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College for Creative Studies Student Exhibition 2006
Senior transportation design students at Detroit's College for Creative Studies presented their work to the public and industry representatives during the school's annual Student Exhibition earlier this year.
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Driven: Ford Focus
The previous two generations of the Ford Focus have consistently been near the top of the European best sellers list over their combined 13-year life spans, but this new car has even greater responsibility. This is the first Focus designed - from the outset - for European, American and Asian ...
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Ferrari Special Projects develops latest custom
Ferrari's Special Projects team is developing its fifth car for Ferrari collector and petro-chemical magnate Cheerag Arya, dubbed the Arya SP.
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Design Review: Toyota i-swing concept
But are the i-swing or i-unit real possibilities for Toyota? Car Design News spoke to Wahei Hirai, Toyota's Managing Officer and design chief, during the Tokyo show for an answer. "Yes of course, for the future" explains Hirai "These are not just amusement toys, we're seriously developing that size of ...
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Design Review: Toyota i-swing concept
The 'i-swing' is Toyota's proposal for a new form of personal mobility, following on from the 'i-unit' that debuted at Frankfurt in September. It's also the latest in a series that began with the 'PM' concept shown at Tokyo in 2003 and demonstrates Toyota's advanced thinking for transport systems based ...
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Local Motors Announces Texas Competition
New American car company Local Motors has announced the Texas Motors competition, the 19th design contest initiated by the Boston based start-up company. The deadline for submissions is February 10, 2010.
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Design Review: Renault R-Space concept
In the rear, we see this ‘blade' repeated several times in a very literal way both in the rear ‘diffuser' lights and surrounding the Renault name. However, stepping back we notice that this sweeping form has been very cleverly used to integrate the tail lamps into a scalloped surface that ...
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Design Review: Renault R-Space concept
The third car in the line of Laurens van den Acker's Renault ‘life-cycle' concepts - which started with the stunning DeZir in Paris - is a sporty compact MPV called the R-Space. Renault's communications department paints a picture of a sexy MPV, a loving family unit, and of Sunday breakfast ...
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Design Contest: ANFIA announces Italian Styling - Young Designers Competition 2004
The first edition of this initiative, held in 1998, was held within Italy, the second in 2000 was extended to all European countries, and the third in 2002 was opened to young people from all over the world.
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College Exhibition: IED Degree Show 2009
PT220609 concept Giuseppe Andrè Beisans, Rahul Das and Dario TomoradThe PT220609 concept is the result of searching deep into Aston Martin's heritage and extracting what created the first spark, the passion for motor sports. The concept's design is influenced by aerodynamics, which allows air to pass through the nose of ...
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College Exhibition: IED Degree Show 2009
Graduating students from the three-year post-graduate Transportation Design course at the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Turin, Italy presented a tribute to the Aston Martin brand for their graduate theses. Called "Aston Martin 2025", 17 students in the post-graduate course - led by Fulvio Fantolino, IED's Transportation Design ...
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Mercedes-Benz Bionic car at MoMA
Concept models of the Mercedes-Benz Bionic car join the illustrious list of vehicles - such as the Jaguar E-Type roadster, Cisitalia 202 GT and the Smart car - displayed at New York's Museum of Modern Art in recent times.
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AC Cars and Zagato launch 378 GT Zagato
AC Cars, working in collaboration with Italian design house Zagato, has announced its new sports car, the AC 378 GT Zagato.
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SsangYong releases new Rodius sketches
SsangYong has released the first images of its new Rodius MPV, soon to be unveiled at next month's Geneva motor show.
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Subaru VIZIV concept to premiere in Geneva
Subaru has released the first image of its new VIZIV concept vehicle ahead of its debut at next month's Geneva motor show.
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Beijing Designers Night
This year's Designer's Night took place on April 21, the second evening of the recent Beijing International Auto Show. Hosted by Autodesk and supported by Car Design News, the event took place in Beijing's famous northeastern 798 art factory district and attracted over 200 designers and design leaders from around ...
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CDN-Opel/Vauxhall enters second phase
Car Design News and Opel/Vauxhall are pleased to announce that the second phase of its collaborative competition is now underway.
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Ford eyes dandelions as sustainable alternative to synthetic rubber
Ford, in conjunction with Ohio State University, is turning to the humble garden weed as sustainable resource, researching the dandelion's potential use as an alternative to synthetic rubber.
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Interior Motives: Volvo You concept
The Volvo You concept is the sequel to the Universe show car that was displayed at this years' Shanghai Auto Show: a display of both returning Design Director Peter Horbury's vision for the company as well as that of its Chinese owners, Geely.