All Designers articles – Page 14
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ArticlePolestar’s design competition returns with eco focus
Following the success of its inaugural contest in 2020, Swedish EV brand Polestar has launched its second annual design contest for student and professional designers
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ArticleDesigner interview: Shiro Nakamura
A giant of car design, Shiro Nakamura, through his work with Nissan, helped forge a Japanese design identity with models like the Cube and the GTR. Car Design News spoke to him about his new studios, his early successes and how form is distilled through concepts
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ArticleAurelien Doisy appointed head of design Europe at Tata Motors
Changes to Tata’s design team are on-going, with Aurelien Doisy taking a new role as head of design Europe
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ArticleFrançois Leboine becomes new head of design at Fiat & Abarth
François Leboine will lead the design of new Fiat and Abarth models after overseeing concepts at Renault
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ArticleAnders Warming announced as design director at Rolls-Royce
Anders Warming is the first design director at Rolls-Royce for nearly two years
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ArticleChina Awards judge interview: Pengfei Kang, Volkswagen
Shortlisted for a China Award in 2013, Pengfei Kang has since built a successful career in automotive design. Now a senior designer at the Volkswagen Group Innovation Center Asia, Kang has returned to judge the new crop of hopefuls competing in Car Design Awards China 2021. We spoke to Kang about his career to date, his memories of the competition and his current work
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ArticleInterior Motives Spring 2021: Hyundai Ioniq 5
A calming colour palette, sliding centre console and fridge magnet style personalisation – Hyundai’s Ioniq borrows from domestic design to create a coherent, usable interior rather than ‘la la land’ concepts
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ArticleInterior Motives: DS 4
With a serene interior that leans into the feeling of savoir faire, the DS 4 ushers in a new era for the aspiring premium brand
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ArticleT. Jon Mayer takes over exterior design at Volvo; Missoni Moves exclusively to Polestar
People changes at Volvo and Polestar underline the separation between the two brands
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ArticleHigh Voltage: Mustang Mach-E GT
The new Mustang trades the V8 muscle associated with the namplate for a battery-powered crossover. CDN discusses the CMT proposal with lead designer Janet Seymour
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ArticlePratap Bose leaves Tata Motors; Martin Uhlarik new design head
Martin Uhlarik is taking over from Pratap Bose as the global design head of Tata Motors
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ArticleShinichiro Irie outlines the Nissan Z Proto’s design details
Shinichiro Irie unpicks Nissan’s sports car heritage, ‘Z-ness’, and provides detail on the Z Proto
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Interior MotivesInterior Motives Spring 2021 Digital Edition
The spring edition of Interior Motives is out now featuring cutting edge design concepts and the newest production launches, with exclusive coverage of the Hyundai Ioniq 5, Nio ET7, DS4, Mini Vision Urbanaut plus a deep dive into the future of screens and the latest colour and trim trends
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ArticleInterview: Mitsubishi’s design chief Seiji Watanabe
Former Nissan and Infiniti designer Seiji Watanabe talks cross-brand collaboration and the new Outlander flagship
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ArticleRadford returns: coachbuilder that defined the swinging sixties is back
Legendary sixities coachbuilder Radford, which counted the Beatles and Peter Sellars as customers is back, helmed by a high-profile team including former F1 star Jensen Button
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ArticleObituary: The French maestro Robert Opron
One of the finest car designers of the 20th Century, Robert Opron, passed away last week, aged 89. Responsible for masterpieces for Simca, Citroen, Renault and Alfa Romeo from the late 1950s to the late-80s – and one of the few recipients of the Car Design News Lifetime Achievement Award – we salute his life and influence, via still vivid memories of visiting his house south of Paris back in 2016 to discuss his career over Scotch and Pringles…
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WebinarWatch recording: What’s next for the in-car navigation experience with HERE and Unity
Automotive OEMs are under increasing pressure to creatively differentiate their brands through the in-vehicle user experience. Apart from vehicle engineering and styling, large and integrated HMI screens displaying a complex fusion of maps, media, and dynamic data types are becoming a more significant component of the in-vehicle customer experience.
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ArticleYasutake Tsuchida named design director of Mazda North American Operations
Yasutake Tsuchida will head up all design operations at Mazda North American Operations
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ArticleWatch: 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
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ArticleWatch: 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