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NewsLatest material trends by CNT Factory
CMF experts CNT Factory pick out some groundbreaking projects and materials, including work from BMW and Freitag
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ArticleMotor City Blues for the Detroit auto show
Car Design News editor James McLachlan gives his take on the 2023 Detroit auto show, something he describes as a dispiriting experience but one that could be rejuvinated by design
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ArticleListen: CDN talks to Afry Experience Studios
In this CDN podcast, editor James McLachlan visits Afry Experience Studios team in their new Gothenburg studio to discuss their holistic approach to design work
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ArticleCDN poll reveals giant touchscreen antipathy
A Car Design News poll confirmed what many already suspected – not many of us are fans of giant touchscreens
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ArticleOpinion: Transforming old into new
Revered retrofit architects Lacaton & Vassal’s recent Pritzker Prize win poses some interesting questions for car designers, writes CDN editor James McLachlan
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Interior MotivesCar Design News partners with Cadillac to bring you the Lyriq
The Cadillac Lyriq is a landmark vehicle in General Motors’ move to an electrified line-up. Together with Car Design News, the Cadillac team bring you an in-depth look at this svelte slice of American design
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ArticleHitting the e-SUV spot
OEMs are rushing to bring out more electric SUVs in a bid to meet emissions targets and protect margins. But they will require innovations in design and engineering to stay desirable and competitive in an increasingly crowded field
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WebinarWatch: The New Land Rover Defender: Reinventing an icon
Hear from the Land Rover team from the Warwickshire studio for a fascinating insight into the creative challenge of replacing one of the world’s last iconic vehicles - the Defender. Hear from the exterior, interior, and Colour and Material teams with a Design focused talk from the key disciplines followed by a Q&A.
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WebinarWatch recording: CDN Student Awards China 2020 Announcement / CDN2020 年中国汽车设计大赛云颁奖
CDN is proud to announce the winners of the 11th CDN Student Awards China, celebrating the best Chinese design talent for 2020. Due to the global pandemic, unfortunately, we can’t host the traditional physical Award Ceremony. However, you can watch the first-ever Virtual Ceremony and discover who are the 8 winners of the OEM briefs and 10 category winners, selected by our elite judging panel. From the 10 category winners, we will announce the prestigious Overall Winner for 2020.
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WebinarWatch recording: Autodesk’s Design Tools – A Single Digital Pipeline.
A look at how tools such as VRED, Alias, and Shotgun are helping companies spend more time designing and refining their designs while using automated processes to deliver manual and repetitive work.
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WebinarWatch recording: Graduation Day Master TAD at Politecnico di Milano
Where the traditional ‘degree show’ has been prevented due to lockdown and the global pandemic, CDN and Politecnico di Milano bring you the ’Graduation Day Master TAD’ – 11th edition.
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WebinarWatch: Autodesk - Design Collaboration in the age of remote working
See how Autodesk tools like Alias, VRED and Shotgun are helping customers continue to design collaboratively, solve challenges, share ideas and make decisions in this age of ‘remote working’.
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ArticleHMI walk through: Peugeot e208 highlights
This week’s video from Screens reviews the Peugeot e208’s UX highlights, including head unit and instrument cluster features
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InterviewFord livestream VR Q&A
During the livestream VR demo on the Fordzilla cars, a lot of questions came in that we ran out of time to address, so the team at Ford Design answered them after the event
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WebinarWatch: Car Design Review 7 live launch including best Concept and Production Cars of 2019 winners
The top 10 production and concept car designs for 2019, as featured in the Car Design Review 7 hardback annual (out soon), have been announced.
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ArticleHMI walk through: Peugeot e208 head unit display
This week’s video from Screens reviews the features of the Peugeot e208’s head unit display, which forms part of the car’s i-Cockpit
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ArticleHMI walk through: Peugeot e208 instrument cluster overview
Screens review the UI of the digital instrument cluster in Peugeot’s electric e208, which features the latest version of the French carmaker’s layered i-Cockpit
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ArticleHMI walk through: VW Golf 8 gesture controls
Watch this video review from Screens to see how gesture controls work in the VW Golf 8 and how these gestures control the UI of the centre console screen
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ArticleHMI walk through: VW Golf 8 touch slider
This week’s video review from Screens demonstrates how you can operate the car’s UX functions using a touch slider interface mounted below the large centre console screen
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ArticleHMI walk through: VW Golf 8 UX highlights
Watch this video review from Screens to see an overview of the VW Golf 8’s driver focused HMI, including digital instrument cluster, steering wheel controls and large centre console screen