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How to Draw Cars Now! tutorials target budding car designers
Whether you're just starting out in car design, or if you're looking to brush up on your presentation techniques, How to Draw Cars Now! Analog vs Digital Drawing Techniques by Arvind Ramkrishna is a new resource that aims to improve your skills.
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Technicon opens new Rüsslesheim studio
The creative arm of global automotive specialist, Technicon Design, has opened a new European studio in Rüsslesheim, Germany.
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Concept Car of the Week: Citroën C6 Lignage (1999)
By the late ‘90s, the bold but ageing Citroën XM was becoming irrelevant compared to the freshly updated German sedans. The press even started to suggest the XM would be the last high-end car to carry the double chevron. What they didn't know was that the designers were already working ...
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Design Contest: Michelin Challenge Design announces 2008 theme and call for entries
Michelin Challenge Design, one of the world's fastest growing transportation design programs, has announced it will continue its focus on safety in 2008 under the central theme of 'Safety over Size.' The 2008 theme was announced at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, where the Michelin Challenge Design ...
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RCA/Kia - Venus 2049
Kyu-Han ChoiKyu-Han Choi's work garnered the Best Individual Prize for his project, which can best be described as 'Fine Art'. Taking inspiration from Jackson Pollack's 'action painting' and the beauty of cosmos (an orderly or harmonious system), Choi contends cosmos would not have existed without chaos. His intention was to ...
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RCA/Kia - Venus 2049
Students at London's Royal College of Art recently held a show at the London Transport Museum to present a project sponsored by Korean automaker Kia. Called ‘Venus 2049', the aim of the project was for students to work in 'Pathway Teams', researching the nature of beauty and together articulate ...
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Freightliner reveals new truck concept [w/video]
Freightliner Trucks has unveiled a new concept vehicle, dubbed the Revolution Innovation Truck, at the 2012 Mid-America Trucking Show.
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The Rise of Chinese Auto Designers
Though the interior wasn't on show in Shanghai, the interior design theme is "driver focused", according to its creator. Sub-divided into two spaces, a prominent instrument panel and the extension of the center console separate each passenger's area, independent of the driver's position. More functions are achieved by three touch-screens. ...
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The Rise of Chinese Auto Designers
As we witnessed at the 2011 Auto China in Shanghai, Chinese auto designers are emerging on the world stage and shaping future automobiles, not just in the domestic market but internationally. Through their joint efforts with established western automakers, the Chinese auto design industry is undoubtedly enjoying a new level ...
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College Exhibition: Coventry University MA Degree Show 2009
MA students from Coventry University's School of Art and Design presented their annual degree show at Coventry Transport Museum late last month. Entitled ‘Keep Movin', the nine graduating students showed a range of projects, which centered on the theme of sustainable transportation, energy efficient vehicles and new materials. There ...
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Michelin Challenge Design 2013 competition deadline next Friday
The Michelin Challenge Design 2013 competition deadline is fast approaching - you only have until 1 June to submit your designs.
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RCA 'Future Car' design competition winner announced
Michal Vlcek, a first-year student in the Vehicle Design department at London's Royal College of Arts, has been announced by the organizers of the London Motorexpo as the winner of the competition to design an innovative electric-powered car.
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Peterbilt and Local Motors launch online competition
Peterbilt Motors has teamed up with Local Motors to launch a new online competition, the Peterbilt Road Icon Generation 2 challenge.
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Technicon Design to present Roding Roadster at CDN Car Design Night
Technicon Design is all set to present the Roding Roadster - the first production car developed for Roding Automobile - at Car Design News’ Car Design Night in Geneva on Tuesday evening.The car is the result of collaboration between the two companies after Roding contacted Technicon Design at the beginning ...
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Rolls-Royce Bespoke creates Year of the Dragon Collection
Rolls-Royce has announced a commemorative offering in preparation for the forthcoming Year of the Dragon celebration, which starts on January 23, 2012.
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College Exhibition: Coventry University students prepare for the MA Design Degree Show
The projects on show cover the full spectrum of vehicle concepts, with the show zoned into four themes: 'Move-Art', 'Move-Identity', 'Move-Current' and 'Move-Extreme'. Projects range from a luxury parading chariot inspired by Vivien Westwood fashion to an 8-legged arachnid-style vehicle for the year 2082. Other projects include a city vehicle ...
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Exclusive: Phil Zak appointed Chief Designer at Hyundai America (updated)
Phillip A Zak will become the new Chief Designer at Hyundai's North American Design Center in Irvine, California, filling the role previously held by former GM designer Joel Piaskowski who left Hyundai to become Head of Advanced Design at Mercedes-Benz's North American Design Center in January of this year.
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Michelin Challenge Design 2007: The not so ugly truth about rising vehicle safety standards
Can cars be safe and beautiful at the same time? That may not have been the case a few decades ago when automakers were forced to hang those big, ugly so-called federal bumpers off the ends of their vehicles. With vehicle safety standards on the rise around the globe ...
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Design Review: Acura NSX concept
Its low hood and graphical nose may feature the best integration yet of Acura’s plenum grille, but it lacks both premium quality and a great deal of distinction. The grille wraps via a mask into the thin lamps, which bleed out almost to the front wheels, partially disguising the length ...