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Level up: how Epic Games is redefining car design

Unreal Engine and Twinmotion are actively disrupting automotive design for the better

The enduring art of sketching in car design

As part of Car Design News’ April focus on sketching, we speak to a range of voices in the automotive industry to learn how sketching is viewed in the modern day and what the future holds for this art form

Lucy Abbott

Car Design News April Focus: Sketching

This month Car Design News will be exploring the art and evolution of sketching

Lucy Abbott

AI is an implement: it’s about how you use it

Afry’s head of design Rob Dolton shares an insight into the team’s in-house AI engine, and explains that despite its efficacy there is no substitute for the human eye

Freddie Holmes

Ideation with Midjourney: an exercise in curation

Our US correspondent, Karl Smith, reports on his experiments with one of the hottest new AI tools

Karl Smith

Indian carmaker uses solar-power for new electric taxi and city car

PARTNER CONTENTThis content was paid for by Autodesk and produced in partnership with Car Design NewsIndian company Vayve Mobility has revealed a pair of new solar-powered EVs, designed very much through a digital-first process

Car Design News

New tools, new workflow with Eric Stoddard of Car Design Academy

An auto industry veteran has embraced a new generation of tools such as Gravity Sketch, Vizcom, MidJourney and others and now instructs others in emerging methods of design and visualisation

Karl Smith

“The right tool at the right moment”: Bart van Lotringen of DAF Trucks

The design director of DAF Trucks, Bart van Lotringen, speaks with Car Design News about his teams’ use of digital tools, AI, and the future

Karl Smith

Digital design tools: the state of play in 2025

Software is a constituent part of the modern design studio. We survey a number designers about the state of digital tools, and get some unexpected encouragement from ‘Ratatouille’

Karl Smith

February Focus: Digital Tools

This month we will be digging deeper into the digital tools that are at the heart of contemporary car design

Car Design News

Watch on demand: Panel discussion - The future of German automotive design

Watch on demand our virtual live panel discussion ”The future of German automotive design: a new era in innovation and sustainability”, broadcast from Munich, where we explored the challenges of balancing heritage with the demands of modern mobility, the impact of sustainability on design ethos, and the increasing role of collaboration with suppliers to drive innovation.

Car Design News

Register now: Be safe, be seen: the future of automotive lighting

Join us for an exclusive livestream exploring the evolving role of automotive lighting in a world of increasing complexity. Lighting isn’t just about safety anymore—it’s all about branding and user experience. In this session, we’ll explore cool new technologies, how lighting laws are changing things, and how lighting helps shape a car’s identity. Think illuminated logos, dynamic light patterns, and how lighting can make a car feel more emotional and functional at the same time.

Car Design News

Register now: Master of none: how to create agile muti-skilled design teams

Join us for an exclusive livestream exploring the evolving dynamics of automotive design teams. As design roles shift, it’s all about creativity, flexibility, and standing out. This session is all about building versatile teams, encouraging innovation, and attracting top talent. We’ll chat about what makes a great design leader, how to take smart risks, and ways to give teams the freedom to thrive in a competitive world.

Car Design News

Watch now: How to prepare for the AI-future in Automotive Design

Car Design News

A is for…a comprehensive glossary of automotive design terms

Need to know your Bone line from your tumblehome? Car Design News presents an exhaustive and detailed glossary of car design terms

Nick Hull

Watch now: Enabling creative innovation in the design studio

James McLachlan

AI and VR take centre stage at Autodesk innovation forum

The Autodesk Innovation Forum brought together experts from Kia, Rivian and Porsche to explore the roles of AI and VR in design. Freddie Holmes reports

Freddie Holmes

Watch: More than just a new coat of paint - Alias 2024

James McLachlan

Watch: How will CMF shape an electric future?

Watch this premier livestream, in partnership with Ultrafabrics, where our panel will explore new ways to reshape the exterior and interior of cars.

James McLachlan

Artificial intelligence and the car designer of the future

Artificial intelligence is widely seen as an existential threat to designers (and indeed many other professions). But as CDN’s Karl Smith writes, we may not need to fear the algorithm

Karl Smith

Watch: Adobe Substance 3D: Create, Iterate, and Visualize Car Design Concepts

Watch this webinar, in partnership with Adobe where they discuss how Adobe Substance 3D apps help transportation designers with their creative workflows and enhance collaboration with digital design reviews.

