All articles by Karl Smith – Page 7
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ArticleArtCenter Degree Show, Summer 2019
The latest student degree show from ArtCenter design school in California presents some intriguing mobility design concepts
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NewsPebble 2019: Bugatti Centodieci recalls the EB110
Bugatti has debuted its latest hypercar, the Centodieci, at The Quail, a motorsports gathering in Carmel Valley, as part of the Monterey Car Week. CDN discovers that its design pays homage to the legendary Bugatti EB110, with some distinct differences
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ArticleConcept Car of the Month: ATNMBL (2009)
The autonomous concept study that ripped up the car design rulebook
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ArticlePebble 2019: first sight of the Acura Type S concept
This week at the 2019 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Acura will introduce a new expression of the Precision design language in the form of the Type S concept sedan. We take a look at the design language and consider how it will feed into future models
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ArticleConcept Car of the Month: Lo-Res and The Consumer (2016)
Two remarkable concepts explore the ‘Form Zero’ of automotive design
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ArticleDesign 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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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Quasar Khanh’s Unipower City Car
The Unipower City Car, a tiny rolling glass box, was introduced in the 1960s, and designed by an unlikely engineer-turned-car and furniture designer, Quasar Khanh
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ArticleArtCenter Spring Degree Show 2019
The latest envelope-pushing projects from California’s prestigious car design course
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ArticleAndreas Thurner named Vice President at Karma Automotive
Having been instrumental in the SC1, Thurner will lead the creation of a luxury EV line-up as VP Global Design and Architecture
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ArticleConcept Car of the Month: VW Futura (1989)
The once and future Golf? The Volkswagen Futura, introduced at IAA Frankfurt in 1989, was once considered the future of the German marque
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ArticleKarma Automotive launches ‘New Dawn’ product showcase
Californian brand shows us how they are moving beyond a revived Fisker sedan
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: BMW Vision EfficientDynamics (2009)
A study in aero, packaging and fuel saving that still looks futuristic
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Lincoln Futura (1955)
The Lincoln Futura concept car is most widely known in its later incarnation as the Batmobile in the 1960s television series Batman. But that is just one part of its long life, and the car is proof that some concept cars can lead interesting lives far beyond the motor show circuit
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ArticleDave Marek draws Acura’s future design language
We get an impromptu design primer during a recent studio visit in LA
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Ford MA (2002)
In 2002 Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art celebrated the work of automotive designer J Mays with an exhibition called Retrofuturism: The Work of J Mays. It was a retrospective of his work which included the Audi Avus, the Volkswagen Concept One and Ford New Thunderbird, among others.