All articles by Owen Ready – Page 14
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Schreyer: More than a designer of products I wish to be an architect of Hyundai's brand image
There's no denying Peter Schreyer has been instrumental in turning around Kia's image from a manufacturer of wheeled white goods in a creator of design-led products.
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Pocketsquare to premiere Panasonic's driver-focussed HMI interior concept at NAIAS
Erstwhile GM interior design chief David Lyon, alongside former GM engineer Nina Mital and ex-Ford designer Gary Braddock - the three members of new Michigan-based design consultancy Pocketsquare - will have the first fruits of their new venture displayed at the NAIAS in Detroit in the form of Panasonic's advanced ...
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How they're made: concept car tires
With the car design calender kicking off tomorrow at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, we've taken a look behind the scenes of a crucial yet often overlooked aspect of concept car design - their tires. We spoke to Michelin's senior industrial designers Ben Ebel and John ...
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Who's Where: Craig Metros heads back to Michigan to become Ford's exterior design director of The Americas
Craig Metros is heading back to his native Michigan to take up a new position as Ford's exterior design director of The Americas.
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CDN-Interior Motives China Conference 2014 - Day 2
Chris Bangle was back on stage to conclude the conference with a panel discussion that included some of the conference's previous speakers as well as the winner of the 2014 Car Design Awards China, Guo Jiayi, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, to represent Chinese students.
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CDN-Interior Motives China Conference 2014 - Day 2
Sooshin Choi, provost and professor of design, College for Create Studies, started the second luxury-themed session of the conference by asking: "Is luxury a question of material, shape or technology? Or is it a more philosophical question?"
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CDN-Interior Motives China Conference 2014 - Day 2
Human-machine interface is clearly the hottest area in an otherwise fairly static car design space today. The explosion in global connectivity and smartphone usage, combined with a level of ambivalence towards a car industry that has failed to react to the greatest challenge in its history, has left everything on ...
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CDN-Interior Motives China Conference 2014 - Day 2
Chris Bangle gave those contemplating a lie-in after the first day of the CDN-Interior Motives conference the incentive to grab a front-row seat for his opening keynote. Thought-provoking, clear and inspirational as ever, we will cover Bangle's 'State of the Union: Time for Deep Car Design?' presentation in a separate ...
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College Exhibition: Pforzheim University Winter 2013
Johannes WolkoAirSev 2035In amongst the plethora of cars on display, Wolko's airport ground support equipment certainly stands out. The airplane displayed on his stand wasn't designed by him, but gave context to his three devices - an autonomous airfreight container transporter, a mobile ramp to load the containers and a ...
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College Exhibition: Pforzheim University Winter 2013
Christian HolweckIn search of the lost respect for motionPerhaps the most difficult and intangible on concepts to illustrate, Holweck’s desire was to recapture the feeling of movement, as modern cars become ever more isolating and refined. Visualized through beautifully delicate maquettes of printed acetate held under tension by transparent wire, ...
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College Exhibition: Pforzheim University Winter 2013
We made the first of 2013's trips to Pforzheim in Baden-Württemberg, southwest Germany for its university's biannual graduate exhibition.This year's crop of young talent is as impressive as ever from what many regard as the finest transportation course in Europe. Across the board standards of sketching, conception and execution are ...
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17 definitive concept cars feature in new Atlanta exhibition
Atlanta's High Museum of Art is gearing up for the opening of a new exhibition featuring some of the world's most influential concept cars.
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Renault Altica (2006)
The design of the 2006 Renault Altica concept car
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Geely's new Shanghai design studio at the center of four-studio operation
Geely Group's new central Shanghai Design Center is the global hub of its four-studio design operations.
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Volkswagen wants you to design a video game car in return for an internship
Volkswagen has launched a new design contest in order to find three students to undergo a six-month internship program at its Wolfsburg design center.
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[Updated] Apple CarPlay set for Geneva debut
Apple is set to launch its integrated in-car iOS CarPlay at this week's Geneva motor show, partnering with Volvo, Ferrari and Mercedes.
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College Exhibition: Scuola Politecnica di Design Masters
Andreas Van Speybroeck/Ville WuorinenAudi /0This single-seater EV provides the driver with a rear-steered driving experience for maximum maneuverability in a city environment. Clean, sophisticated surface changes, together with a minimalistic design, represent the students' vision of Audi design philosophy projected into the future.
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College Exhibition: Scuola Politecnica di Design Masters
Milan's Scuola Politecnica di Design has a relationship with the Volkswagen Group that stretches back to 2010, with the German carmaker offering scholarships and internships to chosen students.
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Video: Lorenzo Ramaciotti and Marco Tencone explain the story behind the Maserati Alfieri concept
The Maserati Alfieri was one of the few surprises of the Geneva motor show earlier this month yet, perhaps because of its intentional conservatism, this was a car we felt very pretty but perhaps a little underwhelming in terms of a statement of intent from the most gentlemanly of Italian ...
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Global Vehicle Architecture opens new fully-equipped 3D Design Studio in Beijing
Global Vehicle Architecture (GVA) - a specialist independent design company encompassing all forms of transportation design - has opened a fully-equipped design studio in Beijing to cater for the growing demand for design support services. GVA is unique in that it is the first European automotive designer led facility ...