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Dassault Systèmes and Riversimple partner for eCar Design Contest
Dassault Systèmes, in collaboration with Riversimple and the 40 Fires foundation, launched their eCar Design Contest recently, designed to encourage cooperation and the development of ideas on an open source platform.
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Interview: Patrick le Quement - Life after Renault
What role did you play following Renault's partnership with Nissan in 1999?"When the Renault-Nissan Design Alliance was created I was director of design and quality and I received an order to do an audit on Nissan design. It lasted two months and in the conclusions I said that Nissan needed ...
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Interview: Patrick le Quement - Life after Renault
Patrick le Quément, a 44-year veteran of automotive design, retired from his position as Director of Design last month. Though he will remain a consultant for Renault - and continue to guide his successor, Laurens van den Acker, in his new role - le Quément is keen to retain a ...
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U.A.S Graz-BMW partnership project
The University of Applied Sciences in Graz, Austria (U.A.S Graz) has collaborated with BMW, Munich on a project to design ‘the new SUV'.
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GM opens E-flex Systems Design Studio
The next incarnation of the Chevrolet Volt concept, first revealed at the 2007 NAIAS last January, is currently being developed at GM's new studio dedicated to next generation electrically-driven vehicles.
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Driven: Citroen DS3
Modern of the moment aestheticThe use of graphics, color breaks and decals give the DS3 its modern feel that separates it from the Mini.
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Driven: Citroen DS3
The Citroën DS3's success has taken many - Citroën included - by surprise. The company has been forced to increase production since the car went on sale 12 months ago, in the light of unprecedented customer appetite.
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Visteon reveals e-Bee 2020 mobility concept
Visteon has unveiled its new e-Bee concept at the Electronica 2012 Trade Fair in Munich.
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Essay: LED lamps
From a design perspective, there's another issue. Headlamps are such a major element of the front end face of the car: they represent the eyes and the expression of the car and so the outline shape of the eye, the pupil size and dilation are all critical. Current ellipsoid lamps ...
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Essay: LED lamps
LED lamps on cars have been around for over twenty years but have only recently featured as a technology used for front lamps. They first appeared in the mid-1980s for use in hi-mount stop lamps, but since then the Light-Emitting Diode (LED) has made steady inroads into replacing the conventional ...
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Design Review: Bertone Birusa concept
The wedge-shaped profile is characterised by a classic Bertone device - a dihedral-shaped side window with an undercut lower glass section, as featured on showcars such as the Boomerang and Carrabo. In the case of the Birusa, a bright highlight spear from the front wheelarch to the top of the ...
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College Exhibition: Royal College of Art - GE Plasticon project
After undertaking a research trip to India the group decided to focus on entry-level mobility in rural India between 2015 and 2020. The team used a skateboard-like chassis which uses GE's HydroPlast technology.
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College Exhibition: Royal College of Art - GE Plasticon project
Postgraduate students at London's Royal College of Art recently presented the results of a multi-disciplinary design project in collaboration with GE Plastics. As part of the 'PLASTicon' project, 17 RCA first year MA students researched, designed and built models of concept vehicles aimed at the needs of different markets - ...
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GM Advanced Design California celebrates 10th Anniversary
On the eve of the 2010 LA Auto Show, GM's California Advanced Design Studio opened its doors in North Hollywood, to celebrate its 10th Anniversary.
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Coventry University MA Degree Show 2006
Patrick le Quement, Renault's senior vice president of Corporate Design presented the Corus Award for 'Best Vehicle Design', which was awarded to Dev O'Nion who won for his design concept 'Apto Sapor.'O'Nion's project - an interior design concept - was inspired by organic themes in nature - what he called ...
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Boyd Coddington, dead at 63
Legendary Californian hot-rod builder and customizer Boyd Coddington, passed-away last Wednesday, at 63, from complications related to a recent surgery. His influence and legacy is immense, not just in the street-rod scene, but for the automotive design community as a whole.
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Bertone to mark its 100th birthday with Turin exhibition
Bertone is celebrating its 100th birthday with an historic exhibition at Turin's National Car Museum from 29 June to 14 October called ‘One hundred years of car design'.
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Paris Motor Show 2006 Photo Gallery
Photo GalleryAudi R8. Click for larger images Production car debuts at Paris included the Nissan Qashqai, Audi R8, Volvo C30, new Mini, and Citroen C4 Picasso. Concepts included the Alfa 8C, Renault Nepta, Hyundai Arnejs, Citroen C-Metisse, Skoda Joyster, VW Iroc, Lancia Delta HPE and Peugeot 908RC. The new ...