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Human Machine Interface: The leading edge - Part Two
Audi is trying to address some of these concerns with the interface of its Prologue concept. It signals the future direction of Audi HMI design, and suggests a major departure from the setup in most of the firm's current cars.
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Human Machine Interface: The leading edge - Part Two
In our first essay, we looked at the current status of in-car HMI, as well as some of the challenges facing the industry. In part two, we go hands-on with two leading interface designs.
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Has this artist created forms that genuinely visualize dynamic design?
German artist Felix Deimann explores abstract shapes in his latest animation, creating a work that's full of inspiring forms.
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Concept Car of the Week: Lincoln MK9 (2001)
In the '50s and '60s, Ford's luxury brand Lincoln stood for American elegance and luxury, using a singular timeless approach less baroque than that of Cadillac.
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EDAG reveals Geneva new concept that trades metal skin for lightweight fabric skin
Set to make its debut at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, the EDAG Light Cocoon is a small sports car concept that's bound to be compared to the BMW GINA concept, thanks to its flexible fabric skin.
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Design Development: Ford GT (2016)
If the 'flow-through' exterior design theme is a departure from what went before, then the interior is a complete new way of thinking, as Ford's global director of interior design, Amko Leenarts, explains: "I purposely directed the team not to revive the old GT [interior]. What I found more important ...
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Concept Car of the Week: Pininfarina Sigma (1969)
With its increasingly benign on-track spectacle and its intensely political off-track negotiations, it's easy to think that Formula 1 was better in the old days. But when you look back at the 1960s, one of the series' golden eras, while the racing was no-doubt superb, the staggering number of drivers ...
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Patrick le Quément to receive EyesOn Design 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award
Patrick le Quément has been selected as the latest recipient of the EyesOn Design Lifetime Design Achievement Award. Le Quément will be presented with the award in Detroit on 19 June 2015, as part of the EyesOn Design week. Le Quément was the senior vice-president of corporate design at Renault ...
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Exclusive: Creating James Glickenhaus' third one-off sports car - Pt2
The foam model tells designer Popović that he has more work on his plate: "We need to align the rear fenders better with the other shapes. But I'm not complaining. On race cars, the aerodynamicist always dictates everything, while the designer can only play with lights and decoration. That wasn't ...
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Exclusive: Creating James Glickenhaus' third one-off sports car - Pt2
Your author and photographer are the only journalists allowed to follow the development of this unique car from the very first stages until its unveiling at the 2015 Geneva motor show. This is the second chapter in an exclusive Car Design News series that shows the difficulties, intensities and emotions ...
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First Sight: Mercedes G-Code concept
"If you like a line, get rid of it. If you still like it, get rid of another one." Mercedes' head of design, Gorden Wagener, is beaming as he describes the design of the G-Code on a cool Monday night at Daimler's new R&D center in Beijing: "It is all ...
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Full Moon concept motorcycle blends steampunk and Art Deco to interesting effect
Alongside its work developing exhausts for the Audi LMP1 car and Valentino Rossi's MotoGP bike, Slovenian firm Akrapovič has unveiled its new Full Moon concept motorcycle at the Bad Salzuflen Custombike Show in Germany.
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What is character in car design, and how might this change in the future?
The fifth annual Autodesigno Cars of Character discussion panel took place on 21 October at Warner Brothers Studios in Los Angeles. The panel featured designers from North American studios: Derek Jenkins, director of design at Mazda North America; Frank Saucedo, director of advanced design at GM; Chris Chapman, chief designer ...
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Are headlights (headlamps) to see where we are going or to be seen driving a particular vehicle? by Peter Stevens
This post was re-published with the kind permission of Peter Stevens, one of Britain's most well-known and sought-after automotive and industrial designers. For more of his insights head over to his Facebook page.
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Concept Car of the Week: Corvette Astro II XP-880 (1968)
From its early days, the Corvette's success in racing contributed to its fame and popularity. But a fierce competition grew during the sixties with cars like Ford's untouchable GT40 and Jim Hall's visionary Chaparrals, both using mid-engine layouts. By 1967 Ford was offering a street version of its Le Mans ...
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Who's Where: Hubert Lee becomes Mercedes-Benz China design director
Hubert Lee has been announced as the design director of Daimler's new Beijing-based advanced design facility.
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Dutch designers explore how new tech may change our relationship with cars
Volvo has commissioned Dutch designers Niels van Eijk and Miriam van der Lubbe to create their vision of how new technologies may change our relationships with the car.
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Design Essay: Prospect and Refuge - a design principle for a new age of automotive design?
In 1975, English geographer, Jay Appleton, published a book called the Experience of Landscape. Within its pages he advanced an aesthetic theory, originally applied to landscape paintings, that has been embraced and debated in art and architectural circles for decades.
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Manzoni: Ferrari F1 Concept "a starting point for advancing the future of Formula 1"
Earlier in the week Ferrari showed a provocative vision of an alternative future Formula 1 car. It's the latest signal of the growing unrest within the sport as regulations reduce the room for innovation and excitement.