All articles by Owen Ready – Page 7
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Don't kill the Coupe Franche before it's born
It would be a shame if this potentially defining motif were rejected before it's been properly executed for production
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The Designers Pt7 – Brian Lee, Hyundai
Hyundai's senior design VP on future brand strategy and thinking globally
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Is Luc Donckerwolke heading to Hyundai-Kia as long-term Schreyer replacement?
Rumours mount that former head of Bentley design is to replace fellow Schreyer
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Sitting on the Strate ecole de design diplôme jury
A great way to deeply understand the intentions and results of the most important projects of these young designers’ careers so far
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Car Design Review 1 yearbook sold out
For the first time ever Car Design News is jumping from your desktop and onto your bookshelf. Car Design Review 1 – our new yearbook – is now available.
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Welcome to the new Car Design News
It won’t have escaped your notice that Car Design News now looks a little different
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‘Vehicle design lab’ blog gives insight into Royal College of Art's Vehicle Design MA projects ahead of June show
Blog highlights the wide range of projects we can expect to see when the doors of the London-based institution opens its doors to the industry on 23 June
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Coventry University Transportation and Automotive design Tumblr previews 28 May degree show
Coventry University Transportation and Automotive design students have set up a Tumblr blog in the run-up to their graduation show on 28 May.
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Rover Mini Spiritual and Spiritual Too (1997)
The alternative future of Mini, borne of a rejected proposal
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ArticleDriven: Volvo XC90 (2015)
Getting to know Ingenlath’s first Volvo in the real world, the XC90
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BMW to show 3.0 CSL Hommage concept at Villa d'Este
BMW is set to unveil a concept car inspired by the iconic 1970s E9 3.0 CSL. Called 3.0 CSL Hommage, it's the latest in a series of retro-inspired show cars built for the Villa d'Este Concorso d'Eleganza.
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Trends: Aero Wheels
The BBS rims used by Porsche's motorsport department during the late 1970s through to the mid-'80s often featured wheel covers which drew air into the wheel via a hidden turbine, helping to both cool the brakes and smooth out the airflow along the car's flanks. But the next generation of ...
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Trends: Aero Wheels
A quiet revolution is occurring right underneath our wheelarches. As 'efficiency' continues to be the buzzword of the automotive industry, so designers are seeking new ways - and rediscovering old ones - to convey the latest trend in their products.
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Concept Car of the Week: Citroën C-Airdream
In the 1990s and early 2000s one of the most charismatic, brave and forward-thinking car makers, Citroën, had been reduced to the maker of budget, mainstream Euro boxes such as the Saxo and Xsara.
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First Sight: Skoda Octavia
The new Skoda Octavia was unveiled earlier this week in the Czech brand's museum at its home in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic. Car Design News was in attendance to check out the third generation of what the company calls ‘the heart of Skoda'.
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Pforzheim University Winter Show 2011
Christopher LaiRebellious ArchitectureThe naivety of this Kia-branded coupe's side profile is intentional. While thematically based on a child's three-box doodle, subtly resolved surfacing and super-precise detailing whispers its sophistication. Lai envisages a scenario in 2050 where street art becomes 3D thanks to temporary nanotechnology-based structures straight from the spray can. ...
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Pforzheim University Winter Show 2011
Pforzheim University's bi-annual graduation exhibitions are firmly established as highlights of the auto design calender. And if the number of design professional wielding business cards was any indication, we weren't the only ones keen to grab a word with the students.
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Video: Chip Foose talks about, renders his first VW Golf
In order to promote the launch of the Golf R in the US, Volkswagen has created a series of videos featuring fans of the iconic Euro hatch for a new iPad app. Here Chip Foose, founder of Foose Design and presenter of hit TV show, Overhaulin', tells the story of ...
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RIP Anatole ‘Tony’ Lapine 1930-2012
Anatole ‘Tony’ Lapine, head of Style Porsche from 1969 to 1988, passed away at the age of 81 on 29 April at his home in Baden-Baden, Germany.
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Concept Car of the Week: Renault Argos (1994)
The 1994 Renault Argos concept is the little sports car based on the humble Twingo that continues to resonate in design terms.
