All Designers articles – Page 20
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VideoOpel Designer Erhard Schnell talks about design at Opel in the 1960s
Opel designer Erhard Schnell has sadly died (1927-2020). In this video he describes the design department at Opel in the 60s and working on the 1965 Experimental GT
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ArticleDesigner profile: Simon Humphries, head of design, Toyota
Two years in at the top job, Car Design News chats to Simon Humphries, head of design for Toyota and Lexus
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ArticleArtCenter 2019/20 Degree Show
Quality over quantity at the leading California automotive design school ArtCenter
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ArticleDesign Essay: Is still possible to draw in Italian?
Designer and writer Matteo Licata takes a brief look back at the history of Italian car design and asks if the same emotion can be replicated today
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ArticleThe inside story of Land Rover’s new Defender
The interiors design team at Land Rover created a new look for the Defender interior with cunning storage solutions and rugged sophistication
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ExhibitionDegree Show: Kookmin University 2019
Highlights from Kookmin University’s end of year automotive and transport design degree show in South Korea
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NewsRemembering Syd Mead, 1933-2019
Syd Mead, visual futurist, automotive designer, motion picture concept designer, industrial designer, and an inspiration to almost everyone working in these design fields, has died at the age of 86, succumbing to complications of lymphoma, which he had fought for the last three years.
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InterviewInterview: Marc Lichte on the present and future of Audi design
Audi design director Marc Lichte talks sub-brands, through the electric e-Tron Sportback and the ballistic RS6 Avant V8 estate
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NewsWho’s Where: Klaus Zyciora promoted, Jozef Kabaň to join VW
VW Group reshuffles its design management, with longtime head of VW design moving up, and ex-BMW man Kabaň slotting into the vacated space
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ArticleFirst Sight: Mercedes Vision Simplex
To coincide with its newest Advanced Design studio opening in Nice, Mercedes-Benz unveiled a fun-filled concept called the Vision Simplex
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ArticleMagna Global Bold Perspective Award winner announced
The winner of Magna’s Global Bold Perspective competition has been announced at LA Auto Show
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ArticleDiscussing Canoo Design with Richard Kim
Richard Kim, the lead designer at Canoo, speaks to CDN about the new company and its unusual approach to vehicle design
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ArticleDesign interview: Domagoj Dukec, BMW Head of Design
The design direction BMW is pursuing may be controversial but is quite deliberate, as we discovered when we spoke to the man recently promoted to lead it, Domagoj Dukec
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ArticleBMW Design spotlight
BMW has shown some really interesting Vision concept cars in the last few years, most recently, the Vision M Next. If you want to understand what BMW design’s aesthetic values are – the Vision cars are a good place to start.
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ArticleChina Report: Bordrin’s customer-led design
Chinese EV start-up Bordrin will not create the conventional ‘family face’ for its range of production cars. Instead, as CEO Ximing Huang and designer Yaoke Zhang told Car Design News, models will be wholly tailored to each demographic
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ArticleChina Report: Ford’s renewed China push
‘Ford China 2.0’ calls for 30 new Ford and Lincoln vehicles tailored for Chinese consumers over the next three years. Car Design News spoke to Ford China head of design Simon Brook, and strategy leader Erika Tsubaki in Shanghai to find out what that means for design
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InterviewDesigner Interview: Fan Zhang, GAC
From Car Design Review 6, comes our interview with GAC VP and head of design, Fan Zhang.
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ArticleThe Timeless Relevance of Syd Mead
A retrospective on one of the most distinctive and inspirational designers we’ve ever seen.
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ArticleCar Design Awards China: Q&A with the 2019 Winners
CDN caught up with the overall and category winners of the 2019 Car Design Awards China competition…