All articles by Guy Bird – Page 16
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Studio Tour: Toyota CALTY Design Research, Newport Beach, CA
CALTY Design Research (Toyota / Lexus / Scion)Established 1973 Locations Newport Beach, California / Ann Arbor, Michigan, USASize 85,000 sq. ft (Newport Beach) / 32,000 sq. ft (Ann Arbor) Staff Circa 100 (split 60/40 between both sites)Studio leader Kevin Hunter
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The Designers Pt3 - Gert Hildebrand, Qoros
Car Design News launched its first-ever Car Design Review yearbook at the Geneva Motor Show, featuring the award-winning Production Car and Concept Car Designs of 2013.
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The Designers, Pt 9 - Tim Yerdon, Visteon
Car Design News launched its first-ever Car Design Review yearbook at the Geneva Motor Show, featuring the award-winning Production Car and Concept Car Designs of 2013.
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The Designers Pt1 - Gorden Wagener, Mercedes-Benz
Car Design News launched its first-ever Car Design Review yearbook at the Geneva Motor Show, featuring the award-winning Production Car and Concept Car Designs of 2013.
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Monterey Car Week 2013 - from Pebble Beach to Laguna Seca via The Quail
Arguably, The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, is the most exclusive event within Monterey Car Week. It's held some miles inland from Pebble Beach at another at suitably posh golf club - this time Quail Golf Lodge - and as the subtitle to the event suggests, it has very clear motorsport ...
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Monterey Car Week 2013 - from Pebble Beach to Laguna Seca via The Quail
Monterey Car Week has something for everyone. If classic motor racing is your thing, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Laguna Seca is the event to visit, mixing slices of the Le Mans Classic with the Goodwood Festival of Speed in a truly all-American fashion on the Saturday 17 August ...
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Monterey Car Week 2013 - from Pebble Beach to Laguna Seca via The Quail
Being a self-confessed Monterey Car Week newbie, I didn't really credit that its many global unveils happen all over the place and on different days. Also, not all of the seven 2013 new cars were repatriated from their select evening previews and early reveals back onto Pebble Beach's main putting ...
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Monterey Car Week 2013 - from Pebble Beach to Laguna Seca via The Quail
Car Design News' Guy Bird packed its bags for a visit to the largest, most fantasy-filled motoring event on the calendar to bring you all the greatest cars - old and new - from the Californian coast.
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The Designers, Pt7 - Ralph Gilles, Chrysler Group
Car Design News launched its first-ever Car Design Review yearbook at the Geneva Motor Show, featuring the award-winning Production Car and Concept Car Designs of 2013.
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Design Development: Rinspeed MicroMAX
The result - with its sliding doors and low-load floor for easier access for children or disabled people and made possible by the electric powertrain underneath provided by forklift truck experts Linde - looks clean enough, but it's also clear that the meat of this concept is the original thinking ...
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Design Development: Rinspeed MicroMAX
Vehicle type People mover EV concept Project leader Frank Rinderknecht Interior designers Peter Kägi and Alain BridesonColor and trim designers Johanna Axtmann and Ralf Imbery (Hornschuch); Udo Sawall and Julia Reinke (Strähle+Hess)Project started July 2012 Project completed January 2013 Launch Geneva motor show, March 2013
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Designer Interviews: Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos, Seat design director
CDN Being harsh you could say Seat is where designers go to start their VW management career and then move on, for example Walter de'Silva and Luc Donckerwolke? How do you see it?A M-R Above all, I'm part of the VW Group, and I think it's great people are moving ...
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Designer Interviews: Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos, Seat design director
Although 46-year old Spaniard Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos caught the car design bug at 10 or 12 years of age, he initially studied product design at Elisava Design School in Barcelona between 1986 and 1990, as well as working at product design company Associate Designers in his spare time.
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Designer Interviews: Anders Warming, Mini director of design
CDN Will you do another Paceman and Coupe? AW We've got seven models now, but there is a general tendency within the company to want to focus the brand again. Mini is a promise and about urban lifestyle.
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Designer Interviews: Anders Warming, Mini director of design
As Mini's modern rejuvenation has developed from a single model to a seven-car range, its design language has stretched well beyond the comfort zone of its original fans. Overall sales may be booming - in 2013 its global tally hit a record 305,030 - but this figure hides poor numbers ...
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The Designers, Pt 8 - Steve Mattin, Lada
Car Design News launched its first-ever Car Design Review yearbook at the Geneva Motor Show, featuring the award-winning Production Car and Concept Car Designs of 2013.
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Designer Interviews: Luc Donckerwolke, Bentley director of design
Arguably, the biggest item on the 'to do' list of Bentley's design director is the brand's forthcoming SUV. The controversial model addition, due early 2016, could become its biggest seller and push the VW Group-owned British luxury marque's sales up to 15,000 in total per year.
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ArticleFirst Sight: Mercedes F 015 Luxury in Motion
Mercedes became the first carmaker to launch a fully autonomous concept vehicle - the F 015 Luxury in Motion - at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
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Show Review: New York Auto Show 2015
Last year's New York Auto Show wasn't a classic, with only one true concept unveiled. Conspiracy theorists (including us) pondered whether part of the problem was its late April start - due to being wedded to the fluctuating Easter calendar and thus clashing with the bigger and more important Beijing ...
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Show Review: New York Auto Show 2015
Last year's New York Auto Show wasn't a classic, with only one true concept unveiled. Conspiracy theorists (including us) pondered whether part of the problem was its late April start - due to being wedded to the fluctuating Easter calendar and thus clashing with the bigger and more important Beijing ...