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Michelin Recognizes CCS Student Talent
Five senior students from the Transportation Design Department of the College for Creative Studies (CCS) in Detroit have won prestigious design awards at the 21st Annual Michelin-CCS Design Competition.
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First Sight: 2013 Range Rover
Land Rover has grand ambitions for its fourth generation flagship SUV. It wants it to remain the world's best 4x4 but thanks to a strategy of bold design evolution it believes it has designed the best luxury car yet, one that can steal sales from non-SUV limos.
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Interview: Taewan Kim, Vice President Design at GM Daewoo
So how then does this all apply to Chevrolet, a brand that, in Europe at least, has not been renowned so far as the purveyor of inspirational designs? Kim says he looks backwards to look forwards: "Chevrolet was once - in the 1960s - known for design, for innovation, for ...
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Interview: Taewan Kim, Vice President Design at GM Daewoo
Taewan Kim, Vice President of Design for GM Daewoo, is the architect of a new breed of Chevrolets in Europe, characterized by the recent Cruze and the forthcoming Spark. Car Design News caught up with Mr Kim in Berlin, during a young artist event that included a pre-launch viewing of ...
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Finalists announced in Fiat UK's 'Smiles per Hour' design competition
Fiat UK has picked five finalists in the ‘Smiles per Hour Design Competition', a design contest we first told you about back in July. The aim of the competition was to find a budding designer in Britain who would develop a clever and amusing new way to travel.
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Video: Rolls-Royce Wraith design process revealed
Rolls-Royce has released a video exploring the design process behind its Wraith fastback, revealed earlier this month at the Geneva motor show.
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Design Review: Land Rover LRX concept
The interior of the car has the same design identity of the exterior - a masculine, dynamic, crossover Land Rover. The core architecture, like the exterior, is strong, relatively simple, and derived from existing Land Rover design themes.
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Design Review: Land Rover LRX concept
The LRX concept previews the direction Land Rover is set to take with a forthcoming model based on a shortened Freelander platform. It is the smallest and most road-orientated Land Rover design ever and it demonstrates the progression of the firm's design language under new Design Director Gerry McGovern and ...
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CDN and Opel/Vauxhall Interactive Design Competition Update
Seats, relationships, city life, the virtual world and new materials exploration: one month into the Car Design News-Opel/Vauxhall interactive design competition, launched on 11 October, these are a few of the themes student designers are exploring, in answer to the question 'What do you think is our lounge style?'.
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Guangzhou Motor Show 2011 - Trends and Overview
The theme of the 9th Guangzhou International Motor Show 2011, held at the China Import and Export Fair, was 'Tech Future'. As the title suggests, the focus was on the most up-to-date science and technology within the automotive industry.
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Interview: Luc Donckerwolke, Design Director, Seat
So it's no surprise that he mentions cars such as the original Mini and the Ferrari 250 Lusso amongst his favorites, although he's careful to qualify these suggestions with the proviso that it's not so much the design that really inspires him, rather the spiritual nature of the work - ...
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Interview: Luc Donckerwolke, Design Director, Seat
"I have a problem with colors as a designer. I find I get emotional about them, but tired too."Sifting through the reams of notes from our interview, I keep returning to this quote. It seems to sum up much about Luc Donckerwolke, Design Director at Seat. There's his trademark directness, ...
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Local Motors announces Pacific Northwest competition winners
Local Motors has announced the results of its Pacific Northwest design competition, which asked contenders to create a vehicle for the region's inhabitants. Taking into account nature's four elements - Earth, wind, fire and water - designers the world over answered a brief that called for designs that would enable ...
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Nissan releases Pathfinder Concept interior details [w/video]
Nissan has released a preview video and photos of its new Pathfinder concept's interior. The car was initially shown at NAIAS last month without a cabin.
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Concept Group International (CGI) expands its reach into China
CGI is one of the European leaders in vehicle development technology and is increasing its client base by providing engineering services to Chinese automotive manufacturers. CGI is currently operating in China utilizing the capability of its strategic partners based on the mainland, allowing Chinese automotive manufacturers to benefit from CGI's ...
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Pininfarina design celebrated in London exhibition
The work of Italian design house Pininfarina will be celebrated in a dedicated exhibition as part of the International Architecture and Design Showcase, set to take place during the 2012 London Olympics.
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Design Review: Toyota PM
We started our Highlights coverage with the PM, and we are finishing the Reviews with it. Somehow this impressive vehicle book ends the Tokyo Motor Show. Of all the concept cars, the PM projects into the future in the most conspicuous way and yet because of this it is also ...
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Design Review: Mercedes Vision Grand Sports Tourer
Design Review: Mercedes Vision Grand Sports Tourer
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Umeå Institute of Design degree show 2011
Mini PackmanNiklas PalmBased on the assumption that the typical family of tomorrow will be smaller in size, but bigger in numbers, the Mini Packman is a vehicle that aims to appease the trend of urbanisation and dependence on fossil fuels whilst offering a genuinely small car.
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Umeå Institute of Design degree show 2011
The annual graduation exhibit for the Umeå Institute of Design began last week. With just nine automotive students amongst those receiving honors, the concise yet elaborate degree show was unequivocally Scandinavian.