All articles by Owen Ready – Page 18
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Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2011
CDN decamped to Milan for the 50th year of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile. For those who know it simply as the 'Milan Furniture Fair', its status as the world's biggest design event will surprise and delight with the breadth and depth of the highlighted disciplines clustered around the beautiful ...
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College Exhibition: Coventry University Degree Show 2013
Song Wei TeoRethink EVIn order to change the perception of EVs from soon-to-be obsolete, silent commuters into sports luxury vehicles with unique attributes, Song Wei Teo's project is a dramatic pod-like transparent cabin capsule suspended in a complex, web-like frame. The shape of its floor generates a distinctive sound as ...
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College Exhibition: Coventry University Degree Show 2013
As the sole surviving undergraduate course in Britain, Coventry University's Automotive and Transport Design exhibition has, of late, become as (in)famous for the sheer volume of graduating students as for the undoubtedly high quality of their work. This year marked a record with 107 students set to don the cap ...
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Design Review: Smart For-US concept
Continuing the advanced cabin temperature control first shown in the ForVision concept, the For-US reduces the (energy-sapping) HVAC system back to a single, exposed fan behind the gauge pack that feeds air around the cabin and up to the windscreen. The best bit is the proudness with which this usually ...
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Design Review: Smart For-US concept
1. Electronics referenceExposed ventilation fan behind the gauge pack adds playful electronics reference.
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Design Review: Smart For-US concept
1. Smart lampsRibbed lamps - that remind us of molded jelly - mirror those at the front, feature central storage bins for the charging cable and other paraphernalia. Squarcular graphics add an edge of ruggedness without resorting to aggression.
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Design Review: Smart For-US concept
First seen NAIAS 2012Design studio Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studios, Sindelfingen, GermanyType 2-seat pickupDimensions (L | W | H) 3,547 | 1,506 | 1,701 mmWheel size 18-inch
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Driven: Volkswagen Golf Mk7
Walking up to the seventh-generation VW Golf, redesigned flip key in hand, you're in no doubt that this is a) new or - perhaps more importantly - b) a Golf.
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Who's Where: Amko Leenarts appointed Ford's Director of Global Interiors Design Strategy
Amko Leenarts has been appointed Director of Global Interiors Design Strategy at Ford Motor Company, effective from 1 June 2012.
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Who's Where: James Hope appointed Director of Design at Chery Motors
James Hope has been appointed Corporate Director of Design at Chery Motors, the Chinese state-owned carmaker. He joins Chery from General Motors, where he held the position of Assistant Chief Designer since February 2008.
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First Sight: Citroën C4 Cactus
We named the Citroën Cactus concept our star of last year's Frankfurt motor show. Its bold, clear and human design philosophy is perfectly in tune with an industry drawing to a close its unsavoury 'Aggressive Age'. If Citroën could channel just some of this car's spirit into its future production ...
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ArticleWatch: Marcello Gandini receives Car Design News Lifetime Achievement Award
Marcello Gandini was last night the recipient of Car Design News’ Lifetime Achievement Award.
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College Exhibition: Coventry University Degree Show 2014
Yingjie HuangGloryThis amphibious project combines the ability to combine the pleasures of yachting with the very different environment of sand driving thanks to its off-road ability. Its target audience is wealthy Chinese businessmen who wish to explore beyond the city limits at weekends, whether that be the country's vast deserts ...
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College Exhibition: Coventry University Degree Show 2014
Costas PhouphoullidesCar as the Ultimate AccessoryThis project works on a similar theory that, according to its designer, "no two women want to be caught in the same room, wearing the same dress." His car features a 'frozen fabric' upper body surface that is designed by the customer upon purchase before ...
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College Exhibition: Coventry University Degree Show 2014
Adrian BigginsHaishi decommissioning botsDesigned in light of nuclear disasters and the upcoming decommissioning of reactors, Biggins' robot eliminates the need to expose humans to radiation. Its form reflects its role - organic to express a feeling of purity, when folded it resembles a seed, protected from possible danger. With a ...
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College Exhibition: Coventry University Degree Show 2014
Last year we reported that a record number (around 120) of students graduated from this UK-based course. This year, although the number has reduced to around 80, it remains a huge exhibition, which is impressive in its breadth but still rather unwieldy in size.
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Who's Where: Sielaff and Egger take on new roles in 2012
Both Wolfgang Egger and Stefan Sielaff will take on new roles in the latest move of car designer chess within the Volkswagen Group.
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Who's Where: David Hilton appointed Head of Exterior Design for Bentley
David Hilton has been appointed Head of Exterior Design for Bentley Motors, based in the UK. The super-luxury brand - owned by the Volkswagen Group - is headed by CEO Wolfgang Durheimer, who is also in charge of Bugatti design development.
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Google Car (self) drives into the future [w/video]
After years of speculation, Google finally announced its Google Car autonomous vehicle at the Recode Code Conference in Palos Verdes, CA yesterday.
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Driven: Cadillac XTS
In the light of the new, global-focused ATS and hot-off-the-press CTS sedans, the full-sized, US-centric Cadillac XTS is somewhat of an anomaly in the new Caddy clan. It’s been earmarked as a stopgap flagship before a proper rear-wheel drive challenger to the Mercedes S-class and Lexus LS comes on stream. Car Design News took to the streets of Detroit to find out if it captures that big Cadillac v