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CDN-GM Interactive Design Contest August Update
It's hard to believe that the summer's almost over already, and with it your chance to win one of five paid internships (including housing) at GM's Warren, MI design studio in the CDN-GM Interactive Design Competition 2012.
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CDN-GM competition: Phase 1 now closed
Back to school. Not most students' favorite time of year, signaling both the end of summer and a return to the long days of lectures and long nights of sketching. This year, however, it also means a chance to win one of five internships, including housing, at GM's Warren, MI ...
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RIP Sergio Pininfarina 1926-2012
Sergio Pininfarina died last night at his home in Turin. He was 85 years old.
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Christopher Svensson appointed Director of Design, Ford Asia Pacific and Africa
Christopher Svensson has recently been appointed as Director of Design, Ford Asia Pacific and Africa. He takes over the role from Scott Strong.
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Joel Piaskowski becomes Director of Exterior Design at Ford North America
Joel Piaskowski is set to become Ford's North American Director of Exterior Design. He will be filling the position previously vacated by Moray Callum, who was promoted to Executive Director for Ford Americas design when Peter Horbury went back to head up Volvo's design efforts earlier this year.
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Report: 10th annual RTT Conference
Perhaps inspired by RTT's ‘Challenging Reality' slogan, Mead stated: "Reality is created in our minds and through our senses, but if you remove that boundary we don't know what's going to happen." Though somewhat disheartening, he uttered candidly: "Automobiles are the single most complex thing, and now they're designed by ...
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Report: 10th annual RTT Conference
Held at the Old Congress Hall in Munich, the 10th annual RTT Conference was a showcase for Realtime Technologies AG's (RTT) visualization products. Entitled 'Sharing Visions', the event was a platform for the established supplier of virtual prototyping and virtual marketing tools to demonstrate the services it supplies to various ...
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Design Review: Nissan Urge concept
Click for larger imagesPhotos: Brett Patterson, Nissan'Adrenalin' colour concept by Anke Mazzei'Gear' concept also used to inform interior trimLightweight seats use webbing for back and lumbar supportInside, vivid yellow trim is offset by the more modest black/silver paint of the exterior. The colour imprints itself on one's retina as much ...
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Design Review: Nissan Urge concept
In response to this increasingly influential discipline, the Urge includes an Xbox 360 and a rear view mirror that doubles as its display. Games are uniquely played using the same steering and pedal controls as for the car.The Urge, however, has appeal beyond these additional features. Penned by Nissan Quest ...
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Nissan opens new North American design studio
Click for larger images. Click for larger imagesNissan Design America designers with the Azeal conceptNissan Design America Inc. has opened a new design studio in Farmington Hills, Michigan, on the grounds of Nissan Technical Center North America. The $14 million investment represents an expansion of Nissan's design capabilities in ...
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Design Review: Nissan Qashqai concept
Noticing the 'Made in London' badge on the back of the seat shell, I inquired about it to Leslie Busby, the color and trim designer on the project. She explained that, "We wanted to emphasize the fact that this concept was conceived in London and that influenced the design. Printed ...
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Design Review: Nissan Qashqai concept
This year they are presenting the first concept car developed at their new London Paddington studio, the Qashqai, the interior of which is highly influenced by the aesthetics of sporting goods and sports fashion.
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Interview: Adrian Van Hooydonk, Director of Design, BMW Group
What, in terms of the future - is the thing to watch in your view? In the past few month's we've watched Ford introduce HMI specifically for electric cars and Audi says that what it's doing with in-car technology is going to be the primary thing keeping it ahead of ...
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Interview: Adrian Van Hooydonk, Director of Design, BMW Group
We're also interested in the way that 'i' is going to play against the traditional BMW brand, and also Mini...
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Interview: Adrian Van Hooydonk, Director of Design, BMW Group
Since we last interviewed Adrian Van Hooydonk, much has happened: he replaced Chris Bangle as Director of BMW Design; BMW launched several important new models, including the 5 and 6 series and Rolls Royce Ghost; and Mini's brand has expanded. Meanwhile, Gert Hildebrand departed Mini to be replaced by Anders ...
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LA Design Challenge 2012: Highway Patrol Vehicle 2025
The LA Design Challenge has called for design studios from around the world to compete and create the ultimate law enforcement vehicle for the year 2025.
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Wulin Gaowa on GM’s new Chinese Advanced Design Studio
Following on from our story in September about Wulin Gaowa's appointment to GM Design as Director of its China Advanced Design, the company has released more details about the new studio and an interview with the designer.
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Auto Shanghai 2011- Trends & Overview
Clearly PSA's growing Chinese studio is paying dividends, for sister brand Peugeot's impressive SXC was another concept that appears well conceived for this market. It successfully continues the design theme started by the SR1 - and continued with the HR1 - and is proof that Peugeot's design renaissance is gaining ...
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Auto Shanghai 2011- Trends & Overview
Demonstrating China's automotive force, the 14th Auto Shanghai went head-to-head with the New York Auto Show in 2011, and won. New York has become a second-tier show, and the fact it played host to little more than a new Lexus concept contrasts starkly with the myriad of concept and production ...
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Nissan Design 50th Anniversary exhibition
As part of last year's celebrations for the 50th anniversary of Nissan Design, Nissan Motor Company held an exhibition entitled 'Passion & Imagination: Nissan Design 50th Anniversary & Future' at its two galleries in Ginza, downtown Tokyo from late July to mid-August. Both galleries were crowded with more than 48,000 ...