All Careers articles – Page 3

  • CDN Magna competition 2019 NA winner Zehao Zhang Theme A, life etension
    Article

    North America winner announced - Magna 2019 Global Bold Perspective Award

    2019-08-23T12:15:00Z Sponsored by

    Magna’s student design competition asked young designers based in Europe, North America and China to develop innovative vehicle exterior designs for 20-30 years into the future. The winners of the North American region have just been decided, and the winner will receive a $5,000 cash prize and will join the other finalists at the Car Design News LA Forum, which takes place just before the Los Angeles auto show in November 2019.

  • CDN_Large-JuhoSuh
    News

    Who’s Where: Juho Suh moves from NIO to Hyundai

    2019-08-22T14:28:00Z

    Former Shanghai design studio head for NIO becomes VP and head of Hyundai Design Innovation Group

  • Nissan SH studio - digital sketching 2019
    Article

    How to be a car designer Pt7: Just got hired, the adventure begins…

    Professional car designer and transportation design teacher Luciano Bove offers aspiring car designers advice on how to make a career out of car design, get into a university which teaches transportation design and then grab every opportunity that become available. This series of articles is a must-read for anyone who wants to become a professional car designer. In this, the final article in the series, we offer advice on surviving your first weeks as a professional car designer

  • BYTON Design Studio Opening7
    Article

    How to be a car designer part 6: The internship

    Professional car designer and transportation design teacher Luciano Bove offers aspiring car designers advice on how to make a career out of car design and get into a university which teaches transportation design. This series of articles is a must-read for anyone who wants to become a professional car designer. In this penultimate article of this series, we offer advice on making the most of the internship

  • CDN sketching, not part of the interview process
    Article

    How to be a car designer Pt5: The (job) interview

    Professional car designer and transportation design teacher Luciano Bove offers aspiring car designers advice on how to make a career out of car design and get into a university which teaches transportation design. This series of articles is a must-read for anyone who wants to become a professional car designer. In this article we look at preparing for the job interview

  • CDN Sketch-off LMS 2019 Hui Li winning sketch
    Article

    How to be a car designer Pt4: Your portfolio

    Professional Car Designer and transportation design teacher Luciano Bove offers aspiring car designers advice on how to make a career out of car design and get into a university which teaches transportation design. This series of articles is a must-read for anyone who wants to become a professional car designer. In this feature we examine the art of building a strong automotive design portfolio

  • How to be a car designer
    Article

    How to be a car designer part 3: Going to design school

    Professional Car Designer and transportation design teacher Luciano Bove offers aspiring car designers advice on how to make a career out of car design and get into a university which teaches transportation design. This series of articles is a must-read for anyone who wants to become a professional car designer. In this featue he offers advice on how to make the most of your time at university and put yourself first in line for a job in car design

  • IED Barca Christoph Sokol proceso_maquetas_seat_tesis_16_19 copy (1)
    Article

    How to be a car designer part 2: Starting design school

    Professional Car Designer and transportation design teacher Luciano Bove offers aspiring car designers advice on how to make a career out of car design and get into a university which teaches transportation design. This series of articles is a must-read for anyone who wants to become a professional car designer

  • How to be a car designer Luciano Bove
    Article

    How to be a car designer Part 1: Turning passion into a profession

    Professional Car Designer and transportation design teacher Luciano Bove offers aspiring car designers advice on how to make a career out of car design and get into a university which teaches transportation design. This series of articles is a must-read for anyone who wants to become a professional car designer

  • Swifter main image
    Article

    China winner announced - Magna 2019 Global Bold Perspective Award

    2019-06-26T16:55:00Z Sponsored by

    The first region in the Magna Global Bold Perspective Award has announced its results – we reveal the winning work 

  • IED Barca Alberto Torrecillas DSC_8829
    Article

    IED Barcelona: Graduating into a changing world for transportation design

    2019-06-17T13:34:00Z Sponsored by

    Where are they now, and how do they see transportation design developing? Four former students from IED Barcelona describe their roles and careers since graduating…

  • maxresdefault
    Article

    Roadster Life busts some myths

    2019-06-10T11:03:00Z

    Created by CDN fan and automotive freelance designer (and author)  Matteo Licata, this mythbusting video will brighten your week

  • CDN Michelin Challenge Design winners 2019 MCD_JURY MEETING_16
    Article

    Michelin’s Challenge Design winners announced

    2019-06-06T15:02:00Z

    The theme of this year’s challenge was ‘Inspiring Mobility’, which looked for ideas about how to put emotion and human interaction into focus in the mega cities of 2035

  • CDN Sketch-off LMS 2019 Hui Li winning sketch
    Article

    CDN Sketch-off at the London Motor & Tech show

    2019-05-21T13:27:00Z

    At this year’s London motor show Mike Brewer compèred the first ever Car Design News live Sketch-off

  • Designing Car Interiors by Tim Pilsbury
    Article

    New book - Designing Car Interiors

    2019-03-28T10:22:00Z

    Tim Pilsbury’s new book, Designing Car Interiors, is an excellent addition to the car design library

  • Juke headlights.jpg
    Article

    Car Design Essentials Part 3: Graphics

    2018-09-05T15:50:00Z

    Designers talk of “having an eye for design,” an intuitive sense of what’s harmonious and what is undesirable but what exactly are the components of the criteria that they’re using? For automotive design  it essentially breaks down into three steps, which we term ‘Bones, Muscles and Graphics’. In this final part, we examine the third element of evaluating automotive design, the graphic treatment (grilles, lamps, window shapes, shutlines, DRG, DLO, wheels)

  • red porsche.jpg
    Article

    Car Design Essentials Part 2: Muscles

    2018-08-28T16:59:00Z

    How do you teach automotive design students to develop a good eye for design; to intuitively draw vehicles with good proportions, pleasing lines and a strong design character? Essentially, it breaks down into three steps, which I term ‘Bones, Muscles and Graphics’. Over the course of three articles Nick Hull will introduce these steps and explain the components of each element that builds into a complete set of principles.

  • 2e1441efc303fd758919cf0d1bfc46a2b866e70d.jpg
    Article

    Car Design Essentials Part 1: Bones

    2018-08-17T16:48:00Z

    How do you teach automotive design students to develop a good eye for design; to intuitively draw vehicles with good proportions, pleasing lines and a strong design character? Essentially, it breaks down into three steps, which I term ‘Bones, Muscles and Graphics’. Over the course of three articles Nick Hull will introduce these steps and explain the components of each element that builds into a complete set of principles.

  • Article

    How much does it cost for a car designer to live in different cities around the world? And what’s the quality of living?

    2016-07-27T16:02:06Z

    What to expect when living in one of the world’s car design cities