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Covestro: “Material should be functional but also bring sentimental value”

Emily Shi and Matthew Chen of at Covestro spoke at Car Design Dialogues Shanghai

Zeiss Microoptics: “Haptics, sound and light will play a crucial role in future car interiors”

Roman Kleindienst, head of Zeiss Microoptics, spoke at Car Design Dialogues Shanghai

Studiokurbos: “Chinese design is developing, and European design is reacting”

Andreas Kurbos, founder and CEO of Studiokurbos, spoke at Car Design Dialogues Shanghai

Zeekr: “Chinese car culture is emerging”

Javier Garcia-Gallardo, head of Zeekr’s Shanghai design studio, spoke at Car Design Dialogues Shanghai

Changan: “Our mission is to drive consumers into making the right decisions”

Klaus Zyciora, head of design at Changan, spoke at Car Design Dialogues Shanghai

Nio: “Gut instinct is important when you’re moving so fast”

Kris Tomasson, senior VP design at Nio and Firefly, spoke at Car Design Dialogues Shanghai

Dinamica: “We are continuously enhancing our design capabilities”

Max Sun, vice general manager at Sage Automotive Interiors, spoke at Car Design Dialogues Shanghai

BAIC: “Design strategy is the North Star in shifting markets”

Anthony Lo, chief design officer at BAIC, spoke at Car Design Dialogues Shanghai

GAC: “Designers have an opportunity to fight back against homogeneity”

Fan Zhang, global VP of design at GAC, spoke at Car Design Dialogues Shanghai

Sekurit: “Glass is now an interface, not just a structural component”

Meriem Dussart, marketing director at Sekurit International and Kevin Zhang, commercial director at Sekurit China, spoke at Car Design Dialogues Shanghai

Granstudio: “Technology is becoming a means of expression”

Lowie Vermeersch, CEO and creative director at Granstudio, spoke at Car Design Dialogues Shanghai

Pangea: “Leather is a timeless material, made modern”

Rain Xia, senior designer at Pangea, spoke at Car Design Dialogues Shanghai

BASF: "EVs give Chinese OEMs the chance to set global trends"

Manfred Pawlowski, director of Ultraform & Creation Center Asia Pacific at BASF, spoke at Car Design Dialogues Shanghai

Watch: Car Design Dialogues Shanghai 2025 highlights

Car Design Dialogues Shanghai gathered industry leaders from General Motors, Stellantis, Scout, Ford and more

Lacks on carbonfibre wheels: "There is endless design freedom”

Michael Suchara, director of global marketing at Lacks Carbon Fiber, spoke at Car Design Dialogues Milan during the 2025 Milan design week. Here, he discusses how the company is well positioned to handle recent tariff movements, why two-piece carbonfibre wheels offer designers great flexibility, and what it was like supporting one of the fastest production cars in the world

"In a world of artificial products, people crave things that are real"

Catherine Ciftci, senior director of global design at Pangea, spoke during the Salone del Mobile at Car Design Dialogues Milan

Watch: CDN Car Design Dialogues Milan 2025 highlights

Car Design Dialogues Milan at the Maserati showroom in Milan gathered industry leaders from Ferrari, Lamborghini, BWM, Stellantis, Changan, and more. Watch the highlights video and check out how we’ve spend an exclusive evening of networking and discussions on the idea of originality in CMF design!

The CDN People Awards 2024 playlist

Listen back to the music from the 2024 awards show

Watch: Catherine Ciftci, Pangea at Car Design Dialogues Detroit 2024

Catherine Ciftci, Senior Design Manager for Pangea, discusses their role in helping designers take concepts and turning them into reality

Watch: Daryl Thomson, Autodesk at Car Design Dialogues Detroit 2024

Daryl Thomson, Senior Manager for Automotive in North America for Autodesk, discusses bringing AI into the design studio

Watch: Kelly Shen, Mingxin New Material at Car Design Dialogues Detroit 2024

Kelly Shen, Deputy General Manager at Mingxin New Material, discusses their innovative fiber technology

Watch: Libby Holt, Seksui at Car Design Dialogues Detroit 2024

Libby Holt, Assistant Marketing Manager at Seksui, discusses how they enable studios to be creative and stretch the boundaries of their imagination

Watch: Eric Zeile, Prefix at Car Design Dialogues Detroit 2024

Eric Zeile, CEO of Prefix, discusses how they are helping OEMs bring exciting projects to life

