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    Australian Automotive Industry Design Night announced

    2015-05-06T18:51:28Z

    The Australian Auto Industry Design Night is set to take place on 28 June despite the surprise cancellation of the Melbourne motor show.

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    Michelin Challenge Design 2014 winners revealed

    2015-05-06T18:51:20Z

    The winners of the Michelin Challenge Design 2014 have just been revealed at a private event in Detroit's Renaissance Center following the first press day of the NAIAS. Chris Luchowiec of Poland was awarded first place for his ‘BOT' design, a completely autonomous transportation solution for relatively low populated areas. ...

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    New-look Interior Motives Winter 2013/14 issue out now

    2015-05-06T18:51:13Z

    The winter edition of Car Design News' quarterly interior design publication, Interior Motives magazine, is out now sporting more pages and a brand-new layout designed to put the exclusive sketches, development images and high-quality photographs that accompany each story in their best possible light.

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    CDN-Interior Motives China Conference 2014 - Day 2

    2015-05-06T18:51:07Z

    Chris Bangle was back on stage to conclude the conference with a panel discussion that included some of the conference's previous speakers as well as the winner of the 2014 Car Design Awards China, Guo Jiayi, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, to represent Chinese students.

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    CDN-Interior Motives China Conference 2014 - Day 2

    2015-05-06T18:50:57Z

    Sooshin Choi, provost and professor of design, College for Create Studies, started the second luxury-themed session of the conference by asking: "Is luxury a question of material, shape or technology? Or is it a more philosophical question?"

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    CDN-Interior Motives China Conference 2014 - Day 2

    2015-05-06T18:50:49Z

    Human-machine interface is clearly the hottest area in an otherwise fairly static car design space today. The explosion in global connectivity and smartphone usage, combined with a level of ambivalence towards a car industry that has failed to react to the greatest challenge in its history, has left everything on ...

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    CDN-Interior Motives China Conference 2014 - Day 2

    2015-05-06T18:50:39Z

    Chris Bangle gave those contemplating a lie-in after the first day of the CDN-Interior Motives conference the incentive to grab a front-row seat for his opening keynote. Thought-provoking, clear and inspirational as ever, we will cover Bangle's 'State of the Union: Time for Deep Car Design?' presentation in a separate ...

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    Help Kickstart this book of 75 top designers' innermost thoughts

    2015-05-06T18:50:33Z

    New material from interviews with over 75 of the world's most talented designers of all disciplines will feature in a new book from the maker of the design documentaries 'Helvetica', 'Objectified' and 'Urbanized'.

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    SAIC Roewe-MG Cup design competition winners announced

    2015-05-06T18:50:23Z

    The results of SAIC's Roewe-MG Cup design competition are in, with East China Normal University student Sun Jiajun taking top honors with his 850 Celebration concept.

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    Why small sedans are the next big thing in South America

    2015-05-06T18:50:12Z

    Despite the recent boom of the Brazilian economy and a growing middle class population being able to buy their first car, new cars are still relatively expensive in the country. As Car Design News reported in our 2012 São Paulo motor show coverage, the initial development of the market has ...

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    BMW's Domagoj Dukec on the 4 Series Convertible [w/Video]

    2015-05-06T18:50:07Z

    BMW's head of exterior design Domagoj Dukec has explained how the 4 Series Convertible's design sets it apart from the 3 Series in a new video.

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    Concept Car of the Week: Renault Racoon (1992)

    2015-05-06T18:49:59Z

    As far as wacky concepts go, the Racoon surely has to be up there with the best of them. Designed and engineered like no other car before, the off-road and amphibious capabilities of the Racoon stretched automobile versatility to new levels.

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    Video: GM's Frank Saucedo, Niki Smart and Gael Buzyn on the Elmiraj concept

    2015-05-06T18:49:52Z

    GM director advanced design Frank Saucedo features in a new video explaining the design process behind the new Elmiraj concept.

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    College Exhibition: Pforzheim University Winter 2013

    2015-05-06T18:49:43Z

    Johannes WolkoAirSev 2035In amongst the plethora of cars on display, Wolko's airport ground support equipment certainly stands out. The airplane displayed on his stand wasn't designed by him, but gave context to his three devices - an autonomous airfreight container transporter, a mobile ramp to load the containers and a ...

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    College Exhibition: Pforzheim University Winter 2013

    2015-05-06T18:49:32Z

    Christian HolweckIn search of the lost respect for motionPerhaps the most difficult and intangible on concepts to illustrate, Holweck’s desire was to recapture the feeling of movement, as modern cars become ever more isolating and refined. Visualized through beautifully delicate maquettes of printed acetate held under tension by transparent wire, ...

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    College Exhibition: Pforzheim University Winter 2013

    2015-05-06T18:49:23Z

    We made the first of 2013's trips to Pforzheim in Baden-Württemberg, southwest Germany for its university's biannual graduate exhibition.This year's crop of young talent is as impressive as ever from what many regard as the finest transportation course in Europe. Across the board standards of sketching, conception and execution are ...

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    Johnson Controls engineer presents 'Driven Mavens' free design tutorial videos

    2015-05-06T18:49:12Z

    Free online video tutorials on the car design process are being presented on an interactive blog launched by a Johnson Controls lead engineer.

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    Survey highlights increased consumer appetite for in-car technology

    2015-05-06T18:49:07Z

    Spanish telecommunications firm Telefonica has issued its second annual report on connected car technologies. Its study looked at public expectations of in-car tech in the cars of today and tomorrow.

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    Design an MG sports car for 2025, win a scholarship and internship at SAIC

    2015-05-06T18:49:01Z

    SAIC has announced its second university student design competition. To be in with a shout, SAIC wants students to design a dream sports car or GT car for the MG brand to be launched in 2025. The brief asks for a concept that must not only must reference MG's history ...

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    Ian Cameron receives Welsh Motoring Writers' Automotive Achievement Award

    2015-05-06T18:48:56Z

    Former Rolls-Royce chief designer Ian Cameron is the latest recipient of the Welsh Motoring Writers (WMW) Automotive Achievement Award.