All articles by James McLachlan – Page 3
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ArticleReview: Coventry Connections – 50 years of Transport Design at Coventry University
Car Design News reviews Coventry Connections – 50 years of Transport Design at Coventry University
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Article“Alfa Romeo is a car for egoists” – Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos
Alfa Romeo’s Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos discusses the design of the Junior
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ArticleAndreas Mindt on the ID. GTI concept and complexity in car design
In a surprise appearance at the SMMT Test Day, the head of VW group design turned up to talk through the ID. GTI concept’s design language. Car Design News grabbed a few minutes with the busy designer to ask him about the increasingly complex nature of automotive design
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ArticleNew Model Army: inside Tata Motors’ clay studio
With a brace of wins at the CDN People Awards, Tata Motors has an enviable reputation for having one of the best clay modelling teams in the industry. Car Design News paid the team a visit in their state-of-the-art facilities in Warwick
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ArticleThe Fight Club of Design
With influences as diverse as UK rave culture, Detroit’s vaunted boxing heritage and the city’s car culture, there are few events in the automotive design calendar that get the blood pumping than the Middlecott Sketch Battle. Car Design News caught up with event founder Brook Banham to hear about the method behind the madness
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Article“I don’t want only the design leaders presenting to me – I banned PowerPoint, full stop”
Car Design News paid a visit to Gothenburg to meet with Jeremy Offer, Lisa Reeves and Nick Gronenthal who form part of Volvo’s design leadership team
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ArticleInside the studio: General Motors, Advanced Design UK
Car Design News paid a visit to General Motors Advanced Design UK in Leamington. While the work itself is shrouded in secrecy, CDN discovered a studio relishing its role as creative friend to the mothership in Michigan
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Article“What makes a material interesting is its story”
Gaia Crippa, head of materials innovation at Chris Lefteri Design, speaks to Car Design News in Milan at the Maserati showroom
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Article”Evolving our heritage and our brand is strongly connected to also evolving luxury”
”Evolving our heritage and our brand is strongly connected to also evolving luxury”
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Article“We are trying to create a pure design where technology is there but not in the foreground”
Head of interior at Maserati Andreas Wuppinger on the relationship between timesless design and evolving technology
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ArticleWatch: CDN Car Design Night Milan 2024 highlights
Car Design Night Milan at the Maserati showroom in Milan gathered industry leaders from General Motors, Changan, Mercedes-Benz and more
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Article“Less-than-perfect surfaces are key to a more sustainable future”
Head of materials at Chris Lefteri Design, Gaia Crippa, speaks to Car Design News ahead of the CDN Milan Design Night
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Article“We make luxury sportscars – the Polestar 5 and 6 will show that”
During a recent visit to Gothenberg, Car Design News stopped by to speak with Polestar design director Maximilian Missoni whose design team has once again claimed the Car Design Review production car of the year
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Article“We all need to slow down and pay attention to the details”
Miko Srl’s head of marketing Benedetta Terraneo on reacting to customer demands and why she finds the little details so inspiring
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Article“We want to help designers iterate faster and get more design time”
Car Design News speaks with Andy Shaw of protoyping company Vital about fast iterating, additive manufacturing and why OEMs should view prototyping as part of the design process
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Article“We want to democratise what it means to build physical products in the real world”
Vizcom’s CEO and founder Jordan Taylor on the democratising power of AI and why the technology will create new types of jobs
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Article“What do designers want? Freedom!”
Car Design News speaks to Marek Ramski of OLEDWorks at the Car Design Night Geneva 2024
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ArticleInterview: Javier Garcia-Gallardo on heading up Zeekr’s new Shanghai studio
Javier Garcia-Gallardo will head up Zeekr’s new Shanghai studio. Car Design News caught up with the designer at the brand’s Gothenburg studio to find out a little more
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ArticlePeter Wouda: “Where are the new design icons?”
At the Geneva Motor Show 2024, Peter Wouda, design director of VW Future Center explains the importance of proportions and graphics and why designers are natural optimists
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ArticleChris Bangle: “What is the future of car design without a culture behind it”
Speaking at the Geneva Motor Show 2024, Chris Bangle explains the role car shows play in sustaining a culture of design