All articles by Karl Smith – Page 22
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Survey highlights increased consumer appetite for in-car technology
Spanish telecommunications firm Telefonica has issued its second annual report on connected car technologies. Its study looked at public expectations of in-car tech in the cars of today and tomorrow.
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Book Review: 70s Concept Cars - Yesterday's Dreams of the Future
It can be argued that there were two ‘Golden Ages’ of concept cars. In America, the 1950s were the dream cars’ heyday, as manufacturers spared no expense to project their products into the future, vying to best capture the zeitgeist of the emerging space age. GM’s Motorama shows of the ’50s and early ’60s epitomized the era, with needle-nosed, tail-finned rocket ship wannabes proudly displayed o
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Is Car Culture in Los Angeles really dead?
Reviewing the different facets of the car culture in Los Angeles, it could be easy to see a fragmentation and dissolution of the car culture in twenty years, just like the critics would have you believe.
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Is Car Culture in Los Angeles really dead?
Los Angeles is a huge metropolis, surrounded by a constellation of cities - some of which could be considered large in their own right.
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Is Car Culture in Los Angeles really dead?
Classification of the many elements of the car culture in Los Angeles is something that defies any precise taxonomy. However, we already have a good idea of the general segments that prove LA's car culture is still alive and kicking.
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Is Car Culture in Los Angeles really dead?
For the last decade or so, it has been fashionable - even obligatory - in journalistic circles to proclaim the death of car culture in Los Angeles. Critics jostle in print and online to herald a new, post-automobile era of the city.
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Tesla Motors open-sources patents
Since Elon Musk founded Tesla Motors a decade ago, his electric car venture has been a thorn in the traditional auto manufacturers' side.
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Book Reviews: Car Design Europe, Car Design America, and Car Design Asia by Paolo Tumminelli
Author Paolo Tumminelli Publisher teNeues ISBNs Car Design America 978-3-8327-9596-2 Car Design Asia 978-3-8327-9538-2 Car Design Europe 978-3-8327-9459-0 Price £45/USD65 eachAvailable from www.teneues.com
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Report: Connected Car Expo 2013
No connected car conference would be complete without a look into the future, and this year saw two dedicated discussions.
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Report: Connected Car Expo 2013
California is the largest, most influential auto market in the U.S., Los Angeles is home to many of the industry's design outposts, and Silicon Valley near San Francisco is home to the high technology industries that are increasingly influencing the design of the automobile. So it's fitting that the organizers ...
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Demise of kei cars on the horizon?
The kei car has long been a staple of the Japanese automobile industry and its car culture. Too diminutive for Western markets, the tiny cars and trucks are a strong influencer of design in Japan.
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College Exhibition: Art Center College of Design Spring 2014
Jingyi DuanTesla Model ZDesigned for the high-salaried early adopter, this sports coupé is proposed as a new flagship for the electric car maker. It features 1+2 seating configuration, with passengers in tandem on the right side. The form of the body of the car echoes this asymmetrical arrangement and incorporates ...
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College Exhibition: Art Center College of Design Spring 2014
Tom HarezlakPorsche 903The classic Porsche racers of the 1960s are the inspiration behind this proposal for a simpler, more ecological speedster for the near future. 'Pulling its own weight' is the theme here, with parts and systems collecting and conserving energy, with the three-cylinder hybrid engine and cooling system integrated ...
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College Exhibition: Art Center College of Design Spring 2014
Chunky Vazirani Rolls-Royce Eternal ShadowThis vision of a future Rolls-Royce coupé proposal that updates the marque's traditional proportions with a new, more dynamic aesthetic, influenced by the flaring of water as a boat moves through it. The extended hood shelters a V12 engine with a mechanical system that stores energy ...
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College Exhibition: Art Center College of Design Spring 2014
Ferenc Fero TobakBMW 8 SpeciesIn another BMW sponsored project, Fero Tobak imagines a new type of sports tourer that exploits advances in interaction and production processes to create a new kind of driver and passenger experience. The exterior, though heavily influenced by the interior layout, also speaks of the BMW ...
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College Exhibition: Art Center College of Design Spring 2014
Art Center recently staged its annual Spring Senior Degree Show and CDN was there to review the work of the graduating students and talk with the faculty and administration. We were fortunate enough to speak at length with Stewart Reed, chair of the Transportation Design Department, and Geoff Wardle, director ...
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Exhibition Report: When The Future Had Fins
Today's designer has SketchbookPro and Photoshop at their disposal, but back in the day, pencil, ink and gouache were your go-to means for producing a rendering. For those of a certain age, there's a nostalgia for the visceral satisfaction of feeling a pencil in your hand gliding across the paper, ...
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Rinspeed previews Budii concept ahead of Geneva show
It just wouldn't be the Geneva Motor Show without Rinspeed, the Swiss maker of unique and increasingly prophetic concept cars.
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Worth a read: Baking Up a New Look, in Layers
For over eighty years, the look of aerodynamic design has been the teardrop or wedge shape. This pure shape has, of course, been compromised by the practical considerations of packaging and drivetrain placement. But, in the last decade or so, we have seen a new model emerging, one driven by ...
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What is character in car design, and how might this change in the future?
The fifth annual Autodesigno Cars of Character discussion panel took place on 21 October at Warner Brothers Studios in Los Angeles. The panel featured designers from North American studios: Derek Jenkins, director of design at Mazda North America; Frank Saucedo, director of advanced design at GM; Chris Chapman, chief designer ...