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Design Review: WGSN-homebuildlife Trend Report Spring 2013
This is the first of this year's special quarterly reports for CDN members from WGSN-homebuildlife, the online trend forecasting and product design tool created for the interiors market. Both services specialise in trend analysis; what's in, what's coming and what's inspiring in terms of shapes, fabrics and colors for designers, ...
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Driven: BMW Z4
Loved as it may be by its loyal fanbase, the outgoing Z4 was always something of a mixed bag in terms of design. While the car's classic long-bonnet, cab-back profile and short overhangs should have pleased the eye, the BMW's sheer frontal mass made its proportions seem out of balance. ...
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Design Review: Renault Ondelios
Inside the Ondelios has three rows of seats, each row comprising of two seats 'designed, like giant leaves, to hug their occupants who can curl up in them to enjoy the comfort and support they afford,' according to Renault. Like the exterior - and the interiors of previous up-scale Renault ...
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Cadillac Sixteen (2003)
Many premium brands struggle to keep their heritage of crafts and aesthetics up to date without often falling into obvious retro references. With a rich tradition of innovation, Cadillac tackled this difficult task in 2003 by creating the stunning Sixteen concept.
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Design Review: Renault Ondelios
Just as supporters of sports teams show up in droves at local games, the elaborate concepts presented by the three main French manufacturers at their home show has become a defining characteristic at the Paris Motor Show for more than a decade.
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Design Review: BMW Concept CS
The exterior of the CS has many subtle innovations and was well-regarded by many of the designers we spoke with in Shanghai. But there were just as many who felt that the car was overly complicated or fussy in its detailing - the rear aspect in particular being cited as ...
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Design Review: BMW Concept CS
The sedan is a generic car. The three box profile of hood, cabin and trunk is the bare essence of what a "car" is as an artifact. But this established typology is in decline. The hatchback replaced the smaller sedans several decades ago, and in recent years sales of mid-size ...
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Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2008
A prize awarded to the contemporary concept car was introduced in 2002. The prize has been a regular fixture of the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este since then, creating a link between the past and the future of the automobile. About 10 to 12 concept cars and prototypes are presented, some ...
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Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2008
The Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este is one of the most significant of all events celebrating historic cars. Held for the first time in 1929 and revived in the 1990s, the Concorso is held in Cernobbio, on the shores of Lake Como, Italy. A focus on design, originality and perfect preservation ...
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Design Review: BMW M1 Hommage
The wheels are a development of the original 'spider's web' or 'boomerang' design, although they are more deeply dished and have more sculpture within them. Likewise, the dished rear deck with four black louvers references the original M1 but the theme also suggests raw power and, as before, the twin ...
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Design Review: BMW M1 Hommage
To mark the 30th anniversary of the BMW M1 super sports car, BMW Group Design presented a hommage to this legendary model at last month's Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2008. The BMW M1 Hommage concept sets out to combine the proportions and graphic themes of the BMW M1 with the ...
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Show Review: Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2013
Lake Como view from Villa Erba grounds. Pleasant...
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Show Review: Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2013
‘Challenging' trousers are almost mandatory for Villa d'Este visitors. Here are four of our favourites...
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Show Review: Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2013
Aston Martin was well represented at Villa d'Este. The super rare and unquestionably beautiful 1961 DB4 GT was a treat....
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Show Review: Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2013
Physical proof that selling over-priced polo shirts with horse riders embroidered on their breasts has been a good earner, comes in the shape of the circa £30m 1938 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic owned by Ralph Lauren. It won best in show, rivets and all. Impressive. Ralph showed up too in a ...
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Show Review: Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2013
Firmly among the top three classic car events in the world - arguably alongside UK's Goodwood Festival of Speed and USA's Pebble Beach - Italy's Villa d'Este is perhaps the most design-led of the three and took place again on the beautiful shores of Lake Como last weekend (24-26 May).
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Show Review: Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013
Next door, the Supercar Paddock offered a chance to see the latest showings from today's manufacturers including latest concept cars about to be given their baptism on the Goodwood hillclimb. New debuts included the Jaguar Project 7 concept, a roadster version of the F-Type, designed by Alister Whelan and Cesar ...