All General Motors Design articles – Page 24
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Cadillac CUE: Intuitive driving in 2012
General Motors' Cadillac division is hoping to lead the way in intuitive multimedia systems, with the launch of its ‘Cadillac User Experience' (CUE) system, which is set to make is official debut at the forthcoming LA auto show.
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Interview: Ken Okuyama, CEO, Ken Okuyama Design
Ken Okuyama is not your typical car designer. He is one of the elite few to have given up a prestigious position at one of the world's most illustrious firms to spearhead the creation of his own brand. Just as fellow Art Center College of Design graduate Henrik Fisker, Okuyama ...
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Wayne Cherry receives Lifetime Achievement Award at EyesOn Design 2013
Renowned car designer Wayne Cherry was honored with a Lifetime Design Achievement Award at the EyesOn Automotive Design Exhibition at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, Michigan.
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Who's Where: Sangyup Lee to join VW Advanced Design
Sangyup Lee, designer of the acclaimed Chevrolet Camaro, has recently resigned from General Motors to accept a position as Chief Designer of Exterior at the Volkswagen/Audi Advanced studio in California. Lee is scheduled to begin work mid-January 2010, reporting to Jens Manske who was appointed Executive Director earlier this ...
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Who's Where: James Hope appointed Director of Design at Chery Motors
James Hope has been appointed Corporate Director of Design at Chery Motors, the Chinese state-owned carmaker. He joins Chery from General Motors, where he held the position of Assistant Chief Designer since February 2008.
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Who's Where: Simon Cox appointed design director, Infiniti Design London
Infiniti has recruited Simon Cox as design director at its Infiniti Design London studio, which is currently Nissan Design Europe. He will report directly to Infiniti executive design director Alfonso Albaisa.
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Who's Where: Sangyup Lee appointed Bentley’s head of exterior design
Sangyup Lee has been appointed Bentley's head of exterior design. He reports directly to Luc Donkerwolke, head of Bentley Styling and Design and taken up the position left by Dave Hilton.
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Driven: Cadillac XTS
In the light of the new, global-focused ATS and hot-off-the-press CTS sedans, the full-sized, US-centric Cadillac XTS is somewhat of an anomaly in the new Caddy clan. It’s been earmarked as a stopgap flagship before a proper rear-wheel drive challenger to the Mercedes S-class and Lexus LS comes on stream. Car Design News took to the streets of Detroit to find out if it captures that big Cadillac v
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Designer Interviews: James Hope, Design Director for Chery Motors
James Hope, has an impressive automotive design portfolio, having worked at General Motors, Ford and Johnson Controls. In January he became one of the steady stream of Western car designers heading East by joining Chery Motors, the Chinese state-owned automaker, as its new Design Director.
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Who's Where: Martin Smith to retire, succeeded by Joel Piaskowski as Ford Europe head of design
Martin Smith, head of Ford of Europe design for the last 10 years, will retire at the end of this year, before which he will work on a project to study the future direction of the company's global design direction. He will be replaced by current head of strategic concepts ...
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CDN-GM 2014 Interactive Design Competition now closed
The 2014 Car Design News and General Motors Interactive Design Competition is now closed.
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2015 Car Design News-GM-SGMW Interactive Design Competition is now open for entries
The CDN-SGMW-GM Interactive Competition is now open for entries in China with two, three-month, paid internships up for grabs at the General Motors Tech Center in Shanghai.
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Michelin Challenge Design 2015: Jury meeting and entry review
Michelin Challenge Design has held its annual jury meeting and review of entries. The event took place at the Canepa Motorsports Museum in Scotts Valley, California on 14-15 July.
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Brief 1 - Buick: CDN-GM Interactive Design Competition
This year's Car Design News and General Motors Interactive Design Competition is now up and running. Simply choose one of the five briefs set by GM's designers and submit your entry on the competition website, http://www.cardesigncontest.com/
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Brief 5 - Sculpting: CDN-GM Interactive Design Competition
The Car Design News and General Motors Interactive Design Competition is now open. It offers you the choice of five briefs, each set by GM's design teams, and entries are invited at http://www.cardesigncontest.com/
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Brief 4 - GMC: CDN-GM Interactive Design Competition
Once again, Car Design News and General Motors are holding an Interactive Design Competition.There are five design briefs to choose from, each set by GM's design teams, and you're invited to submit your entry on the competition website: http://www.cardesigncontest.com/
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Jury selects South Korean team as winners of Michelin Challenge Design 2015
Michelin has today announced the top 15 projects in its global 2015 Michelin Challenge Design competition. The Volkswagen Viento project by the South Korean team of Youngjai Jun and Gunyoung Yoon was judged to be the best, and awarded first place by a jury of the world's top automotive designers.
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CDN-GM Interactive Design Competition winners announced
The winners of the 2014 CDN-GM Interactive Design Competition have just been announced at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
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Show Review: Milan Fuori Salone 2015
"Carmakers take divergent roads in Russia," reads a Financial Times headline read, just as I was thinking exactly the same. Only I substituted Russia for Milan. Some have dropped Milan totally. Some park their car there with some additional leaflets to give away, just as they would have done at ...
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Who's Where: Stefan Lamm leaves Ford to become Seat head of exterior design
Stefan Lamm has been announced as the new head of exterior design at VW Group's Spanish subsidiary, Seat. He leaves his current post as Ford Europe's exterior design director after a period of 10 years with the company.