystyles is staggering. Small efficient cars like the Smart or the Honda Fit share the road with behemoth SUVs like the Cadillac Escalade, and in between everything is possible - from ...
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Essay: Looking Back in Wonder
We live in a world of wondrous high technology, the globe has never been more connected and access to technology never easier. For the majority of consumers in developed markets as well as emerging countries, communication, leisure, mobility, safety and health has never been more affordable, even as the world ...
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India's National Institute of Design
The National Institute of Design (NID) in Ahmedabad is hidden in the greenery behind an iron gate in the crowded streets of the biggest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. There are no car manufacturers here, nor is there any particular tradition of design in general. But for almost ...
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College Exhibition: LTU Degree Show 2010
Lawrence Technological University (LTU) celebrated its third annual Transportation Design Show earlier this month. The third year (Junior), second year (Sophomore) and first year (Freshman) classes all presented projects at the event.
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Ferrari teases Enzo replacement's rear detailing
Ferrari's official magazine has revealed another teaser shot of the replacement Enzo.
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Design Contest: Local Motors and Shell announce 'DRIVEN' [w/video]
Local Motors, the open-source car design community, has announced its latest competition. Working in collaboration with Shell Oils, the DRIVEN contest is an acronym for Design of Relevant and Innovative Vehicles for Energy Needs.