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Show Review: 2013 IFA consumer electronics and home appliances fair
This article was first published on WGSN-homebuildlife on 16 September.
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Who's Where: Christopher Weil becomes head of Mini exterior design, Marcus Syring head of Rolls-Royce exteriors
An internal reshuffle in Munich has seen Christopher Weil appointed head of exterior design for Mini, replacing Marcus Syring who takes up a similar position at Rolls-Royce.
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EyesOn Design Awards 2014 presented in Detroit
The winners of the EyesOn Design Awards have been announced in COBO Hall at the end of the second press day of the 2014 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
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College Exhibition: Pforzheim University Summer 2013
Patrick BückerAudi Ultra e-tron limousineBücker's large, monovolume Audi limousine is designed as a VIP shuttle and as such is influenced by private jets as well as horse-drawn carriages. The passenger ‘carriage' is set behind the large A-pillars that hoop over the roof, while the driver sits in a smaller, separate ...
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College Exhibition: Pforzheim University Summer 2013
Earlier in the summer we returned to Pforzheim - the unassuming town near Stuttgart - for what has become a highlight on the car design calendar.
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Local Motors Active Lifestyle Vehicle Challenge winner announced
The winner of the first Local Motors Active Lifestyle Vehicle Challenge has been revealed as John Bukasa, who won $1,500 for his CLIMAX design.
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RCA team helps develop all-electric London taxi proposal
The Royal College of Art's Vehicle Design program and the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design have collaboratedwith Turkish car manufacturer Karsan to develop a proposal for the first all-electric London taxi.
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Concept Car of the Week: Toyota EX-1 (1969)
Back in the 60s, Toyota launched a few iconic sports cars such as the 800 and the gorgeous 2000 GT. Not happy to have created automotive perfection with the latter, the Japanese brand went on to explore even more extravagant shapes and unveiled the first of the EX concepts series ...
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Suzuki announces trio of concepts for Tokyo
Suzuki has announced it will unveil three new concepts at next month's Tokyo motor show.
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Peugeot Exalt concept to bring shark skin suit to Beijing
Peugeot has 'accidentally' leaked an image of its Exalt concept car ahead of its debut at the Beijing auto show next Sunday.
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Concept Car of the Week: Oldsmobile Aerotech (1987)
In late 1984, Oldsmobile management had so much confidence in the potential of its new inline four-cylinder engine Quad 4, that a small team was assigned to the creation of the Aerotech, a research vehicle designed to demonstrate the engine's performance by setting a new world speed record.
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Car Design of the Year winners awarded at Car Design Night Geneva 2013
The winners of the 2012 Car Design of the Year Awards, as voted for by Car Design News readers, were announced at the annual Car Design Night at By Pass nightclub on the evening of the first Geneva motor show press day.
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Porsche opens new Weissach design studio
Porsche has officially opened its new design center. Located at its Weissach development center, the facility includes interior and exterior design departments, plus a dedicated area for concept car construction.
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Freeman Thomas: “it's easier to create your own rocket than create your own car”
The Industrial Designers Society of America's ‘Designing Innovation' panel discussion took place in San Francisco yesterday.
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First Sight: Toyota Me.We concept
Hot on the fluorescent heels of Renault's recent Twin'Z reveal in Milan, Toyota revealed its own industrial design collaboration, the ME.WE, at a private event at the its upscale showroom Le Rendez-vous Toyota on the Champs Elysées in Paris last week.
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Design Review: Mercedes Concept S-Class Coupé
Door speaker grille and seats control appear as a floating island within the aluminum door panel, with the graduated speaker grille motif visually suggesting the passage of sound.
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Design Review: Mercedes Concept S-Class Coupé
1 Twisted waveOverall architecture follows latest W222 S-Class: a gentle twisted wave section across the IP, wide binnacle hood with broad flat screen beneath and no connection to the center console.
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Design Review: Mercedes Concept S-Class Coupé
1 Working in harmonyLovely surfacing through the rear haunch is a feature of most recent Mercedes including latest GLA and CLA. Here, the marked difference in radii and surfacing allows the two shoulder lines to work in harmony, rather than fight each other, as on many other cars e.g. SEAT.
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Design Review: Mercedes Concept S-Class Coupé
1 Long noseNose is treated as a separate volume, as on other sports models SL, SLS and CLA. But the twin ribs in hood, grille with concave section and signature pixelated texture are in danger of becoming over-used - a bit formulaic.