All General Motors Design articles – Page 3
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Interview
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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Interview
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
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News
Chevrolet launches Corvette C8 Convertible, C8.R
At a lauch event GM held at Cape Canaveral, Chevrolet has launched the mid-engined Corvette C8 Convertible, the first folding hardtop Corvette in its 66-year history, as well as the C8.R racing car that will compete at Le Mans and in the American IMSA series drom 2020 onwards
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Interview
Designer Interview: Ken Parkinson, GM China
Ken Parkinson, vice president of General Motors China design and GM international design, tells Car Design News about how he got into design, his current role with GM cars, what he wants to see in a young automotive designer
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Article
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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News
Who’s Where: Harry Sze becomes GM’s China Advanced Studio director
Outgoing BMW Designworks Shanghai studio director moves across town to join GM
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Article
Chevrolet unveils the long-awaited, mid-engine Corvette
The all-new C8 boasts a radical new design and vastly improved interior materials
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Article
Design interview: Sharon Gauci, GM
“In its purest form, design should be a sensory journey of discovery,” says GM’s executive director of industrial design
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Article
Randy Rodriguez moves to GM Patac
Now based in Shanghai, Rodriguez is helping to build Buick’s new design philosophy
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Article
Prefix: Fit at 40
Prototyping and bespoke build specialists Prefix are celebrating an anniversary – here’s how they got there, and where they’re going next
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Article
Design interview: Larry Erickson, Magna
Larry’s impressive career informs both his approach to design and to encouraging the next generation of creatives
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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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Article
Car Design Awards winners revealed and Car Design Review 6 launched
Car Design Awards winners for 2018 revealed and Car Design Review 6 launched
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Article
Concept Car of the Week: Buick ‘Y’ Job (1938)
Designed by the legendary Harley Earl, the Buick Y-Job was the first ever concept car. Car Design News delves into the back story of this landmark car
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Article
Concept Car of the Week: Pontiac ‘Ghost Car’ (1939)
The transparent Pontiac Ghost Car was unveiled at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York as part of General Motors Futurama exhibit
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Article
Palm Springs: Modernism, GM legends and the iconic Avanti
Palm Springs Modernism Week is a must for fans of mid-century modern – cars and their designers too
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Article
Concept Car of the Week: Triumph XL90 (1967)
In 1976, British marque Triumph proposed a vision of the year 2000, the XL90, which foreshadowed the modern MPV
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Article
CDR5 Lifetime Achievement Award: Wayne Cherry, GM
The illustrious career of a GM design legend, in his own words
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Article
Six books for your holiday wish list
Buy them for your learned friend, relative or colleague… or just get them for yourself