All Lighting design articles
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ArticleLighting suppliers merge innovation, branding and pricing
Affordability and executing a brand vision within design are the two top priorities for lighting suppliers
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ArticleJuggling aesthetics with affordability: Skoda’s lighting strategy
CDN talks to Skoda’s lead exterior lighting designer about challenges, promising technologies, and the struggle to stand out from the crowd
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ArticleTen intriguing concept car lighting designs
A sampler from the weird and wonderful world of concept cars
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ArticleTen strange and wonderful lighting designs
We see some wild lighting schemes on concept cars every year. But few make it into production. Here are a few that managed to slip past the censors
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ArticleThe key trends influencing automotive lighting design
What are the main trends shaping lighting design, and why has it become central to contemporary products?
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ArticleInterview: Lynk & Co’s Eileen Hwang
Lighting design has become ever more sophisticated as greater demands for efficiency, UX and aesthetics are placed upon the discipline. An industrial designer by training, Lynk & Co’s interior designer & lighting experience specialist Eileen Hwang is charged with developing the lighting design strategy for the brand. This interview is from the Spring edition of Interior Motives
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ArticleForvia’s minimalist tech shines at Michigan Central showcase
Jason White reports from Detroit where Tier 1 supplier Forvia gave a preview of what was to come at Auto Shanghai
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ArticleTechnology defines new Merc CLA
This new generation Mercedes-Benz CLA brings a familiar form to the table, now packed full of technology and more reliant on lighting than ever
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ArticleJanuary focus: perceived quality
This January Car Design News will be placing perceived quality under the spotlight
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Article“Aero-dramatic”?: The Lynk & Co 02
At a suitably quirky launch event in Milan – dancers, saxophones and laser shows all featured – Lynk & Co showed off its 02. Car Design News spoke to the design team
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ArticleInterview: Brian Balicki, head of design, Volvo Trucks North America
The interior of the new Volvo VNL truck highlights the crossover (and constrast) between commercial vehicle and passenger car design
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ArticleSwarovski Mobility on ‘the science of creativity’
Crystal is a relatively new material to the automotive industry and design teams looking to bring it in require an experienced partner
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ArticleHow does marketing influence car design?
Car Design News investigates how departments beyond the studio influence the final design of a vehicle. This time, it is not engineering, but marketing and product planning under the microscope
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ArticleVolvo on People Awards win and lighting design
Voted best lighting team at the 2023 People Awards, Volvo’s designers spoke to CDN about what’s next and how it feels to be recognised on a global stage
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Article“What do designers want? Freedom!”
Car Design News speaks to Marek Ramski of OLEDWorks at the Car Design Night Geneva 2024
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ArticleFlashback: Hidden headlamps, the ‘sunglasses’ of car design
Once considered the ‘sunglasses’ of the automotive world, this seemingly forgotten technology faces an uncertain future
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ArticleFlashback: sequential turn signals
In 1964, Ford introduced a redesigned model of its personal luxury car, the Thunderbird. It featured a new, sharper, more raptor-like design, more power with a massive 392 cubic inch V8 and a host of new luxury features, including an all-new interior. But one feature that did not make the ...
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ArticleWatch: Skoda lighting designer Petr Nevřela
Car Design News speaks to Petr Nevřela, lead exterior lighting designer at Škoda about the development of the brand’s award-winning lighting designs
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ArticleSuppliers hit up Shanghai auto show
It was not only the automakers at the Shanghai auto show – major suppliers were out in force too