All General Motors Design articles – Page 19
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Design Review: GM Daewoo T2X concept
After eight years, with the Seoul show now including all the major international manufacturers, GM Daewoo have bounced back to unveil their ambitious new T2X concept. Like so many of the cars at the show the T2X is a sports crossover, which Max Wolff, GM Daewoo Deputy Director of Advanced ...
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Whos Where: Pierre Authier to become Vice President of Design for Opel/Vauxhall
Pierre Authier is thought to become Vice President of Design for Opel/Vauxhall, leaving his current role as Peugeot Design Director, according to a source from within the PSA design department.
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Michelin Challenge Design Selects Designs for 2009 NAIAS
The Michelin Challenge Design Jury met in July at Art Center College of Design and selected the designs that will be displayed next January at the 2009 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) at the Cobo Center in Detroit.
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GM opens new Design Center in India
General Motors has opened a new Design Center in Bangalore, India. The new facility is the eleventh GM design studio worldwide and is of significant importance as it is situated in one of the fastest-growing emerging car markets in the world. In a move to expand GM's operations and design ...
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GM and Bezalel Academy of Art and Design develop Windows of Opportunity smart glass tech [w/video]
General Motors' Research and Development has collaborated with Bezalel Academy of Art and Design's Future Lab students to conceptualize new ways in which rear seat passengers - who traditionally feel disconnected from their environment - have a richer experience on the road.
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College Exhibition: Royal College of Art - GE Plasticon project
After undertaking a research trip to India the group decided to focus on entry-level mobility in rural India between 2015 and 2020. The team used a skateboard-like chassis which uses GE's HydroPlast technology.
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Webinars: Visualization & Digital Effect Creation with Autodesk
Car Design News hosted Visualization & Digital Effect Creation with Autodesk on February 9, 2011. This webinar explored how effective communication is key to 'selling' a particular design internally, and provided information on how to get your vision across using Autodesk Showcase, with an emphasis on materials, cross-sections and environments.
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College Exhibition: Strate College Degree Show 2004
A jury of design managers from major European and international manufacturers assessed the graduating student's work. The jury members included Anne Asensio (Executive Director Design, General Motors), Imre Molnar (Dean, College for Creative Studies), Andreas Wlasak (Director of Design, Faurecia), Axel Breun (Project Director, Renault Design), and representatives from industrial ...
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Hong-ik University Degree Show 2007
Hong-ik University held its 9th Project Exhibition from October 28th to November 3rd in Seoul, Korea. Featuring works from the 2007 graduation show and junior, sophomore semester shows, graduating students presented their proposals of next generation luxury sedan for their favorite brands. "Works of past graduation shows at Hong-ik so ...
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GM opens Advanced Design Studio in Seoul
General Motors has opened a new Advanced Design Studio in Seoul, Korea, the American automaker announced today (April 20). GM is set to leverage its position in the trendy Gangnam area of the Korean city, recently coined the 2010 World Design Capital.
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Brit Insurance Design Of The Year 2011
Elsewhere in the Transport category, the YikeBike - a unique, carbon fiber, folding 'mini-farthing' is also nominated. Designed with lightness in mind, the YikeBike's main prerogative is to allow commuters to stow the bike effectively when not in use.
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Brit Insurance Design Of The Year 2011
Showcasing a year in design, the fourth annual Brit Insurance Design Awards are currently being previewed at the Design Museum in London, UK. The shortlist of over 100 items takes in the best in design from seven categories: Architecture, Transport, Graphics, Interactive, Product, Furniture and Fashion.
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College Exhibition: Umea Degree Show 2006
Scania SCSTNiklas Wejedal (Sweden). In collaboration with Scania
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Zhong Boguang: China's first generation auto designer
Zhong Boguang is one of the first designers to emerge in a country that has seen its importance augment considerably in recent times. But well before China became the biggest market for motor vehicles in the world, Boguang was obsessed with the pursuit of his car design dreams.
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Who's Where: Anne Asensio joins Dassault Systemes
Anne Asensio has been recruited by French firm Dassault Systemes to fill the newly-created position of Vice President Design Experience. This is not only the start of a new culture for Dassault Systemes, the world leader in 3D based Product Life cycle Management software (PLM), but it will also be ...
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Car Design News to host a trio of events around Beijing auto show
As the automotive world looks forward to Beijing, and what promises to be one of the most significant auto show in this year's calendar, Car Design News is actively contributing to the focus on China by hosting three events - CDN Interior Motives China Conference, Car Design Awards China and ...
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The Rise of Chinese Auto Designers
Though the interior wasn't on show in Shanghai, the interior design theme is "driver focused", according to its creator. Sub-divided into two spaces, a prominent instrument panel and the extension of the center console separate each passenger's area, independent of the driver's position. More functions are achieved by three touch-screens. ...
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Exclusive: Phil Zak appointed Chief Designer at Hyundai America (updated)
Phillip A Zak will become the new Chief Designer at Hyundai's North American Design Center in Irvine, California, filling the role previously held by former GM designer Joel Piaskowski who left Hyundai to become Head of Advanced Design at Mercedes-Benz's North American Design Center in January of this year.
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Who's Where: Dave Rand resigns from Changan Automobile
Dave Rand, the former General Motors Design Chief, has resigned from the Chinese State-owned automaker after joining the company last October. Rand's resignation, which was made official last week, follows that of his senior at Changan, Ken Ma who stepped down as Vice President of Design earlier this year.
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Revival of the Minivan
A couple of years ago I met a young designer at Chrysler's studios in Auburn Hills, Michigan. He had grown up in a minivan, he told me, and he felt the special love-hate relationship for it that is associated with places from childhood. "No one wants their parents' car," he ...