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Interview: Ken Okuyama, CEO, Ken Okuyama Design
Ken Okuyama is not your typical car designer. He is one of the elite few to have given up a prestigious position at one of the world's most illustrious firms to spearhead the creation of his own brand. Just as fellow Art Center College of Design graduate Henrik Fisker, Okuyama ...
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Design Review: Bertone Pandion concept
Of course Bertone, under designer Marcello Gandini, invented the dramatic scissor door, but here the performance reaches new levels. Fully 3.6m in length, the doors soar upwards, rotating around the rear wheelarch. There's no single hinge point, rather they motor around a circular track, another idea that was first showcased ...
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Design Review: Bertone Pandion concept
Bertone and Pininfarina: two great names in carrozzeria but with very different approaches to design. Bertone was traditionally more outrageous, so it's good to see the company back on track with this latest polarizing design, which shocked a number of visitors at Normal ...
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Design Review: Citroën C-Metisse concept
The interior develops themes seen on the C-Airlounge and C-Sportlounge concepts but taken to a new extreme. Vidal explains the concept: "There are separated zones for the driver and the three passengers, with a different ambience in each zone. It's like a fighter jet and a business jet!" The passengers ...
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Design Review: Citroën C-Metisse concept
A successful showcar needs to be dramatic to capture the attention of the media and visiting public. Citroen have produced a string of recent concept cars that meet this aim, particularly the series of C-Airdream, C-Airlounge and C-Sportlounge designed since 2002 and the latest C-Metisse continues the series. The bones ...
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Design Review: Mazda Senku concept
Given the similarity between the Japanese and European studios' view on exterior design, it seems likely a direction has been found - although it will be all the more intriguing to see what the California studio produces for Detroit.
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Design Review: Mazda Senku concept
In many ways Mazda is the most western of Japanese car brands; it's part owned by Ford, has been run by an American, and its design is under the stewardship of a Scot; Moray Callum. At Tokyo, whilst the most memorable designs from Mazda's local competitors were quintessential Japanese show ...
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Design Review: Ferrari 599 GTB
But it is at the rear of the 599 that there is its most distinctive design feature; slim rear buttresses that float separate to the rear window and help channel the airflow around from the side of the car over the rear spoiler to increase down force, and disguising the ...
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Design Review: Ferrari 599 GTB
There are few greater automotive mythologies than a red Ferrari. It is an archetype of the sports car, the car millions of people promise to themselves to own one day, the ultimate - the obvious ultimate. And the new 599 GTB Fiorano is the new ultimate Ferrari, if less expensive ...
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Flavio Manzoni to Head Ferrari Design
Flavio Manzoni, Head of Creative Design at the Volkswagen Group, is set to take on a new role as Chief of Design at Ferrari starting January 1, 2010. Manzoni, currently part of the design team headed up by Walter de'Silva, will be based at Centro Stile Ferrari and charged with ...
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The Designers Pt4 - Anne Asensio, Dassault Systemes
Car Design News launched its first-ever Car Design Review yearbook at the Geneva Motor Show, featuring the award-winning Production Car and Concept Car Designs of 2013.
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The Designers, Pt 10 - Dave Marek, Honda
Car Design News launched its first-ever Car Design Review yearbook at the Geneva Motor Show, featuring the award-winning Production Car and Concept Car Designs of 2013.
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2013 Interior Motives School League Report
CDN Interior Motives Student Design Competition: Schools Winning Index
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2013 Interior Motives School League Report
With the launch of the 2014 Interior Motives Student Design Awards last week, design tutors around the world once again have the opportunity to shine a spotlight on their school's teaching excellence by propelling their school to the top of the Car Design News-Interior Motives Schools league. Encourage your students ...
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Who's Where: Walter de'Silva appointed Head of VW Group Design
Volkswagen has just announced that Walter de'Silva, 55, has been appointed Head of Volkswagen Group Design.
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Who's Where: Wolfgang Egger to head Audi Group Design
Following fast on the heels of the appointment of Walter de'Silva as Volkswagen Group Head of Design earlier this month, is the appointment of Wolfgang Egger to head of Audi Group Design. Egger will begin his new position effective from 1 May, 2007. Stefan Sielaff remains head of the Audi ...
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Essay: Tandem 1+1 Cars
It seems that smaller cars will form an increasingly important part of our future transportation scene and most car makers are looking at what kind of new product they might offer to entice buyers into this unknown territory. In car market terms, the whole category of ‘sub A-Segment' cars is ...
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Frankfurt Motor Show 2011 - Trends and Overview
Every other Fall, the automotive industry slips on its most comfortable shoes and heads to the vast, sprawling show halls of Frankfurt's Messe.
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Design Services: Motorcity Europe
And often compounding the pressures of this situation for OEM design studios are shorter lead times with reduced budgets. Car manufacturers' in-house design studios have developed new processes and organizational structures that improve efficiency, but the pressure on them to deliver higher quality in ever more quantity is still ...