All General Motors Design articles – Page 22
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Gesture-controlled Audi wins VDA Design Award
The German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) has announced the winner of its 2013 Design Awards, which asked students from across the world to submit their final graduating projects completed between October 2011 and July 2013.
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Concept Car of the Week: Oldsmobile Golden Rocket (1956)
From 1949 to 1961, General Motors ran its own motor show. Called Motorama, the annual event was a showcase for concept cars which revealed prospective design and technology directions for all of GM's brands and for cars in general.
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GM's Ed Welburn walks Jay Leno through the Elmiraj concept's design [w/Video]
General Motors' vice president Global Design Ed Welburn stars in the latest of the 'Jay Leno's Garage' YouTube series, running the talk-show host through some of the new Cadillac Elmiraj concept's design features and what it means for the brand's future.
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How they're made: concept car tires
With the car design calender kicking off tomorrow at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, we've taken a look behind the scenes of a crucial yet often overlooked aspect of concept car design - their tires. We spoke to Michelin's senior industrial designers Ben Ebel and John ...
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Who's Where: Richard Ferlazzo appointed GM Australia design director
Richard Ferlazzo has been appointed General Motors Australia design director. Taking up the position from 1 September, he will report directly to executive director international operations design Michael Simcoe and also GM Holden chairman and managing director Mike Devereux.
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Why small sedans are the next big thing in South America
Despite the recent boom of the Brazilian economy and a growing middle class population being able to buy their first car, new cars are still relatively expensive in the country. As Car Design News reported in our 2012 São Paulo motor show coverage, the initial development of the market has ...
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Q&A: David Townsend, GM global design director, user experience
GM's new design director of user experience, David Townsend, has only been in the job just over a month. But with a remit extending to the interface design of every vehicle in GM's global portfolio, his influence will soon be widespread.
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2014 Michelin Challenge Design jury meets to select winners
The 2014 Michelin Challenge Design judging panel has selected the top three entries of its ‘Driven/Undriven' contest after an intense two-day session at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
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Video: GM's Clay Dean on the future of urban mobility
Clay Dean is the star of a new Faces of GM video, Anticipating the Driving Experience of the Future.
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Global Vehicle Architecture opens new fully-equipped 3D Design Studio in Beijing
Global Vehicle Architecture (GVA) - a specialist independent design company encompassing all forms of transportation design - has opened a fully-equipped design studio in Beijing to cater for the growing demand for design support services. GVA is unique in that it is the first European automotive designer led facility ...
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Easy Does It: The nine top design directors on the one thing they agree on - simplicity
Ed Welburn, the most charming man ever to wear a designer suit and design director of General Motors, can only agree with his colleagues. In his fabulous universe, simplicity is even necessary to control complex situations: "Chevrolet offers family cars, extreme performance cars and serious trucks. That's quite something. That ...
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Michelin Challenge Design-CCS 2014 winning projects explored
Michelin has revealed the winners of the 2014 Michelin Challenge Design Competition for the College for Creative Studies (CCS).
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CDN-GM Interactive Design Contest 2013 winners announced
In early December, the finalist entries from the CDN/GM Interactive Design Competition were put in front of the panel of judges from General Motors and Car Design News to determine the four winners of this year's internships with GM. This year, once again, the level of work was exceptional and ...
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CDN-GM Interactive Design Competition 2014 now open!
Car Design News and General Motors are pleased to announce the 2014 edition of the CDN-GM Interactive Design Competition is now open for entry.
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2015 Michelin Challenge Design Automotive Press Association design panel
The Automotive Press Association (APA) Design Panel is the first of several milestones in the annual Michelin Challenge Design (MCD) calendar of events.
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Concept Car of the Week: GM-X Stiletto (1964)
With dreams of flying cars as the ultimate inspiration, General Motors designers in the ‘60s used every trick possible to make their creations appear as though they were floating - long, straight bodies, wheels pushed in and hidden away, large fins and lights that looked like rockets. As William L. ...
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Design Review: Faurecia Premium Attitude
Faurecia is a Tier 1 automotive supplier, usually outfitting vehicles built by General Motors, the Volkswagen Group, BMW and other well-known vehicle manufacturers with seats, doors, cockpits, front ends, acoustic packages and exhaust systems. This time however, they've decided to build a car to showcase their latest products, including innovative ...
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Who's Where: Bryan Nesbitt appointed VP of Design for GM North America
General Motors is looking to inject some newfound flair into its North American product lineup. Effective June 1, Bryan Nesbitt, currently Executive Director of Design at General Motors Europe will become Vice President of Design for North America and relocate to the company's technology headquarters in Warren, Michigan.
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General Motors Europe opens new Design Center
Being a car designer is often percieved as a glamourous occupation, but few people realise that this typically means working in some of the least inspiring places. Wolfsburg, Detroit and Birmingham are just a few of the locations that are home to some of the largest populations of car designers ...
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General Motors reshuffles Executive Design leadership team
General Motors will be changing its Executive Design leadership team around in the coming months to accelerate global product development. The announcement came on the heels of news regarding the giant automaker being surpassed by rival Toyota in global sales. In an effort to bring itself out of the red, ...