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NewsNew Designing Car Interiors volume is invaluable resource for students
Books for students of automotive design remain thin on the ground, particularly for interiors. Designer Tim Pilsbury is adressing this imbalance with his excellent Designing Car Interiors volumes
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ArticleHMI walk through: Honda E head unit, digital mirrors and instrument cluster
Honda’s all electric E has gained high praise for its refreshing and user-centric design. This includes its interior UX of course, which Screens review for you in their latest video
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ArticleHMI walk through: Lincoln Navigator telephone connectivity
In the first Screens video of the year on CDN, see how Lincoln have provided an optimised UI in the Navigator for accessing calls and messages on your smartphone. Including Siri integration if you’re using an iPhone
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ArticleCES 2020: Byton shows the “production ready” M-Byte
Byton trotted out a near-production version of the M-Byte crossover at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, exactly two years after the Chinese startup first debuted its ambitious concept.
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ArticleCES 2020: Is Sony’s Vision S a scary sight, or a revelation for carmakers and suppliers?
Should automotive manufacturers fear or embrace this surprise announcement from the consumer technology giant?
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ArticleDesign Essay: Why is Car Design so Hooked on the Past?
Retro car designs have been appearing throughout the 21st century so far… but why are they so popular?
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ArticleDesign Essay: The Strange Allure of Ugliness
Are tastes changing, or is taste simply disappearing? We try not to cover our eyes…
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ArticleHMI walk through: Porsche Taycan touchscreen user interface
This week’s UX review video from Screens walks you through the Porsche Taycan’s head unit UI, demonstrating software features such as navigation, media and climate control
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ArticleHMI walk through: Wey VV7
The Wey VV7 will detect and steer you into a parking bay, and provide visual reasurrance by projecting views from several external cameras on it’s impressive head unit display. Watch to view the full experience in Screens latest UX review
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ArticleHMI walk through: Nissan e Leaf
This week’s video from Screens reviews the Nissan e Leaf’s navigation software, which includes helpful features such as letting you know your destination is out of range and showing you nearby charging stations on the map
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ArticleHMI walk through: Polestar 2
The Polestar 2 combines a large portrait central display with a fully digital instrument cluster. Watch Screens latest video review to see how the two combine to create a compelling UX
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ArticleHMI walk through: Renault Clio
The Renault Clio combines a large portrait central display with a fully digital instrument cluster. Watch Screens latest video review to see how the two combine to create a compelling UX
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ArticleHMI walk through: Seat Tarraco touchscreen UX
This week’s video review from Screens runs through the Seat Tarraco’s main display, which features both touch and gesture UI controls
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ArticleDesign interview: Domagoj Dukec, BMW Head of Design
The design direction BMW is pursuing may be controversial but is quite deliberate, as we discovered when we spoke to the man recently promoted to lead it, Domagoj Dukec
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ArticleChina Report: Bordrin’s customer-led design
Chinese EV start-up Bordrin will not create the conventional ‘family face’ for its range of production cars. Instead, as CEO Ximing Huang and designer Yaoke Zhang told Car Design News, models will be wholly tailored to each demographic
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ArticleShow Review: K 2019
Car Design News reports on the 2019 K trade fair in Düsseldorf, which explored the use of plastics in automotive design and manufacturing
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ArticleChina Report: Ford’s renewed China push
‘Ford China 2.0’ calls for 30 new Ford and Lincoln vehicles tailored for Chinese consumers over the next three years. Car Design News spoke to Ford China head of design Simon Brook, and strategy leader Erika Tsubaki in Shanghai to find out what that means for design
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ArticleHMI walk through: Byton M-Byte interior UX
If you didn’t get a chance to see the M-Byte in Frankfurt then we have a video just for you. Screens attended the show and shot this in-depth review of the M-Byte’s UX, watch to discover a multitude of ways to interact with the vehicle’s HMI and access it’s software functions
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ArticleHMI walk through: VW Touareg maps and navigation
This week’s video from Screens walks you through the VW Touareg’s maps and navigation software. The interface is provided through the car’s main head unit display with features such as my destinations, points of interest and live traffic
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ArticleEV design: must form follow function or could design electrify consumers?
With growth in electrified powertrains set to soar, OEMs have more opportunities to showcase EVs’ unique design possibilities, and use them to win over hearts and minds on the road to electrification