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Hong-ik University Degree Show 2010
2010 saw the students of Korea's Hong-ik University showcase their interpretations of ‘Stimulating urban lifestyles'. The 12th annual degree show at the University centered on creating a ‘Whole new, different kind of urban vehicle.'
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What makes EyesOn Design judging special?
One of the very unique features of the EyesOn Design car show, held annually at the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, is the judging of a category of cars by a group of visually impaired judges - members of the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology's ...
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Ford Motor Company design chief J Mays to be based in London
J Mays keynote presentation at the 2003 Autoweek Design Forum. Click for larger imagesJ Mays, Ford Motor Company group vice president for design, will be moving from the US to London in February and adding a new title: Chief Creative Officer. The new posting will allow Mays to work ...
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First Sight: Infiniti Emerg-e
It's a month before the Geneva motor show and amongst the usual pre Motor Show commotion I receive a string of cryptic emails about an Infiniti electric sports car concept. The name Emerg-e is only revealed as I drive to the secret preview at Park Royal Studios in West London ...
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Driven: Renault Fluence Z.E.
Just over two years ago, Carlos Ghosn shocked the world at the Frankfurt motor show by unveiling four fully electric Renault concepts and committing the company to being a leader in EVs.
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Design Review: Lamborghini Reventón
If there is one brand that owns the genre of "supercar" then it is Lamborghini. The 1966 Miura is commonly reckoned to have been the first supercar, the Countach that replaced it in 1975 remains in many respects the supercar zenith, and today's Murcielago is arguably the most malevolent and ...
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Michelin Challenge Design Selects Designs for 2009 NAIAS
The Michelin Challenge Design Jury met in July at Art Center College of Design and selected the designs that will be displayed next January at the 2009 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) at the Cobo Center in Detroit.
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Aston Martin opens new Design Center
As homage to art and design, the new facility is brimming with installations and photographs complementing the contemporary setting. At the entrance of the facility is one of two art installations created by Nigerian-born RCA graduate Lawson Oyekan. Entitled ‘Healing Being', the two-meter high hollow tower has been carefully hand-fashioned ...
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Aston Martin opens new Design Center
Aston Martin has bought itself an early Christmas present - or rather it has built itself one. The new design studio - the first ever for Aston Martin - was inaugurated last week at a huge gala event presided over by the sports car maker's CEO, Dr. Ulrich Bez. Dr. ...
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Renault teases new Captur crossover
Renault has teased its Captur crossover ahead of its full unveiling on Friday.
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Autodesk Automotive Days - Munich 2009
As part of a comprehensive and entertaining presentation detailing many of the programs he had been involved in over the years, McLaren's Design Director Frank Stephenson described how the latest digital optimization techniques had been employed to dramatically reduce the cost of the carbon fiber structures that form the heart ...
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Autodesk Automotive Days - Munich 2009
Autodesk's Automotive Days design conferences, launched in Munich in 2008, have highlighted the key growth area of digital prototyping. And at last month's conference the focus was once again broadened to include coverage of conceptual design and creative visualization (at the very beginning of the design process) and design for ...
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Detroit Auto Show 2004 Trends and Overview
Ford's show introductions were heralded under the headline "Year of the Car", which Ford backed up by premiering the new Ford Five Hundred mid-size sedan, Freestyle crossover and revised 2004 Focus range. GM followed suit by launching not just the Corvette C6 but the all-new Solstice compact roadster and G6 ...
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Show Report: New York Auto Show 2013
The clue should have been in its full name, but in recent years the New York International Auto Show has arguably failed to fully deliver on its worldwide remit. A tailing off in its ability to attract global unveils and one particularly fateful head-on clash with the 2011 Shanghai motorshow ...
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Design Review: Jaguar C-XF concept
According to Jaguar's Director of Design, Ian Callum, four seminal saloons set the format for Sir William Lyons' 'sense of velocity' as a basic design language. The Mk7 from 1950, the 1959 Mk2, 1961 Mk10 and 1968 XJ6 Series 1 all contained a purity of line, stance and proportion that ...
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Chevrolet and Disney develop virtual design experience
Chevrolet designers and Disney ‘Imagineers' will offer Walt Disney World Resort guests a glimpse inside a professional design studio.
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Volkswagen launches 'Future of the Car'
Volkswagen has launched a new micro-site which looks at what people may be driving in the future - or whether they will be driving at all.
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GM opens new Design Center in India
General Motors has opened a new Design Center in Bangalore, India. The new facility is the eleventh GM design studio worldwide and is of significant importance as it is situated in one of the fastest-growing emerging car markets in the world. In a move to expand GM's operations and design ...