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Design Review: Mercedes F015 Luxury In Motion concept
Given what this car represents, it's strange not to be referencing something in its cabin but we find its vision somewhat disappointing. Instead, we'd point to the friendly, technically-advanced face that still clearly communicates 'Mercedes'.
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Design Review: Mercedes F015 Luxury In Motion concept
1. Gunslit viewWindows? Traditionally they have two functions - to let light into a space, and to let those inside see out. Here they only truly serve the first purpose - they are slit-like and high-set, meaning the view out takes a secondary role to...
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Design Review: Mercedes F015 Luxury In Motion concept
1. Plan viewThe plan view is one of the car's best and most interesting - you get a much better understanding of the clever way the body side wraps into the roof, and of the continuous screen running front to rear.
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Design Review: Mercedes F015 Luxury In Motion concept
1. Friendly faceThe most successful aspect of the design is the benign - almost friendly - face. It's appropriately unaggressive for a car that communicates with its surroundings.
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ArticleDesign Review: Mercedes F015 Luxury In Motion concept
First seen CES 2015, Las VegasType Monovolume/F-segment sedan
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Who's Where: Stefan Lamm leaves Ford to become Seat head of exterior design
Stefan Lamm has been announced as the new head of exterior design at VW Group's Spanish subsidiary, Seat. He leaves his current post as Ford Europe's exterior design director after a period of 10 years with the company.
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LA Design Challenge 2014 winners announced
This year, five international studios took part in the LA Design Challenge. The contest's brief for this eleventh running of the challenge was to design the automotive interior experience of the year of 2029. As always, the results of the contest were announced at a special event held at the ...
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Help American Dreaming movie tell the story of the postwar era's car designers [w/video]
The makers of a new movie charting America's postwar car designers are seeking donations to make the project become reality. The film's makers are hoping to raise $100,000 to make American Dreaming, a documentary movie that aims to tell the story of the lives of the men and women who ...
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Car Design Awards China 2015 competition now open
2015 CDN中国汽车设计大赛现已启动。此次的设计任务书由包括广汽集团、江淮、沃尔沃、大众、观致和吉利在内的一众主机厂设定，热烈邀请设计专业的在读学生从中选一并完成设计。
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First Sight: Divine DS concept
To mark 100 days since the announcement that DS was to become a brand of its own, separate from Citroën, it has created the Divine DS concept - a self-styled manifesto for the new marque.
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VIDEO: The artistry of the panel-beater uncovered
To call the men who have - literally - shaped the Italian car industry through its glory years simply ‘panel-beaters' is to do their artistry a disservice. Their craft, honed over decades, was at the heart of the Italian carrozzeria movement.
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Design Development: Mini Clubman Concept
The Clubman Concept departs from the brand's previous one-layout-fits-all approach to interior design and explores a cabin architecture more suited to a significantly wider vehicle. The key elements of this are an even greater visual focus on the circular center instrument; a more open, layered IP architecture punctuated with strong ...
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Design Development: Mini Clubman Concept
Type Compact wagonLength 4,223mmWidth 1,844mmHeight 1,450mmWheelbase 2,495mm
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Design Development: Lamborghini Asterion LPI910-4 concept
Unusually for Lamborghini, the main focus of the interior was comfort. "In terms of the interior design we wanted to evolve the strategy of roominess, minimize interior components and make them thinner," says design project manager, Michele Tinazzo.
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Design Development: Lamborghini Asterion LPI910-4 concept
Vehicle type Concept plug-in hybrid supercar
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What is the design language of the autonomous car? Google votes for cute
As we return from our festive holidays and sift through the news we've missed, it's the release of the latest version of Google's autonomous car that stands out.
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Henrik Fisker-designed Galpin Rocket to premiere at LA show
The first car designed by Henrik Fisker's since Fisker Automotive folded is set to be shown at next week's LA auto show.
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How will you get to work in the year 2030?
Imagine a future where New Jersey adopts mass public transit and on-demand jitneys; Boston becomes hyper-dense and walking becomes the primary means of transport; Atlanta disperses even further and relies on solar power, electric cars and Google connected technologies to manage mobility; and Los Angeles tries autonomous cars, but finds ...
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Graphics on formula 1 cars, what are they for and does anyone notice or care? 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.