All General Motors Design articles – Page 15
-
Article
College Exhibition: Strate College Degree Show 2005
College Exhibition: Strate College Degree Show 2005
-
Article
CCS receives $2.5m GM Grant
General Motors is set to strengthen its longstanding commitment to Detroit's College for Creative Studies with a $2.5 million donation, a contribution that will help the university undertake a $145 million redevelopment of its A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education.
-
Article
Design Contest: 2007 World Automotive Design Competition winners announced
The winners of the 2007 World Automotive Design Competition (WADC), sponsored by Autodesk, were announced at the 2007 Canadian International Auto Show in February. The competition was relaunched in 2007 with a few new twists created to meet the needs of the global automotive industry. The fifth WADC strived to ...
-
Article
Exhibition: Taxis of the World
Citroën TA 11 BL Unveiled at the 1934 Paris Motor Show, the Traction Avant was the first Citroën design revolution. Produced from 1934 to 1957, it has influenced manufacturers the world over, though Americans remained resolutely attached to rear drive. Citroën was the first manufacturer to control front traction technology ...
-
Article
Car Design News announces Design Contest
Car Design News is pleased to announce the Car Design News Contest 2008 in association with SABIC Innovative Plastics, powered by Autodesk, and to present our panel of judges (pictured left). The contest is the world's only international digital car design contest where all designs will be created as digital ...
-
Article
Chuck Jordan, former VP of GM Design, dies at 83
Legendary GM designer Charles M. "Chuck" Jordan died at his home in California on Thursday, December 9th. He was 83.
-
Article
Winners announced in Chinese Auto Design Awards 2011
Winners in the fourth Chinese Auto Design Awards have finally been announced. Held at the China Agriculture Film and Television Center in Beijing, the glamourous ceremony saw awards given to two groups; students and automotive manufacturers.
-
Article
CDN-GM/PATAC Interactive Design Competition China winners announced
The winners of the CDN-GM/PATAC Interactive Design Competition China have been announced during Car Design Night at The Waterhouse in Shanghai on April 20, 2013.
-
Article
Show Review: New York Auto Show 2012
During the New York auto show press days in early April, it was announced that the Volkswagen Up had been named World Car of the Year. But the Up was not on display at the show and if you polled attendees during the public days it is unlikely that five ...
-
Article
Creapole graduates on course to become influential designers
Since its establishment in 1981, the creative design school Creapole ESDI has enjoyed the rich atmosphere of its unique location, set in the cultural and historical heart of Paris between the Louvre and the Georges Pompidou Center.
-
Article
Lincoln gets own design studio
Ford is creating a dedicated design studio for its luxury brand Lincoln in an ongoing bid to rejuvenate the brand and position it further apart from the core Ford offering.
-
Article
General Motors to shut down Saab
General Motors has announced that it will be closing the Saab brand after the company was unable to strike a deal with Spyker Cars. This follows from last month's withdrawal of would-be suitor Koenigsegg, leaving Spyker the sole contender in the acquisition of the ailing Swedish brand.
-
Article
CCS/GM E-Flex project
Junior Transportation Design students at CCS in Detroit recently completed a project sponsored by General Motors developing vehicle concepts for one of GM's eight Global brands that utilized the innovative E-Flex technology, a plug-in, electrically driven powertrain with an on-board Range Extender.
-
Article
College Exhibition: Strate College Degree Show 2006
Graduating Transportation Design students at France's Strate College displayed their Diploma projects in the school's annual degree show, held at the central Paris school June 23-24. A jury of design managers from major European and international manufacturers including Renault, Citroen, General Motors, Hyundai, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen assessed the graduating students' ...
-
Article
Autoweek Design Forum 2007
The North American International Auto Show press days were followed again this year by the AutoWeek Design Forum. For this 14th edition of the Forum, the organizers picked 'Design for Success' as a theme for the conferences. And this theme was quite relevant given the gloomy forecasts made by some ...
-
Article
Michelin Challenge Design announces 2009 jury
Michelin Challenge Design, one of the world's top design competitions, has announced its panel of judges for 2009. The distinguished group of automotive design leaders will meet in July at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, to select the vehicle designs and concepts for special exhibition at the ...
-
Article
Four CCS students win awards in 22nd annual Michelin/CCS competition
Michelin and the College for Creative Studies (CCS) in Detroit, Michigan recently held their 22nd Annual College for Creative Studies Design Competition at the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education. Four CCS transportation students are receiving the exhibition opportunity of a lifetime when their winning designs are displayed in ...
-
Article
College Exhibition: RCA/GM - Fast Forward 2049
First year students at the Royal College of Art recently held an exhibition at the London Transport Museum commemorating the 40th anniversary of the school's vehicle design course. Sponsored by GM's Opel/Vauxhall division, 19 students responded to a brief that called for them to ‘Fast Forward into the Future'. ...
-
Article
College Exhibition: Cleveland Institute of Art Spring Show 2006
The 2006 Spring Show, held from May 10th to 12th in CIA's Gund Building in Cleveland, Ohio, featured the work of 50 industrial design majors, with 17 emphasizing transportation design.Among the twenty-one graduating majors seven focused on transportation design. Visitors to the show included designers from Daimler Chrysler, General Motors, ...