Watch: Joaquin Garcia, Italdesign at Car Design Dialogues Detroit 2024

Joaquin Garcia, head of design at Italdesign, discusses why the storied design house is reopening an office in Detroit

Watch: Chris Moxlow | Architexture at Car Design Dialogues Detroit 2024

Chris Moxlow, design manager at Architexture, discusses the importance of keeping high manufacturing standards alongside design

Watch: Car Design Dialogues Detroit 2024 highlights

Car Design Dialogues Detroit gathered industry leaders from General Motors, Stellantis, Scout, Ford and more

Michael Simcoe, SVP of GM Global Design, on the Cadillac Celestiq and brand heritage

Michael Simcoe, senior vice president, GM Global Design, rolled up to Car Design Dialogues Detroit with the jaw-dropping Cadillac Celestiq in tow. CDN spoke to the designer about what it means for the brand

“GTD is the king of Mustangs”

Ford’s global design director Joel Piaskowski talks through the design of the new GTD – the “king of Mustangs”

‘Partnership is the new leadership’ says Volvo Group’s Guerra

It might seem an unlikely strategy for an organisation as broad as Volvo Group, but strategic partnerships with others in the transportation arena (and beyond) is helping to bring results quicker. And at a practical level, it helps to share the load. “It is obviously still a competitive environment,” Gustavo Guerra, VP of strategic product planning at Volvo Group says, “but also making sure the transport industry as a whole moves forward.” Read a summary of the Design4Production show for free

GenAI a ‘source of early inspiration’ says Audi designer

As a studio engineer prior to his current role at Audi, Daniele Sirigatti knows how designers work — and what makes them tick. For the last few years now he and his team have been building their experience in Generative AI, or GenAI for short, applying it early on in the design process to find new sources of inspiration. Here he tells Ultima Media’s chief content officer, Christopher Ludwig, about the opportunities ahead and why the team was “ahead of the hype” when it came to AI. Read a summary of the Design4Production show for free.

'Designers and engineers are ultimately all creators' says Tata design boss

Martin Uhlarik has been on a mission to bring the design and engineering departments together within Tata Motors, and by all accounts he has done that. Part of the breakthrough came as a result of breaking down barriers — both metaphorically and physically, given the layout of the building — and recognising that both sides are working toward a shared goal. Read a summary of the Design4Production show for free.

“Plenty of work ahead” - Ford’s Amko Leenarts on sustainable design

Ford of Europe’s design director Amko Leenarts spoke to Car Design News shortly after leaving the stage at the Design4Production conference in Munich. Here he talks about the “hugely inspirational” conversations had during the show, but doubles down on the fact that designers and engineers can work together far more collaboratively, particularly with sustainability goals in mind.

“What makes a material interesting is its story”

Gaia Crippa, head of materials innovation at Chris Lefteri Design, speaks to Car Design News in Milan at the Maserati showroom

”Evolving our heritage and our brand is strongly connected to also evolving luxury”

Car Design Night Milan at the Maserati showroom in Milan gathered industry leaders from General Motors, Changan, Mercedes-Benz and more

“We are trying to create a pure design where technology is there but not in the foreground”

Head of interior at Maserati Andreas Wuppinger on the relationship between timesless design and evolving technology

Watch: CDN Car Design Night Milan 2024 highlights

Car Design Night Milan at the Maserati showroom in Milan gathered industry leaders from General Motors, Changan, Mercedes-Benz and more

“We all need to slow down and pay attention to the details”

Miko Srl’s head of marketing Benedetta Terraneo on reacting to customer demands and why she finds the little details so inspiring

“We want to help designers iterate faster and get more design time”

Car Design News speaks with Andy Shaw of protoyping company Vital about fast iterating, additive manufacturing and why OEMs should view prototyping as part of the design process

“We want to democratise what it means to build physical products in the real world”

Vizcom’s CEO and founder Jordan Taylor on the democratising power of AI and why the technology will create new types of creative jobs

“What do designers want? Freedom!”

Designers want freedom, according to Marek Ramski of OLEDworks, whose company provides innovative lighting technology to OEMs via its dedicated automotive arm Atala. Car Design News caught up with Ramski at the Geneva Designers Night to hear a little more

Car Design Night Geneva 2024 Highlights Video

Are start-ups forcing major car brands to work faster?

