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Jalopnik and Drive host 'Livesketching with J Mays'
Ford's Chief Creative Officer, J. Mays is the subject of a 'Livesketching' interactive video, co-hosted by Drive on YouTube and Jalopnik.
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Who's Where: Giles Taylor appointed Rolls-Royce Motor Cars design director
Giles Taylor has been appointed Rolls-Royce Motor Cars design director, with effect from 1 July 2012. He previously held the position of head of exterior design.
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Exclusive: Frank Stephenson to become Design Director at McLaren
Thanks to our contacts in the automotive design community, we've become aware that Frank Stephenson, who until recently was Director of Design at Alfa Romeo, will be taking on a new role as Design Director at McLaren.
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São Paulo Motor Show 2012 - Trends and overview
The HB20 is the first Hyundai developed specially for the Brazilian market and is produced in a new manufacturing plant in Piracicaba, São Paulo state. The car was developed in South Korea, but Hyundai's marketing and design departments worked closely with those in Brazil to understand the local consumers, which ...
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São Paulo Motor Show 2012 - Trends and overview
On the other hand, despite the number of local companies that helped to build the Nissan Extrem concept, its only Brazilian aspect - the use of painted graphics reproducing Ipanema Beach pavement on the roof - doesn't add up. It was disappointing to see that Nissan hasn't benefited from a ...
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São Paulo Motor Show 2012 - Trends and overview
The São Paulo motor show is locally called 'Salão do Automóvel', however, from this year on it deserves to be referred to it by its official name - Salão Internacional do Automóvel. This is the year the show came of age, not only because of Brazil's economic strength, but also ...
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Chrysler announces high school design competition
Chrysler has launched its ‘Autorama High School Design Competition 2013'.
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Design Review: Volkswagen Nils concept
So the Nils' doors should be praised for their ingenuity. There are two of them - meaning exit is possible from either side. They lift up clear of the body, revealing a large opening which is easy to step into. The arc they inscribed when opening or closing falls within ...
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Design Review: Volkswagen Nils concept
In recent decades, Japanese manufacturers have laid claim to the sub-car, electric-powered mobility concept niche. Several German manufacturers showed their hand in this segment at the recent Frankfurt show, and on the basis of what we saw it appears that Japan won't have this niche to itself for much longer.
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Vencer launch sports car design contest
Vencer has launched a new interactive design contest that offers cash prizes and the unique opportunity to see the winning design developed into the automaker's next model.
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New Routemaster bus hits London streets
The very first new Routemaster hybrid bus began its first day of service in London today.
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An Audience with Syd Mead at CCS
Mead is rarely open about his actual sketch process, and sharing it with an auditorium of around 500 people could be considered winning the "designer lottery" to anyone in attendance. He explained that it always begins with a pen sketch and that proper perspective is absolutely key to a realistic ...
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An Audience with Syd Mead at CCS
"Visual futurist and concept artist." Like some sort of Transformer, those words combine to create an ideal job description for many an industrial designer. With the world of design becoming more varied, and our jobs becoming more demanding of diversity, it's no surprise that many of us venture into adjacent ...