James McLachlan

Watch: Is the future of automotive design in software?

This CDN livestream featured speakers from Volvo, Bugatti Rimac, TomTom and The Qt Company. We discuss how automotive designers are using connected technologies in informing design decisions.

James McLachlan

Watch: Is data visualization at the center of your decision-making?

Watch this new webinar, in partnership with Dassault Systèmes where they discuss the visualization and collaboration capabilities of their 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

Metasketching: an interview with Mike Jelinek

Mike Jelinek is an artist, designer, and researcher practicing in Czechia near Prague. He has a strong automotive design background having worked with Škoda, Volkswagen, PSA, and General Motors Europe. Jelinek spoke to Car Design News about advancing the next generation of design tools via his work at Wacom

Karl Smith

Alias SUBD-设计师的秘密武器

Alias SUBD 细分曲面建模技术仅仅是一种曲面建模的手段吗？这项技术对汽车设计流程的发展会有哪些深远的影响？

Watch: What does the luxury car interior of the future look like?

This CDN livestream featured speakers from BMW, Polestar, ELeather, Italdesign and Automobili Pininfarina. We discuss the current definitions of luxury, how consumer attitudes are changing and how design can lead the way to a better future.

Design industry survey reveals frustrations with decision-making process

A survey of the industry has revealed frustrations with slow decision-making and poor communication in the design process

Car Design News

Watch Recording: ICEM Design Experience | The New Generation of Surface Modelling

Discover more about the Art of Surface modelling with Dassault Systèmes. Join this live discussion detailing their new 3D modelling application, engineered with CAS & Class A surface specialists in mind.

Car Design Dialogues North America: Innovation Showcase with Adobe

Pierre Maheut from Adobe and Onur Dursun, founder of Duron Automotive give a comprehensive demonstration of X-Taon showcar, providing insight on how to use Substance 3D apps to create pictures for official press kits and communications

Watch: Alias update and roadmap

A look at some of the latest tools in Alias, offering best in Class Workflows, Collaboration and Automation. See how Alias can help Create, Replace, Re-use and Share data across design teams, empowering truly global collaborative design.

Watch recording: Rapid Innovation - How to empower the mobility revolution here & now

Watch this session to discover how you can successfully become a part of the mobility revolution that we’re shaping right here and now, together. You’ll also get a sneak peek at our best practices in such rapid pace processes and discover our own, award-winning VR tool that we created by putting several of those processes into a real work use case.

Love of the game: What’s bringing car and gaming designers together

Adobe’s Pierre Maheut tells CDN about the growing collaboration between gaming and automotive design including in 3D tools, colour and trim, in a special preview of Car Design Dialogues Asia

Car Design News

Watch recording: Experience the next generation of HMI design with Incari Studio

Get a complete overview of Incari HMI development platform with Incari Studio

Watch recording: Autodesk - What’s new in Alias Create VR?

Get a deep overview of the new tools and capabilities in ALIAS CREATE VR, our immersive Sketch and SUBD modelling toolset.

Watch recording: Autodesk - What’s new in Alias 2021.2

Get an overview of the latest updates in Alias 2021.2. See our implementation of Dynamo Player, allowing simple control Dynamo scripts from inside Alias without needing to know Dynamo – allowing access to a library of ‘templates’ to speed up your design exploration, share and re-use across design teams.

How to be a car designer part 6: The internship

You have bagged an internship in a car design studio. Now you need to make the most of it

Luciano Bove

Allegorithmic announce X-TAON Art Car contest results

Virtual texturing contest reveals remarkable renders

Michael Gooderham

Hongik University’s transportation design process

Hongik University in Seoul, Korea, is one of the preeminent design schools in the country with a diverse range of programs. But the school’s transportation design department has also developed a unique approach for concept ideation

Brett Patterson

Design Essay: Digital Design

Charting the changing nature of design processess in the studio

Design Development: Saab Aero X concept

‘The ultimate vision for the brand’. This was the simple brief for the Saab Aero X concept car shown at the Geneva motor show in 2006. And the Aero X is what the Saab brand wanted to be, what the brand wanted to communicate through the design of its cars.

Sam Livingstone