All General Motors Design articles – Page 15
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Show Review: New York Auto Show 2012
During the New York auto show press days in early April, it was announced that the Volkswagen Up had been named World Car of the Year. But the Up was not on display at the show and if you polled attendees during the public days it is unlikely that five ...
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Creapole graduates on course to become influential designers
Since its establishment in 1981, the creative design school Creapole ESDI has enjoyed the rich atmosphere of its unique location, set in the cultural and historical heart of Paris between the Louvre and the Georges Pompidou Center.
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Lincoln gets own design studio
Ford is creating a dedicated design studio for its luxury brand Lincoln in an ongoing bid to rejuvenate the brand and position it further apart from the core Ford offering.
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General Motors to shut down Saab
General Motors has announced that it will be closing the Saab brand after the company was unable to strike a deal with Spyker Cars. This follows from last month's withdrawal of would-be suitor Koenigsegg, leaving Spyker the sole contender in the acquisition of the ailing Swedish brand.
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CCS/GM E-Flex project
Junior Transportation Design students at CCS in Detroit recently completed a project sponsored by General Motors developing vehicle concepts for one of GM's eight Global brands that utilized the innovative E-Flex technology, a plug-in, electrically driven powertrain with an on-board Range Extender.
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College Exhibition: Strate College Degree Show 2006
Graduating Transportation Design students at France's Strate College displayed their Diploma projects in the school's annual degree show, held at the central Paris school June 23-24. A jury of design managers from major European and international manufacturers including Renault, Citroen, General Motors, Hyundai, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen assessed the graduating students' ...
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Autoweek Design Forum 2007
The North American International Auto Show press days were followed again this year by the AutoWeek Design Forum. For this 14th edition of the Forum, the organizers picked 'Design for Success' as a theme for the conferences. And this theme was quite relevant given the gloomy forecasts made by some ...
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Michelin Challenge Design announces 2009 jury
Michelin Challenge Design, one of the world's top design competitions, has announced its panel of judges for 2009. The distinguished group of automotive design leaders will meet in July at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, to select the vehicle designs and concepts for special exhibition at the ...
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Four CCS students win awards in 22nd annual Michelin/CCS competition
Michelin and the College for Creative Studies (CCS) in Detroit, Michigan recently held their 22nd Annual College for Creative Studies Design Competition at the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education. Four CCS transportation students are receiving the exhibition opportunity of a lifetime when their winning designs are displayed in ...
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College Exhibition: RCA/GM - Fast Forward 2049
First year students at the Royal College of Art recently held an exhibition at the London Transport Museum commemorating the 40th anniversary of the school's vehicle design course. Sponsored by GM's Opel/Vauxhall division, 19 students responded to a brief that called for them to ‘Fast Forward into the Future'. ...
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College Exhibition: Cleveland Institute of Art Spring Show 2006
The 2006 Spring Show, held from May 10th to 12th in CIA's Gund Building in Cleveland, Ohio, featured the work of 50 industrial design majors, with 17 emphasizing transportation design.Among the twenty-one graduating majors seven focused on transportation design. Visitors to the show included designers from Daimler Chrysler, General Motors, ...
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Detroit Auto Show 2007 Trends and Overview
The 2007 North American International Auto Show seemed a little quieter than for the last three years, with few introductions from European brands, apart from the Jaguar C-XF concept and the Mercedes Ocean Drive concept. Ford unveiled the most concepts - more than General Motors or DaimlerChrysler. Design trends apparent ...
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Spotlight: The Future of GM
Summer in Detroit usually means vacation time, as factories close to retool for the new model year. The only signs of activity traditionally revolve around press previews of new cars in August. But in this year of crisis, which saw Chrysler and General Motors sink into bankruptcy and, with United ...
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Design and Technology at Siggraph 2008
From 11-15 August over 28,000 artists, research scientists, developers, filmmakers, and academics from around the world gathered in Los Angeles for the 35th Siggraph Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. The Siggraph conference includes courses and technical paper presentations, new technologies demos, an art gallery, computer animation festival, ...
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Pierre Authier: I'm not moving to Opel/Vauxhall
As the ongoing General Motors designer saga continues, the latest Opel/Vauxhall Vice President of Design elect, Pierre Authier has taken his name off the shortlist for the Rüsselsheim.
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Crystal Windham appointed Director of GM North American Passenger Car Design
Crystal L. Windham has been appointed Director of General Motors North American Passenger Car Design as of November 1, 2008. In her new position, Windham will head the interior design for the following architectures in GM North America: Global Midsize Car, Global Compact Car, and Global Small Car.
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Michelin Challenge Design announces 2008 jury
Michelin Challenge Design, known for enticing some of the world's most talented up and coming designers, has convened its 2008 panel of judges. The eight automotive design experts met July 16-17, 2007, at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, to select the vehicle designs and concepts for special ...
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Art Center Car-B-Que
Art Center's Transportation Design department is in the midst of celebrating its 60th anniversary. To commemorate the special occasion the department decided, instead of the large scale production "Car Classic" from years past, to hold an informal gathering of students, alumni, staff, faculty, and their cars. The event, sponsored by ...
