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First Sight: Ford Mustang (2015)
When Ford set out to create the sixth generation of the Mustang, enthusiasm within the company was global - even though it's never been sold outside of North America in significant numbers. Every major Ford design studio weighed in, and sketches were collected from all over the world. Ultimately, of ...
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Video: GM Europe's Mark Adams answers Twitter questions, gives tips to aspiring designers
GM Europe's vice president of design Mark Adams has given aspiring designers tips to stand out from the crowd with their portfolios in a Twitter Q&A session.
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Peter Schreyer to receive 2014 EyesOnDesign Lifetime Design Achievement Award
Peter Schreyer has been chosen by a panel of his fellow designers to receive the 2014 EyesOnDesign Lifetime Design Achievement Award.
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Concept Car of the Week: Ghia Streamline X 'Gilda' (1955)
In 1954 Virgil Exner, director of styling at Chrysler, created a scale clay-model to communicate to his team his vision of futuristic and aerodynamic shapes. The sculpture was then painted black and was left on display in Exner's Office. There it caught the eye of Luigi Segre, director of Ghia ...
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Design Development: Nissan IDx Freeflow and Nismo concepts
The basic exterior shape of what would become the Freeflow was created by Nissan’s in-house designers and was finalized through sketching alone followed by a quarter-scale and then a 1:1 model in 2012. At the start of 2013, Aoki says two half-scale models were made plus an interior 1:1 model (at first just the front part), but by this point the Gen Z helpers were being used more for feedback on th
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Bertone Lamborghini Genesis (1988)
Bertone’s Lamborghini Genesis – the Lambo minivan – marked a fascinating digression for the supercar brand
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Design Development: Nissan IDx Freeflow and Nismo concepts
Vehicle type 2-door sedanLength 4,100mmWidth (exc. Mirrors) Freeflow 1,700mm/Nismo 1,800mmHeight 1,300mmWheelbase 2,570mmSVP & chief creative officer Shiro NakamuraExecutive design director Mamoru AokiExterior creative team leader Kazuki YamazakiInterior creative team leader Masato IshikawaColour design manager Hideshi SaikiProject started November 2011Project completed September 2013Launch Tokyo
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Gesture-controlled Audi wins VDA Design Award
The German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) has announced the winner of its 2013 Design Awards, which asked students from across the world to submit their final graduating projects completed between October 2011 and July 2013.
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Concept Car of the Week: Dodge Charger III (1968)
In 1968, at the dawn of the muscle car era, the performance-oriented Dodge brand offered a unique range of powerful and iconic models such as the Charger, the Dart and the Coronet. While working in parallel on the Mk II production Charger, designers and engineers created the third in a series of concept cars carrying the same name that aimed to showcase futuristic design and technological innovati
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Kia announces new concept to debut in Frankfurt
Kia will unveil a new B-segment concept at next month's Frankfurt motor show, following from the similarly sized recent Provo and CUB concepts.
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RIP Massimo Tamburini 1943-2014
Massimo Tamburini, the renowned motorcycle designer, has died at the age of 70. He passed away on Saturday in his native San Marino from lung cancer.
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Mini Vision concept: what does it say about the brand's future?
The sight of Mini design head Anders Warming presenting a holographic, 3D projection of the Mini Vision concept as if appearing in his own cartoon was certainly a new one on us, but it captured the quirky, slightly left-field image the subsidiary of BMW Group has cultivated since its relaunch ...
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Dinamica's microfiber range showcases the latest color, design and material innovations
Established 1997Number of employees 50 (five designers)Global headquarters Gorizia, ItalyContact b.terraneo@dinamicamiko.itWebsite www.dinamicamiko.com
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Italdesign Machimoto (1986)
The Machimoto might look and sound like a Japanese concept, but it was developed in Europe in the Turin-based Italdesign studio, and was based on a Volkswagen Golf GTI platform. The name actually derives from MACHIna (car in Italian) and MOTOciclo (motorcycle) as the perfect hybrid between the worlds of two- and four-wheelers.
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Spring 2014 issue of Interior Motives magazine out now
The spring edition of Car Design News’ quarterly interior design publication, Interior Motives magazine, is out now. This issue features in-depth design development articles on the most interesting and important concept and production vehicles from the recent Tokyo, Detroit and Geneva auto shows.
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Register now for the 2013 Interior Motives Design Awards ceremony
Registration is now open to attend the glamorous Interior Motives Design Awards 2013 ceremony at Moon 13 (formerly The Cocoon Club) in Frankfurt on 9 September, the eve of the first Frankfurt motor show press day.
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College Exhibition: ISD Degree Show 2014
Just before Christmas Car Design News was invited to join the final assessments of this year's graduate cohort from Institut Supérieur de Design (ISD) in France.
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Car Design Awards China 2014 Update: Internships up for grabs
We're happy to announce the winners of the 2014 Car Design Awards China contest will be rewarded with an internship from Daimler, Geely, Qoros, Volkswagen, UD Trucks, Johnson Controls or JAC.
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Design Contest: Register now for 2015 Michelin Challenge Design
‘Drive Your Passion, Engaging Senses, Soul and Emotion' is this year's Michelin Challenge Design theme.
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Alcraft and RCA announce design competition winner
Alcraft Motor Company has announced the winner of a design competition featuring students from the Royal College of Art (RCA) Vehicle Design program.