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Car Design News to host a trio of events around Beijing auto show
As the automotive world looks forward to Beijing, and what promises to be one of the most significant auto show in this year's calendar, Car Design News is actively contributing to the focus on China by hosting three events - CDN Interior Motives China Conference, Car Design Awards China and ...
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Design Review: BMW 5 Series
The E60 5 Series was followed in 2004 by the poorly received ‘flame-surfaced' 1 Series, which appears to have been the ‘last-straw': Bangle was moved away from his hands-on position in September 2004 to be replaced by Adrian van Hooydonk as BMW Design Director. And despite being the chief designer ...
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Design Review: BMW 5 Series
The F10 5 Series is the latest version of perhaps the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful international market car in the world. It has a design lineage that goes back to the first modern BMW design (the 1962 Neue Klasse 1500), it is the central product of this uniquely ...
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Ferrari World Design Contest 2011 enters second phase
The Ferrari World Design Contest, launched in collaboration with Autodesk, has just completed the first phase of its selection process. With entries from over 50 international design schools, the contest saw more than 200 projects arrive at the supercar manufacturer's studios in Maranello. Seven design schools have now been selected ...
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Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Degree Show 2010
VigorCuilian LiangThe Vigor concept attempts to integrate sustainability in a cross-country sports vehicle in an innovative way. On the rear of the vehicle, there are two electromagnetic generators which are used to absorb the shaking energy during field sports and transfer it into electric power to charge the batteries.
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Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Degree Show 2010
China's Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts held its annual degree show in the school's Art Museum recently, showcasing the works of 16 transportation design students created over the course of the four year program. Divided into two parts, students were asked to design a solution for the increasing problems caused ...
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Design Development: Ford Transit Courier, Connect, Custom and 2T
Wraith and Campbell say the exterior, interior and colour and trim for each model were worked on at the same time, starting with the biggest 2T and Custom models then followed by the smaller Connect and Courier. There was some overlap and cross-referencing between vehicle design schedules though, as Campbell ...
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Design Development: Ford Transit Courier, Connect, Custom and 2T
Other changes include a lowered roof to allow the vehicle into more restricted height areas like car parks and private estates. The design was adjusted after the team heard customer anecdotes of van drivers getting into such areas with heavy loads lowering their vehicle height sufficiently, but then when the ...
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Design Development: Ford Transit Courier, Connect, Custom and 2T
To educate those influencers outside the design studio, it was quickly decided to show something that would point out their intended change of tack. Wraith continues: "We wanted to convey that we could make something that looked good and still be very practical, so very early on we milled out ...
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Design Development: Ford Transit Courier, Connect, Custom and 2T
Vehicle type Commercial & passenger vehicle rangeExecutive design director Martin SmithDesign director Stefan LammChief designer Paul Campbell - all exteriors, plus Custom and 2T interiorsExterior design manager Paul Wraith - Courier, Connect & CustomExterior design manager Jordan Bennett - 2T variantsChief interior designer Ernst Reim - Courier, Connect, Custom & ...
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First Sight: BMW at the 2012 London Olympics
Director of BMW i design Benoît Jacob showed Car Design News the i Pedelec bicycle alongside a new version of the i3 concept at the company's new Park Lane ‘i store' in London. The compact bike folds artfully into the boot of the car, recharging its batteries when stowed. Made ...
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Lilana Nicoghosian brings fashion and product inspiration to CGT Automotive
CGT supplies cutting-edge synthetics to most major OEMs in the auto industry. In her role as design manager, CGT global automotive division, former Ford color and trim designer Lilana Nicoghosian brings a wealth of experience and insight to the company's drive to provide customers with modern, tactile materials inspired by ...
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Interior Motives announces shortlist for Student Design Awards 2009
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Speakers confirmed for Interior Motives China Conference 2010
Speakers are being confirmed for CDN's China conference this year, an event that seeks to bring together the changing design tones of global OEMs with the best of local design.
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Finalists announced in Car Design News-Opel/Vauxhall interactive competition exterior design phase
Car Design News is pleased to announce the finalists in the exterior design phase of the Car Design News - Opel/Vauxhall interactive design competition. Pierin Giacomo and Victor Uribe of IED school of design in Turin (who are finalists in the interior phase) are joined by Jadir E Minutti, from ...
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CDN-GM Interactive Design Competition - Exterior Phase Launched
We're pleased to announce the launch of the second phase of the CDN-GM Interactive Design Competition, which challenges design students in North America to create an exterior design in response to briefs from each of GM's four brands - Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC.