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Watch: Autodesk on solving pain points in design

At the 2025 Automotive Innovation Forum in Germany, designers from Ford, Tata, Firefly and Incari share how digital tools are reshaping their daily workflows in this exclusive video from Car Design News

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

Maserati x Giorgetti: “An obsession of craftsmanship and quality”

Maserati’s Klaus Busse talks cars, furniture and applying the skill of design beyond things with four wheels

Five minute sketch: Chris Bangle and The Three Ages of Cars

At Car Design Dialogues Milan 2025, legendary designer Chris Bangle sketches what he describes as the three ages of car design. This was done without preparation and with a five minute window. He finished as the buzzer went off. A total pro.

Watch: CDN & Ultrafabrics discuss CMF survey results

Car Design News and Ultrafabrics have released the results of the 2025 colour, materials and finish survey

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

"Polyurethane has a place in the sustainability toolbox"

Kimberley Harrington, sales manager of advanced automotive design at Ultrafabrics, spoke during the Salone del Mobile at Car Design Dialogues Milan

“We’re not interested in gimmicks and short-term solutions”

Catherine Martin, brand manager at Bridge of Weir, spoke during the Salone del Mobile at Car Design Dialogues Milan

“Crystal can add a tactile, emotional connection”

Lars Schmidt, global SVP at Swarovski Mobility, spoke during the Salone del Mobile at Car Design Dialogues Milan

“We're expanding beyond the traditional ways of colour and trim”

Nisha Pillai, senior CMF designer at Audi, spoke during the Salone del Mobile at Car Design Dialogues Milan

“Creativity is a common ground among all designers”

Laura Brunet, chief designer, colour and material at Lancia, spoke during the Salone del Mobile at Car Design Dialogues Milan

“Sustainability is key, but innovation has to come first”

Jo Lewis, head of CMF at McLaren Automotive, spoke during the Salone del Mobile at Car Design Dialogues Milan.

Watch: Swarovski Mobility speaks to Car Design News

Ahead of Car Design Dialogues Milan, Car Design News caught up with the MD of event partner Swarovski Mobility, Lars Schmidt

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!

Five minute sketch: Ford Escort MK1 by Wayne Burgess

Experienced car designer Wayne Burgess sketches a front three-quarter view of Boreham Motorworks’ blueprint-accurate reproduction of the Ford Escort MK1

Watch: Brook Banham, co-founder of Middlecott Sketchbattle

Detroit’s well-known automotive design competition returned for 2025 with the challenge of envisioning rugged mobility for 2040. Against the clock, designers pushed their skills to the limits

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.

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”

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.

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

Watch now: Enabling creative innovation in the design studio

‘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: Design legend Ed Welburn on winning the Lifetime Achievement Award

Car Design News caught up with General Motors design legend Ed Welburn at the CDN People Awards about winning the Car Design Review Lifetime Achievement Award

Watch: Dongfeng design director on the Mengshi design language

At Dongfeng’s Shanghai Design Centre, the team has investigated how elements of Chinese culture can help to create more of a unique, distinctive design language for its Mengshi brand. Car Design News editor speaks to Dongfeng design director Yongliang Zhang

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

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

“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