All articles by Owen Ready – Page 9
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Design Development: Lamborghini Aventador
“We were driven by aeronautics, by nature, by minerals - we found inspiration in crystals and this was very, very interesting.” They may sound like mood board clichés, but the car's surfacing rings true of these sources of inspiration, with the complex interplay of surface and volume.
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Design Development: Lamborghini Aventador
The project took three and a half years from conception to delivery: "remember that this was a really long process - we did a lot of proposals, a lot of sketches and 1:4 and full-scale models - it was a very big job in order for us to reach the ...
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Ford announces new Silicon Valley research laboratory
Ford has announced plans to open a new R&D center in California's Silicon Valley with a view to creating a hub for collaborative technology projects. With neighbors including Google, Microsoft, facebook, Apple and Stanford University, it's certainly setting up shop in the right part of town. Its location also connects ...
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Design Essay: Hybrid Car Design
Skimming along in an original, turn-of-the-millennium Honda Insight - arcade game digital gauges gently blinking amber and green, impossibly low scuttle ahead, enveloping boat tail aft - it's impossible not to question how far the genre has evolved since this, the first globally-available hybrid was launched over a decade ago.
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Coventry University Degree Show 2010
Corvette C9Paul Nichols"One of the most difficult tasks a designer can be challenged with," says BA student Paul Nichols, "is reinventing something which already has a well established pedigree." Automotive icons don't come much more established than the Corvette, yet Nichols' C9 - three generations on from the current model ...
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Coventry University Degree Show 2010
Car Design News traveled to Coventry University's BA graduate exhibition last month, the largest and most established of its kind in the UK. Held in the University's School of Art and Design, the sheer number of graduates guaranteed a broad spread of projects. However, the recurring theme this year was ...
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Renault to unveil Alpine-branded concept car at Monaco GP
Renault is set to unveil an Alpine-branded concept car at this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix. The A110-50 - so named to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the oh-so-pretty A110 rally car - is clearly a development of the 2010 DeZir concept car although with only one leaked image to analyze, ...
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Umea University students complete Saab collaboration project
A selection of first-year students from Sweden's Umea University have completed a 10-week collaborative design project with Saab. Tasked with exploring new directions for the brand, students were encouraged to investigate the interplay of brand and identity. Each of them was assigned a non-automotive brand to reflect on parallels that ...
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Tony Williams-Kenny announced as Design Director, SAIC Motor
Tony Williams-Kenny has been announced as the new global Design Director of Chinese automaker, SAIC Motor.
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Design Review: Hyundai Curb concept
The Hyundai Curb (internal codename: HCD-12) is the twelfth concept designed at the company's California Design Center.
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Citroën separates DS and C line design departments
Citroën is reorganizing its design division in order to create a dedicated design department for its semi-premium DS line of models, led by Thierry Metroz. The new structure will come into effect on 1 June. Alexandre Malval, former head of styling for the DS5 and C5, will manage the mainstream ...
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Design Review: Infiniti Etherea concept
Move around to its rear three-quarters and the beltline disappears around an imaginary corner, defining a long hood that does not exist. Meanwhile the kinked C-pillar suggests extreme tumblehome from some angles yet other betray this visual trick.
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Design Review: Infiniti Etherea concept
The Infiniti Etherea concept - unveiled at this year's Geneva motor show - represents two firsts for Nissan's luxury brand: the Etherea is front-wheel drive where all Infinitis prior have featured either rear- or four-wheel drive and it's also a toe resolutely dipped into the fiercely competitive waters of the ...
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College Exhibition: Northumbria University Degree Show 2011
Mercedes KratosAthanasios KarachaliosWhile technically a Design for Industry student, Karachalios' project was displayed alongside the Transportation Design work. His industrial design background is clear to see, with an analytical approach to the problem of how to make light commercial pickups more useable. At the heart of his pickup design is ...
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College Exhibition: Northumbria University Degree Show 2011
CDN made its annual pilgrimage to the city of Newcastle in the north east of England for Northumbria University's Transportation Design undergraduate exhibition.
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Paris Motor Show 2012 - Trends and Overview
The 2012 Paris Mondial de l'Automobile will not be remembered as a classic. When the Big Book of the Paris Motor Show is published, 2012 may be consigned to no more than a side note as the show that marked what a dire situation the European car industry was once ...
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College Exhibition: Pforzheim University Winter Exhibition 2012
Dominik GöltzAMG AirfoilBased around the prediction that personal transport will not be an alternative to public transport but an expression of lifestyle and wealth, Göltz's project offers a completely new driving experience. Ground effect aerodynamic features lift the passenger cabin at speeds over 100km/h in a kind of ultra-low-level flight ...
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College Exhibition: Pforzheim University Winter Exhibition 2012
Car Design News made its biannual visit to the town of Pforzheim in the state of Baden-Württemberg, southwest Germany for its university's graduate exhibition earlier this year.
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UPDATED: Honda hints at new European advanced design studio
On the eve of the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show, Honda Design's Creative Director, Toshinobu Minami, announced that the company is looking to once again open a design facility in Europe.
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McLaren P12 hypercar confirmed for Paris debut
McLaren has confirmed its new flagship model, code-named P12, will make its world debut at the Paris motor show, the first time the company has attended an auto show in its recent history.
