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Who’s Where: Filippo Perini takes charge of Genesis’s European design studio
Genesis has announced that Filippo Perini will join the company to become the chief designer of their Advanced Design studio in Germany. He will begin his new role on 16th September, after leaving his current post as head of design and innovation at the legendary Italdesign.
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Kia appoints Karim Habib to devise new design direction
Karim Habib, whose departure from Infiniti was recently announced, has been appointed as senior vice president and head of Kia Design Center, effective from October 2019. He is tasked with devising and developing the future design direction for Kia vehicles, as well as overseeing the design – exterior, interior, and colour and materials – of new models already in the pipeline, and will be based in the Kia studio in Namyang, South Korea, within the Hyundai Motor Group’s new, state-of-the-art, global design centre.
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Renault opens new Bucharest design facility
Back In June, Renault opened a new design centre in Bucharest with engineering and design teams now co-located. The Dacia brand, from which we have seen iconic models like the Dacia Duster and Sandero, certainly deserves the investment Renault is showing with this new facility
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Colin Phipps joins NIO
Colin Phipps, an American-born designer, is moving from GM China Global Advanced Design to NIO, and will be senior director of the Shanghai automotive design studio
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First Sight: Nissan Juke mk2 calms it down (a bit)
Nissan’s long-awaited second-generation Juke was previewed across five European cities yesterday (Monday Sept 2) so Car Design News popped along to the London event – where the car’s design was born – to chat to Nissan Design Europe’s design director Matt Weaver about the evolution of this B-segment small crossover
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Who’s Where: Taisuke Nakamura promoted as Karim Habib leaves Infiniti
Infiniti designer Taisuke Nakamura has been promoted to the position of Head of Design following the departure of Karim Habib. Nakamura has played a large role in all the of recent wave of connected, electric concept cars from Infiniti, such as the QX Inspiration, Prototype 10 and Qs Inspiration, concepts that have signalled the creative approach to new mobility solutions at Infiniti
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Who’s Where: Juho Suh moves from NIO to Hyundai
Former Shanghai design studio head for NIO becomes VP and head of Hyundai Design Innovation Group
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Pebble 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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Who’s Where: Sasha Selipanov moves from Genesis to Koenigsegg
The man credited with the Bugatti Chiron, Genesis Mint and Essentia will now lead car design for the Swedish hypercar trailblazer
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HYCAN+ design competition begins
New Chinese car brand HYCAN, a JV from GAC and NIO, has launched a competition to design the new SUVs graphic identity
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BMW recreates legendary BMW Garmisch
BMW recreates a lost Bertone concept for Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este
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Gordon Murray launches new book, virtual museum
Legendary sports car designer celebrates his 50-year career
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VW teases production ID.3 electric hatch
Pre-orders begin as the volks-elektrische-wagen draws nearer
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Car Design News launches new website
CDN took a look at our user interaction, and came up short. So we have invested in a whole new platform for content