All Designers articles – Page 5
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ArticleFord remembers McKinley Thompson Jr.
Their first African American designer was instrumental in shaping the original Ford Bronco
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ArticleGordon Murray Design’s Motiv concept
The Gordan Murray Design Motiv concept was recently shown at the MOVE 2020 mobility show in London. We speak to one of the lead designers involved in the project
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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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NewsMichelin Challenge Design 2020 entries are open
Michelin’s global Challenge Design competition, set to celebrate its 20th anniversary this year, is accepting entries until 1st of March
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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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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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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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InterviewInterview: Valuing Venucia design with Taiji Toyota
Car Design News spoke to Taiji Toyota, deputy managing director of Nissan and Dongfeng’s Chinese joint venture, Venucia, about the brand’s evolution and increasing product independence
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InterviewEnovate - interview with Hakan Saracoglu
Enovate is one of a raft of electric car startups in China which supposedly reached 450 at their zenith. “They’re consolidating now, it’s the right thing to do there were way too many” says Enovate vice president of design, Hakan Saracoglu. The Turkish born German national has fifteen years’ experience with Porsche along with shorter stints at Ford and Chery
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InterviewKemal Curic Replaces David Woodhouse at Lincoln
Kemal Curic has replaced David Woodhouse as design director of Ford premium subsidiary, Lincoln, where he had already worked on the Continental, Aviator and Corsair models. Car Design News interviewed him about his new role, his inspirations, and his tight-knit team
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ArticleSyd Mead announces retirement
Syd Mead, former Car Design News lifetime achievement award winner, has officially retired from professional design, according to an announcement on social media
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NewsBMW restructures design teams (again), Mini to keep a friendly face
BMW Design has announced a major reorganisation of the way the brands and functions hang together. Under the new structure Domagoj Dukec leads BMW Design including the i M sub brands
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NewsKia appoints Karim Habib to devise new design direction
Karim Habib, whose departure from Infiniti was recently announced, has been appointed as senior vice president and head of Kia Design Center, effective from October 2019. He is tasked with devising and developing the future design direction for Kia vehicles, as well as overseeing the design – exterior, interior, and colour and materials – of new models already in the pipeline, and will be based in the Kia studio in Namyang, South Korea, within the Hyundai Motor Group’s new, state-of-the-art, global design centre.
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InterviewDesigner interview: Ikuo Maeda, Mazda
Mazda’a head of global design, Ikuo Maeda, has inspired the relatively small design department at this Japanese car manufacturer to create some of the most stunning concept cars of the last three years. The Vision Coupé concept of 2017 still stands out as a bold, creative statement of intent. The launch of the Mazda 3 in Los Angeles last year (2018) was the first use of the incredible surfacing on its production line-up, and shows that Maeda-san is evolving the design language with immense care.
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InterviewInterview with Julian Thomson - taking the reins at Jaguar
Julian Thomson, Jaguar’s new Director of Design, has taken over from industry car design legend Ian Callum, and he is already displaying the type of creative energy needed in a design landscape where so much is ‘up for grabs’. Car Design News caught up with Julian at Pebble Beach 2019 and found out what is on his mind
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NewsWho’s Where: Taisuke Nakamura promoted as Karim Habib leaves Infiniti
Infiniti designer Taisuke Nakamura has been promoted to the position of Head of Design following the departure of Karim Habib. Nakamura has played a large role in all the of recent wave of connected, electric concept cars from Infiniti, such as the QX Inspiration, Prototype 10 and Qs Inspiration, concepts that have signalled the creative approach to new mobility solutions at Infiniti
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NewsWho’s Where: Juho Suh moves from NIO to Hyundai
Former Shanghai design studio head for NIO becomes VP and head of Hyundai Design Innovation Group
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NewsWho’s Where: Sasha Selipanov moves from Genesis to Koenigsegg
The man credited with the Bugatti Chiron, Genesis Mint and Essentia will now lead car design for the Swedish hypercar trailblazer
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ArticleFlavio Manzoni and the one-of-a-kind Ferrari P80/C
The Ferrari Senior Vice President of Design talks to CDN about one-offs and design inspirations