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Design Development: Ford Evos concept
Three scale models were created after the summer selection process followed by a full-scale clay model in December 2010. Lamm stresses that once that model was milled there was still a lot of work to do, "as scale models can cheat the eyes". He was pleased to have the extra ...
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Design Development: Ford Evos concept
Far from a conceptual flight of fancy, the Ford Evos concept signals no less than the look and feel of the next generation of Ford vehicles worldwide. Given that burden, no wonder the design team led by J Mays and Martin Smith took a little longer over it than normal, ...
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Who's Where: Karim Habib appointed Head of BMW Design
Karim Habib has been promoted to the position of Head of BMW Design, a role that will see the 42-year-old Lebanon-born Canadian oversee the design of all BMW cars.
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University of Cincinnati 2008
2030 Chevrolet Silverado Curt Wilson For his depiction of the 2030 Chevrolet Silverado, Wilson chose to explore the theme of growth. According to Wilson, the Silverado will be altered to the answer the needs of growing environmental concern, population growth and functional growth. The concept will have an expanding ...
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University of Cincinnati 2008
Students in the Transportation Design track at the University of Cincinnati recently presented their visions for the future of transport. Most of the students were asked to envision a vehicle for use in the year 2030 in a studio course sponsored by General Motors; a brief which asked students to ...
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Hong-ik University Design Degree Show 2004
Graduating students from the Transportation Design course at Korea's Hong-ik University presented their work in the 2004 Degree Show entitled 'Design Concert', held December 7-13 in the International Design School for Advanced Studies (IDAS) in Seoul.
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Hong-ik University Design Degree Show 2004
Graduating students from the Transportation Design course at Korea's Hong-ik University presented their work in the 2004 Degree Show entitled 'Design Concert', held December 7-13 in the International Design School for Advanced Studies (IDAS) in Seoul.
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Aston Martin to revive Lagonda marque
Aston Martin CEO, Dr. Ulrich Bez, announced the firm's intentions to revive the fabled Lagonda marque in a statement to the media yesterday. "After my eight years with Aston Martin, four with profitability, and 16 months of independence, it's time to think about a longer term future." Bez said.
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Design Review: Lexus LF-A concept
The rear aspect of the car, with unique air outlet graphics, lamps that sit on the horizontal upper surface to be read only at their trailing edge, and visible underbody aerodynamics, is more successful than the front of the car. There the profile bends down uncomfortably over the front wheel ...
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Design Review: Lexus LF-A concept
Lexus: one of the world's youngest automotive brands, one of the most successful, and one associated predominantly with premium cars stronger on the prosaic values of comfort and peerless reliability than the excitement of dynamic design and sports car associated values.
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Hongik University wins 2011 Ferrari World Design Contest
Seoul's Hongik University scooped first place honors in the 2011 Ferrari World Design Contest. 50 highly prestigious universities developed designs for Ferrari's cars of the future, and students from the Korean school beat the second-placed Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) of Turin, Italy, in the final while London's Royal College ...
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Ferrari Exhibit: Cavallino Rampante
On the weekend of October 11, the San Diego Automotive Museum celebrated its 20th Anniversary by hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a special exhibit, Ferrari: Cavallino Rampante - Italy's Prancing Horse. The Saturday evening event was the grand opening reception for 15 rare Ferraris on exhibit, joined by designs created ...
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Southern California's Design Studios
President of Design, Kevin Hunter, gave us a tour of the purpose-built facility. Hunter has been at the studio since graduating from the College of Creative Studies in Detroit in 1982 and has seen the studio grow significantly in size and in the level of contribution it makes. The ...
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Southern California's Design Studios
The home of the American auto industry may be Detroit, but for the last 30 years California's West Coast has been its design base, playing host to more studios than anywhere else in the world.
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Concept Car of the Week: Opel Junior (1983)
30 years ago, Opel was already thinking about a very compact vehicle that would fit in its range below the Corsa. The Junior Concept was a realistic study of a future-oriented A-segment car with an interior packed with innovations.
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Designer Interviews: Filippo Perini, Design Director, Lamborghini
CDN What is the essence of Lamborghini's design language?
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Designer Interviews: Filippo Perini, Design Director, Lamborghini
Born Piacenza, ItalyCareer2006- Design Director, Lamborghini2004-06 Head of Exterior Design, Lamborghini2003-04 Exterior Designer, Audi2001-03 Head of Exterior Design, Alfa Romeo1995-01 Exterior and Interior Designer, Alfa Romeo1993-95 FreelanceEducationMechanical Engineering and MA Automobile Design, Politecnico di MilanoKey projects Lamborghini Urus concept, Lamborghini Aventador, Lamborghini M
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Show Review: Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2011
One of the more impressive concept cars on show came in the form of the 1960 Plymouth XNR Ghia Roadster owned by Karim Edde of Beirut, Lebanon. The third place winner in the Postwar American Chassis with Special Body class, XNR is an acronym for the designer's name, Virgil Exner, ...