All articles by Guy Bird – Page 15
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Show Review: Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2013
Aston Martin was well represented at Villa d'Este. The super rare and unquestionably beautiful 1961 DB4 GT was a treat....
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Show Review: Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2013
Physical proof that selling over-priced polo shirts with horse riders embroidered on their breasts has been a good earner, comes in the shape of the circa £30m 1938 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic owned by Ralph Lauren. It won best in show, rivets and all. Impressive. Ralph showed up too in a ...
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Show Review: Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2013
Firmly among the top three classic car events in the world - arguably alongside UK's Goodwood Festival of Speed and USA's Pebble Beach - Italy's Villa d'Este is perhaps the most design-led of the three and took place again on the beautiful shores of Lake Como last weekend (24-26 May).
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Design Development: Hyundai Intrado concept (HED-9)
Vehicle type concept fuel-cell crossoverLength 4,170mmWidth 1,850mmHeight 1,565mmWheelbase 2,650mm
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The Designers, Pt6 - Laurens van den Acker, Renault
Car Design News launched its first-ever Car Design Review yearbook at the Geneva Motor Show, featuring the award-winning Production Car and Concept Car Designs of 2013.
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The Designers Pt2 - Moray Callum, Ford
Car Design News launched its first-ever Car Design Review yearbook at the Geneva Motor Show, featuring the award-winning Production Car and Concept Car Designs of 2013.
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Studio Tour: Toyota CALTY Design Research, Newport Beach, CA
In another corridor references to cars are temporarily eradicated as we encounter a series of small life-class sculptures made by the designers. They provide fresh subject inspiration and are no doubt handy in improving their skills when they return to work on the complex forms of concepts like the LF-LC ...
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Studio Tour: Toyota CALTY Design Research, Newport Beach, CA
CALTY Design Research (Toyota / Lexus / Scion)Established 1973 Locations Newport Beach, California / Ann Arbor, Michigan, USASize 85,000 sq. ft (Newport Beach) / 32,000 sq. ft (Ann Arbor) Staff Circa 100 (split 60/40 between both sites)Studio leader Kevin Hunter
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The Designers Pt3 - Gert Hildebrand, Qoros
Car Design News launched its first-ever Car Design Review yearbook at the Geneva Motor Show, featuring the award-winning Production Car and Concept Car Designs of 2013.
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The Designers, Pt 9 - Tim Yerdon, Visteon
Car Design News launched its first-ever Car Design Review yearbook at the Geneva Motor Show, featuring the award-winning Production Car and Concept Car Designs of 2013.
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The Designers Pt1 - Gorden Wagener, Mercedes-Benz
Car Design News launched its first-ever Car Design Review yearbook at the Geneva Motor Show, featuring the award-winning Production Car and Concept Car Designs of 2013.
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Monterey Car Week 2013 - from Pebble Beach to Laguna Seca via The Quail
Arguably, The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, is the most exclusive event within Monterey Car Week. It's held some miles inland from Pebble Beach at another at suitably posh golf club - this time Quail Golf Lodge - and as the subtitle to the event suggests, it has very clear motorsport ...
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Monterey Car Week 2013 - from Pebble Beach to Laguna Seca via The Quail
Monterey Car Week has something for everyone. If classic motor racing is your thing, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Laguna Seca is the event to visit, mixing slices of the Le Mans Classic with the Goodwood Festival of Speed in a truly all-American fashion on the Saturday 17 August ...
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Monterey Car Week 2013 - from Pebble Beach to Laguna Seca via The Quail
Being a self-confessed Monterey Car Week newbie, I didn't really credit that its many global unveils happen all over the place and on different days. Also, not all of the seven 2013 new cars were repatriated from their select evening previews and early reveals back onto Pebble Beach's main putting ...
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Monterey Car Week 2013 - from Pebble Beach to Laguna Seca via The Quail
Car Design News' Guy Bird packed its bags for a visit to the largest, most fantasy-filled motoring event on the calendar to bring you all the greatest cars - old and new - from the Californian coast.
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The Designers, Pt7 - Ralph Gilles, Chrysler Group
Car Design News launched its first-ever Car Design Review yearbook at the Geneva Motor Show, featuring the award-winning Production Car and Concept Car Designs of 2013.
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Design Development: Rinspeed MicroMAX
The result - with its sliding doors and low-load floor for easier access for children or disabled people and made possible by the electric powertrain underneath provided by forklift truck experts Linde - looks clean enough, but it's also clear that the meat of this concept is the original thinking ...
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Design Development: Rinspeed MicroMAX
Vehicle type People mover EV concept Project leader Frank Rinderknecht Interior designers Peter Kägi and Alain BridesonColor and trim designers Johanna Axtmann and Ralf Imbery (Hornschuch); Udo Sawall and Julia Reinke (Strähle+Hess)Project started July 2012 Project completed January 2013 Launch Geneva motor show, March 2013
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Designer Interviews: Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos, Seat design director
CDN Being harsh you could say Seat is where designers go to start their VW management career and then move on, for example Walter de'Silva and Luc Donckerwolke? How do you see it?A M-R Above all, I'm part of the VW Group, and I think it's great people are moving ...
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Designer Interviews: Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos, Seat design director
Although 46-year old Spaniard Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos caught the car design bug at 10 or 12 years of age, he initially studied product design at Elisava Design School in Barcelona between 1986 and 1990, as well as working at product design company Associate Designers in his spare time.