Car Design News chats to design bosses from JLR, Mahindra and Studiokurbos about start-ups, CEO influence and working at speed

Watch: Car Design News takes the Citroen Oli for a drive in Milan

Launched in October 2022, the Citroen Oli concept is still the subject of much discussion owing to its chunky form and materials innovation. Car Design News took the concept for a spin in Milan during the design week

“Cars are becoming devices” – Jeremy Offer, Volvo

Volvo CCO Jeremy Offer speaks to CDN’s Laura Burstein about why new cars are more like devices

Derek Jenkins on aerodynamics and SUVs

Lucid motors senior vice president of design and brand Derek Jenkins speaks about aerodynamics and how it is changing form language

“Making beautiful cars is not enough” – Pierre Leclerq on decarbonising the design industry

Citroën design boss Pierre Leclerq talks to Car Design News about decarbonisation

Develop materials digitally to innovate more quickly

Materials director Amy Frascella on the benefits of using digital tools in CMF

The new generation is more daring, says Changan’s design director

Changan design director Oliver Samson tells Car Design News how a new generation of designers are challenging the status quo

Watch: Car Design News in Review

Car Design News editor James McLachlan and assistant editor Freddie Holmes discuss the last 3 months in car design

Watch: Back to the Future of Interiors

Watch this Car Design News livestream featuring General Motors, Group Lotus and Lawrence Technological University as they reflect on changing interiors over the last 20 years and as they look ahead to the next 20.

Car Design Dialogues North America returns in February 2022

Leading designers from across the US will come together to discuss sustainability and other key issues surrounding the design process

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

Lancia chiefs talk through 115 years of design

Luca Napolitano and Jean-Pierre Ploué look back on Lancia’s 115 year design history as the company gears up to make a come-back

Watch: Fireside chat with Patrick le Quement

Naval designer, author and former car design extraordinaire Patrick le Quement talks about his career and the challenges of design

Watch: Inside Toyota’s bustling ED2 studio

Ian Cartabiano, Toyota ED2’s president, takes us behind the scenes of the design studio in the south of France and provides a review of the Aygo X Prologue

Watch: Design review of the Jaguar Vision Gran Turismo SV

Adam Hatton and his team at Jaguar take us on a deep-dive design review of the face-melting Vision Gran Turismo SV

Watch: Alcantara material weaves customisation with eco credentials

This film showcases the wide variety of applications for Alcantara, from fashion to cars, as well as its impact on the environment

Watch: Fireside chat with Chris Bangle

Design legend Chris Bangle takes the gloves off in a brutally honest discussion about the challenges facing the world of car design

Car Design Dialogues: The agile design studio and collaborating remotely

Designers have become accustomed to working remotely in these pandemic-leaden time. Autodesk show how you can automate and streamline processes

Car Design Dialogues: The Magna Bold Perspective Award

Larry Erickson, global director of exteriors design at Magna Exteriors announces this year’s winner of the Magna Global Bold Perspective Award 2020

Car Design Dialogues: Photorealism and Creativity for Digital Materials

Technology wields greater influence that ever before in the world of car design. Adobe’s head of special projects explains more

Car Design Dialogues: Dinamica – the sustainable choice

Sage Automotive’s Michele Wascavage explains Dinamica – and eco microfiber used by VW, Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes and many more

Watch recording: CDN Student Awards China 2020 Announcement / CDN2020 年中国汽车设计大赛云颁奖

CDN is proud to announce the winners of the 11th CDN Student Awards China, celebrating the best Chinese design talent for 2020. Due to the global pandemic, unfortunately, we can’t host the traditional physical Award Ceremony. However, you watch for the first-ever Virtual Ceremony and discover who are the 8 winners of the OEM briefs and 10 category winners, selected by our elite judging panel. From the 10 category winners, we will announce the prestigious Overall Winner for 2020.CDN荣幸地宣布第11届中国汽车设计大赛颁奖仪式即将举行，以表彰2020年度中国最佳学生设计人才。因全球疫情影响，传统的现场颁奖典礼无法举行。但是，我们邀请你参加有史以来首次的“云颁奖”仪式。活动将揭晓本届第一次产生的8位主机厂“任务书获奖者”和10位“单项奖获奖选手”。获奖选手由汽车行业设计主管和设计院校专业人员组成的精英评审团经过几轮甄选脱颖而出。活动还将公布本届大赛的全年总冠军。

CDN’s livestream about virtual automotive design teaching

Join CDN for an exclusive livestream about virtual teaching for automotive design students. The Royal College of Art’s Dale Harrow and Chris Thorpe will be presenting alongside guest speaker, and RCA alumnus Carl Gotham, Advanced Design Director, SAIC London.