All articles by Owen Ready – Page 12
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Geneva Motor Show 2013 - Trends and Overview
The hottest segment in Europe, kick-started by the Nissan Juke. Geneva's key mainstream debutants were the Renault Captur and Peugeot 2008, a pair of French B-segment SUVs that, whether by accident or design, approach the fastest-growing market space in Europe from different tacks.
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Geneva Motor Show 2013 - Trends and Overview
Geneva Motor Show - the first European show of the year - is famous for its concept cars, compact size and neutral stance, making this one of the most important and indicative on the calendar.
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Enter the I Draw Cars Summer Sketch Off on Facebook
Our friends over at I Draw Cars are holding a sketch-off over the next two weeks on their Facebook page.
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How to Draw Cars Now! tutorials target budding car designers
Whether you're just starting out in car design, or if you're looking to brush up on your presentation techniques, How to Draw Cars Now! Analog vs Digital Drawing Techniques by Arvind Ramkrishna is a new resource that aims to improve your skills.
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Northumbria University degree show 2010
Hardy describes the Braemar as "a gentleman's motorcar...intended for somebody who is without insecurities." Bristol Motors has a reputation for building discreet idiosyncratic and bespoke grand tourers, evident in the project's understated exterior, which features the trademark positioning of the spare wheel within the front fender. Its interior displays the ...
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Northumbria University degree show 2010
CDN headed to Newcastle-upon-Tyne to seek out the best of this years' class.
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Concept Car of the Week: Nissan ARC-X (1987)
In the mid to late 1980s Japan's car industry was booming and with it its confidence. No longer satisfied with producing brilliantly engineered but worthy cars, Japanese manufacturers had ambitions of taking on the Europeans in the luxury market.
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Driven: Nissan Juke
The new Nissan Juke, the smallest and most extreme member of Nissan's crossover range, is pitched as an 'urban proof' alternative to more conventional superminis. We took it to the streets to see how Nissan's scattershot small car strategy - which sees a range of four models occupying a similar ...
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LA Design Challenge 2010 announced
This year will see the seventh running of the annual LA Auto Show Design Challenge when the industry circus hits the US west coast in November.
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Driven: Mini Countryman
But does the concept of a four-meter Mini translate to use in the real world? We tentatively took the keys to find out...
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Studio Tour: Shanghai Volkswagen
On our recent tour of the automotive design industry of Shanghai, China, CDN paid a visit to the studio one of the most established foreign Joint Ventures (JVs) in China - Shanghai Volkswagen.
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Citroën Survolt Francoise Nielly art car displayed at C_42, Paris
Citroën's C_42 building on Paris' world famous Champs-Elysées has launched its new exhibition season, with an art car version of its Survolt concept by French artist Francoise Nielly.
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Pforzheim University Summer Show 2010
Fiat Pulse Rodrigo Do Vale CiossaniDesigned for the very specific needs of the Brazilian youth, Ciossani's Fiat two-seater mixes elements of sports car, SUV and beach buggy. Its rugged stance is required to cope with the country's rough roads, its cool blue hue to offer some respite from the ...
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Pforzheim University Summer Show 2010
Pforzheim University's bi-annual graduation exhibitions are firmly established as highlights of the auto design calender. And if the number of design professional wielding business cards was any indication, we weren't the only ones keen to grab a word with the students.Course leader, Prof. James Kelly, places great emphasis on ensuring ...
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RIP Sergio Pininfarina 1926-2012
Sergio Pininfarina died last night at his home in Turin. He was 85 years old.
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Christopher Svensson appointed Director of Design, Ford Asia Pacific and Africa
Christopher Svensson has recently been appointed as Director of Design, Ford Asia Pacific and Africa. He takes over the role from Scott Strong.
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Essay: China Design Now - Part II
While the Chinese companies are looking to create brands, established overseas manufacturers are looking over their shoulders to protect theirs.
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Essay: China Design Now - Part II
Arriving in Beijing Capital International Airport, specifically the gargantuan Foster and Partners-designed Terminal 3, it's difficult to know what to expect. Of course airports are designed to make the transition of people from all four corners of the globe feel like they're in no-man's land; the real journey begins not ...
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Exhibition: BMW Art Drive London
Entering the seventh floor of a London car park to find three spaces occupied by BMWs is an inconsequential occurrence given the proliferation of Bavarian-born cars in the UK Capital. Except, that is, when the three in question have been touched by the hands (and brushes) of Roy Lichtenstein, Andy ...
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Who's Where: Giles Taylor appointed Rolls-Royce Motor Cars design director
Giles Taylor has been appointed Rolls-Royce Motor Cars design director, with effect from 1 July 2012. He previously held the position of head of exterior design.