Features – Page 6
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ArticleSyd Mead announces retirement
Syd Mead, former Car Design News lifetime achievement award winner, has officially retired from professional design, according to an announcement on social media
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ArticleConcept Car of the Month: Hymer VisionVenture RV (2019)
Experimental all-terrain motorhome, the Hymer VisionVenture, makes the American RV recipe look even more stale
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InterviewExclusive: Ralph Gilles talks Maserati, UX and beyond
On a sunny day in California, Car Design News got an exclusive update from FCA’s global president of product design, Ralph Gilles, on Maserati interior materials, UI and UX design, the positive side of shared components, and what the future might hold for this historic Italian sports car brand
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ArticleFirst Sight: BAC Mono R
Design director Ian Briggs introduces Car Design News to the updated ‘R’ version of the unique BAC Mono. BAC’s team of designers gave Mono a full aesthetic evolution for the first time – although not without a fresh wave of mechanical updates as this limited run of 30 cars bridges a gap between the Mono we know and a next-gen car that we’ll see in the near future.
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ArticleBook review: Design between the lines
Patrick Le Quément is a seminal designer who has worked at Simca, Ford, VW and Renault. This collection of essays is a tour de force through the design world of half a century and should be essential reading for anyone interested in design.
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ArticleGAC Entranze - designed to share experiences
Chinese automotive company GAC used virtual reality technology to connect the China and LA studios’ together to design this striking crossover-MPV for the Detroit auto show in 2019. Look inside and the fresh approach to the MPV typology becomes even more apparent - led by Pontus Fontaeus, its interior materials, textures and shapes create some really interesting themes for travelling with friends or family in the connected age
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ArticleExclusive: Roberto Giolito on the 2004 Fiat Trepiuno
In the second of our series exploring the Fiat Heritage Hub, head of the new facility, Roberto Giolito, reveals a few secrets behind one of its most influential exhibits and his most famous design, the trailblazing 2004 Trepiuno…
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ArticleHow 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
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ArticleHow 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
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ArticleHow 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
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ArticleHow 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
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ArticleHow 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
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ArticleDesign Essay: What is a ‘luxury’ car?
With more and more brands going upmarket, it is worth examining this often-misused term…
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ArticleFlavio Manzoni and the one-of-a-kind Ferrari P80/C
The Ferrari Senior Vice President of Design talks to CDN about one-offs and design inspirations
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ArticleDesign Driven – Honda e prototype
Honda’s Urban EV’s showroom car is nearly ready. That won’t be unveiled until the Frankfurt motor show, so we took the near-production protoype for a design drive
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ArticleCartier concours
Cartier Style et Luxe lawn at the Goodwood Festival of Speed had a stunning array of classic cars
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ArticleDesign Essay: Are ‘Responsible’ Cars the Future?
We took a look at why a holistic view of a vehicle’s environmental and social impact is needed when developing the cars of the future
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ArticleShanghai 2019 overview
Now the dust has settled on the biggest auto show of the year, we asked Drew Meehan join the dots of what we saw in April in Shanghai
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ArticleStudent’s design review of Shanghai 2019
Winner of CDN’s CDAC award 2019, Liu Dong, walked the halls for CDN and reviewed the cars that caught his eye at the Shanghai’s motor show 2019
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ArticleQ&A with YooJung Ahn, head of design, Waymo
Celebrating 10 years of self-driving design development, Car Design News chats to Waymo’s head of design YooJung Ahn