All Ford Design articles – Page 3
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Design Essay: Big Screen, Big Problem?
Integrating screens in car interiors comes with a set of significant problems, from aesthetic decisions to considering the life-cycle of the vehicle. You could argue that how screens are handled within the instrument panel highlights many of the wider creative challenges of mobility design
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ArtCenter 2019/20 Degree Show
Quality over quantity at the leading California automotive design school ArtCenter
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Jukeboxes: the unlikely automotive influence
A look at the connection between mid-century American cars and jukeboxes
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CES 2020: Fisker Ocean
The new Fisker Ocean electric SUV, which debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), promises to be far more affordable
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CES 2020: Is Sony’s Vision S a scary sight, or a revelation for carmakers and suppliers?
Should automotive manufacturers fear or embrace this surprise announcement from the consumer technology giant?
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Design Essay: Why is Car Design so Hooked on the Past?
Retro car designs have been appearing throughout the 21st century so far… but why are they so popular?
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Remembering Syd Mead, 1933-2019
Syd Mead, visual futurist, automotive designer, motion picture concept designer, industrial designer, and an inspiration to almost everyone working in these design fields, has died at the age of 86, succumbing to complications of lymphoma, which he had fought for the last three years.
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Design Essay: The Strange Allure of Ugliness
Are tastes changing, or is taste simply disappearing? We try not to cover our eyes…
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Ford unveils the electric Mustang Mach-E SUV
Just ahead of this week’s LA auto show, Ford revealed its first all-electric vehicle, a five-seat SUV inspired by the iconic Mustang.
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Show Review: K 2019
Car Design News reports on the 2019 K trade fair in Düsseldorf, which explored the use of plastics in automotive design and manufacturing
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Syd 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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In Memoriam: Luigi Colani (1929-2019)
CDN takes a visual look back at the life and career the mercurial and deliciously controversial German designer Luigi Colani, following news of his death at the age of 91
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Design 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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ArtCenter Spring Degree Show 2019
The latest envelope-pushing projects from California’s prestigious car design course
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Vision Gran Turismo – The Cars
(This was originally a bonus section attached to our essay about how car design and video games have overlapped in recent years, which you can read here.) A Rolling Start The idea of cars designed specifically for video games didn’t arrive suddenly. As well as its own in-game ‘LM Race ...
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Design interview: Luciano d'Ambrosio, LDA Design
The Founder and CEO of LDA-Design draws on his Turin networks to get things done
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The Winds of Time: What Makes a Design ‘Dated’?
“I used to like it, but it seems so dated now…”
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CDN Lifetime Achievement Award winner 2018 Martin Smith
Having studied at London’s RCA, Sheffield-born Martin Smith carved a career from his hobby. His first position was at Porsche and, when he retired, he was head of Ford Europe (and Asia-Pacific Design). Career highlights include the Audi Quattro and creating Kinetic Design for Ford. CDN presented Martin with his ...
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Magna Global Bold Perspective Award: meet the judging team
Students entering Magna’s design competition will have their work judged by a world-class panel boasting production car, motorcycle, custom car and feature-film design expertise
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