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NewsWho’s Where: Klaus Bischoff promoted, Jozef Kabaň to join VW
VW Group reshuffles its design management, with longtime head of VW design moving up, and ex-BMW man Kabaň slotting into the vacated space
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First Sight: Mercedes Vision Simplex
To coincide with its newest Advanced Design studio opening in Nice, Mercedes-Benz unveiled a fun-filled concept called the Vision Simplex
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Magna Global Bold Perspective Award winner announced
The winner of Magna’s Global Bold Perspective competition has been announced at LA Auto Show
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Discussing Canoo Design with Richard Kim
Richard Kim, the lead designer at Canoo, speaks to CDN about the new company and its unusual approach to vehicle design
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Design interview: Domagoj Dukec, BMW Head of Design
The design direction BMW is pursuing may be controversial but is quite deliberate, as we discovered when we spoke to the man recently promoted to lead it, Domagoj Dukec
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BMW Design spotlight
BMW has shown some really interesting Vision concept cars in the last few years, most recently, the Vision M Next. If you want to understand what BMW design’s aesthetic values are – the Vision cars are a good place to start.
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China Report: Bordrin’s customer-led design
Chinese EV start-up Bordrin will not create the conventional ‘family face’ for its range of production cars. Instead, as CEO Ximing Huang and designer Yaoke Zhang told Car Design News, models will be wholly tailored to each demographic
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China Report: Ford’s renewed China push
‘Ford China 2.0’ calls for 30 new Ford and Lincoln vehicles tailored for Chinese consumers over the next three years. Car Design News spoke to Ford China head of design Simon Brook, and strategy leader Erika Tsubaki in Shanghai to find out what that means for design
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Designer Interview: Fan Zhang, GAC
From Car Design Review 6, comes our interview with GAC VP and head of design, Fan Zhang.
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The Timeless Relevance of Syd Mead
A retrospective on one of the most distinctive and inspirational designers we’ve ever seen.
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Car Design Awards China: Q&A with the 2019 Winners
CDN caught up with the overall and category winners of the 2019 Car Design Awards China competition…
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Designer Interview: Anthony Villain, Alpine
From Car Design Review 6: we got the low-down from Alpine chief design officer Anthony Villain on the thinking that goes into the renewed Renault brand’s design philosophy.
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Designer Interview: Satoru Tai, Nissan
From the Car Design Review 6 yearbook: Satoru Tai, Nissan executive design director and VP of Creative Box, talks Car Design News through his inspirations, the state of play with Nissan design, and the advantage of more diverse employee backgrounds
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The Lasting Appeal of Syd Mead’s Turn-X Gundam
With the recent announcement the Syd Mead is winding down his design activities for good, we’ve found ourselves reflecting once more upon the famed visual futurist’s incomparable career, such as ths Turn-X Gundam fight-suit design
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CDN LA Forum 2019 – unpicking design
The Los Angeles Forum 2019, organised by CDN with Automobility LA, takes place on Day one (press day) of the auto show. Co-located with the show, the Forum pulls together the best designers operating in the mobility space right now and ends the event with our Designer Night (drinks, food and networking for automotive designers).
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Who’s Where: Fengyou Gong moves to Qoros
Former Peugeot China design director for their Shanghai R&D centre, Fengyou ‘Peter’ Gong, has started his new job as VP of design at Qoros, owned by Baoneng Motors
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Interview: Valuing Venucia design with Taiji Toyota
Car Design News spoke to Taiji Toyota, deputy managing director of Nissan and Dongfeng’s Chinese joint venture, Venucia, about the brand’s evolution and increasing product independence
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Designer Interview: Shao Jingfeng, SAIC
From CDR6: SAIC’s global design director talks us through the transformation of Roewe and MG design
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Carsten Monnerjan becomes head of design at Italdesign
Carsten Monnerjan has been promoted by Italdesign to become the famous Italian design house’s head of design, effective immediately.
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Enovate - interview with Hakan Saracoglu
Enovate is one of a raft of electric car startups in China which supposedly reached 450 at their zenith. “They’re consolidating now, it’s the right thing to do there were way too many” says Enovate vice president of design, Hakan Saracoglu. The Turkish born German national has fifteen years’ experience with Porsche along with shorter stints at Ford and Chery
