All Features articles – Page 2
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ArticleCircularity in car design requires a culture shift
Sustainable car design is finally starting to gain speed but it needs to accelerate faster and more credibly than ever. Jonathan Bell gauges the state of the industry
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ArticleHow is future mobility shaping CMF?
Connected, autonomous, shared and electric vehicles are making a case for new colour and materials to enter the interior
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ArticleThe future is hybrid – but not like you think
Car Design News looks at the emergence of ‘hybrid’ body styles that meet new consumer demands, powertrains and safety requirements
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ArticleHeritage mining: car brands dig back into the past
As the industry charges into the future, an appetite for classic aesthetics remains. But is it lazy to draw inspiration from old icons – or with new brands coming out of the woodwork, should retro design be celebrated?
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ArticleCDN’s best bits of 2022
The CDN team take a look back at the standout launches and moments in car design from 2022
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ArticleNew research explores car design working practices
A Konzepthaus report explores how car designers at various levels and locations are adapting to the new way of working
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ArticleHow important is smell in car design?
Car Design News chats to design firm Full Fathom about multisensory design
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ArticleInside Tesla: a retrospective at the Petersen museum
LA’s famous Petersen Museum has a hot new exhibit that documents Tesla’s brand milestones
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ArticleHow auto and architecture crossover in the ‘Nth Space’
CDN chats to BMW Designworks and Gensler Architects to discuss the parallels between buildings and vehicles
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ArticleWorld exclusive: Alfonso Albaisa, Nissan global design boss
Nissan design boss Alfonso Albaisa speaks to Car Design News during a tour of the carmaker’s European design studio
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ArticleHow is AI influencing car design?
Car Design News learns how artificial intelligence (AI) could push the boundaries of automotive design
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ArticleHow batteries will shape car design
Electric skateboards are an interim step to battery-chassis-body integration and the implications for car designers will be enormous. New packaging designs are possible and old ones will be renewed. Car Design News’ Karl Smith investigates the near future
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ArticleStudio tour: Mahindra Advanced Design Europe
Car Design News gets a private tour of Mahindra’s brand-new design studio and previews its upcoming electric SUVs
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ArticleRumpler Tropfenwagen – the first streamliner
Car Design News’ Karl Smith investigates the Rumpler Tropfenwagen, an innovative pre-war car that inspired new approaches to aerodynamics
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ArticleMetasketching: an interview with Mike Jelinek
Michel Jelinek is an artist, designer, and researcher practicing in Czechia near Prague. He has a strong automotive design background having worked with Škoda, Volkswagen, PSA, and General Motors Europe. Jelinek spoke to Car Design News about advancing the next generation of design tools via his work at Wacom
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ArticleTop Ten Pininfarina aero designs
As Pininfarina celebrates 50 years of its famous wind tunnel Car Design News highlights ten of its best designs shaped by aero tech
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ArticleBook review: Vintage Works – a car designer’s sketchbook
Tim Pilsbury’s books have charmed us for years at CDN, from his instructive guides to automotive interiors to this series of sketch diaries, Pilsbury brings his perspective to bear on automotive classics as well as his personal favourites
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ArticleWhat has happened to Audi design?
(Single)Framing the rise and decline of design kings, Audi. Design critic Wayne Batty is unconvinced by the Bauhaus aspirations of the German marque’s ’Sphere series
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ArticleReview: Motion – Autos, Art, Architecture
Curated by architect Norman Foster, Motion: Autos, Art, Architecture at the Guggenheim Bilbao is an visually stunning and elegiac tribute to the golden age of the automobile
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ArticleExclusive: CDN Tours Lucid's New Design Studio
Car Design News’ North America correspondent Laura Burstein is the first non-Lucid employee inside the new Silicon Valley space, which encompasses more than just designing cars