All General Motors Design articles – Page 15
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Concept Car of the Week: Vauxhall VX Lightning
Both Ford and Vauxhall celebrated their 100-year anniversaries in 2003, but despite much of the attention being focused on the American giant, GM's UK subsidiary unveiling its own birthday present: the VX Lightning.
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Who's Where: Brett Patterson and Rohan Saparamadu join Geely’s Shanghai studio
Brett Patterson and Rohan Saparamadu have joined Geely as chief designers, based in Shanghai. They will both report to the company's design director Ken Ma.
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Who's Where: Larry Erickson named Chair of Transportation Design at CCS
The College of Creative Studies (CCS) has named Larry Erickson as the Paul and Helen Farago Chair of Transportation. As chair, Erickson will lead the College's Transportation Design department, a role previously occupied by Bryon Fitzpatrick who retired in the summer of 2007. Mark West has led the department for ...
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Michelin Challenge Design announces 2007 jury
Michelin Challenge Design, one of the world's fastest growing design competitions, has announced its 2007 panel of judges. The eight automotive design and safety experts convened July 17-18, 2006, at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, to select the vehicle designs and concepts for special exhibition at the ...
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Design Contest: 2004 Motor Trend International Design Contest winners announced
Design Professional Category2nd Place: Magnus Gustafsson, Lockheed Martin X-2 Lightning - Trollhattan, Sweden3rd Place: Hilgard Muller, Bell Aegis - Santa Cruz, CaliforniaFinalist: Armando Mercado Villalobos, Swiss Army - Mexico City, Mexico
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College Exhibition: Strate College Degree Show 2005
College Exhibition: Strate College Degree Show 2005
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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' ...