All Ford Design articles – Page 4
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ArticleCES 2020: Is Sony’s Vision S a scary sight, or a revelation for carmakers and suppliers?
Should automotive manufacturers fear or embrace this surprise announcement from the consumer technology giant?
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ArticleDesign Essay: Why is Car Design so Hooked on the Past?
Retro car designs have been appearing throughout the 21st century so far… but why are they so popular?
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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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ArticleDesign Essay: The Strange Allure of Ugliness
Are tastes changing, or is taste simply disappearing? We try not to cover our eyes…
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ArticleFord unveils the electric Mustang Mach-E SUV
Just ahead of this week’s LA auto show, Ford revealed its first all-electric vehicle, a five-seat SUV inspired by the iconic Mustang.
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ArticleShow Review: K 2019
Car Design News reports on the 2019 K trade fair in Düsseldorf, which explored the use of plastics in automotive design and manufacturing
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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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ArticleIn Memoriam: Luigi Colani (1929-2019)
CDN takes a visual look back at the life and career the mercurial and deliciously controversial German designer Luigi Colani, following news of his death at the age of 91
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ArticleDesign Essay: What is a ‘luxury’ car?
With more and more brands going upmarket, it is worth examining this often-misused term…
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ArticleArtCenter Spring Degree Show 2019
The latest envelope-pushing projects from California’s prestigious car design course
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ArticleVision Gran Turismo – The Cars
(This was originally a bonus section attached to our essay about how car design and video games have overlapped in recent years, which you can read here.) A Rolling Start The idea of cars designed specifically for video games didn’t arrive suddenly. As well as its own in-game ‘LM Race ...
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ArticleDesign interview: Luciano d'Ambrosio, LDA Design
The Founder and CEO of LDA-Design draws on his Turin networks to get things done
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ArticleThe Winds of Time: What Makes a Design ‘Dated’?
“I used to like it, but it seems so dated now…”
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VideoCDN Lifetime Achievement Award winner 2018 Martin Smith
Having studied at London’s RCA, Sheffield-born Martin Smith carved a career from his hobby. His first position was at Porsche and, when he retired, he was head of Ford Europe (and Asia-Pacific Design). Career highlights include the Audi Quattro and creating Kinetic Design for Ford. CDN presented Martin with his ...
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ArticleMagna Global Bold Perspective Award: meet the judging team
Students entering Magna’s design competition will have their work judged by a world-class panel boasting production car, motorcycle, custom car and feature-film design expertise
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ArticleTechnology focus - reading our emotions
We take a look at the latest work by suppliers and carmakers to read and affect the emotional state of vehicle occupants
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ArticleCCotW: Ford MA (2002)
In 2002 Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art celebrated the work of automotive designer J Mays with an exhibition called Retrofuturism: The Work of J Mays. It was a retrospective of his work which included the Audi Avus, the Volkswagen Concept One and Ford New Thunderbird, among others.
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ArticleCar Design Awards winners revealed and Car Design Review 6 launched
Car Design Awards winners for 2018 revealed and Car Design Review 6 launched