All articles by Rufus Thompson – Page 8
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Bill Ford outlines 'Blueprint for Mobility' vision [w/video]
Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford outlined a plan this week to develop connected cars to combat congestion on the roads in the future. His speech at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain was the first ever to be delivered at the annual communications industry event by an ...
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Local Motors 'Design Our Car' competition opens
Local Motors has opened its first-ever ‘Design Our Car' competition, which encourages collaboration within the manufacturing community.
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Design Museum's Designs of the Year Awards 2012
The Design Museum opened its ‘Designs of the Year' exhibition yesterday in a celebration of global design innovation at its home in Shad Thames, London.
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Video and design sketch of Honda-badged NSX Concept released
Honda has revleased a video design sketch of its NSX Concept, due to be unveiled at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show.
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Icon founder Jonathan Ward on his latest 'Derelicts' project [w/video]
Bespoke car restoration company, Icon, along with its founder and lead designer, Jonathan Ward, are the subject of eGarages's latest short film, Derelict.
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Video: Lexus LF-CC concept explained by its designers
We're big fans of the Lexus LF-CC concept after seeing it in Paris. It's not what you would call traditionally beautiful but it's incredibly complex, engagingly off-beat and, most importantly, shows - along with the LF-LC concept - that Lexus may finally have a recipe for distinctive and consistent design.
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Renault 4 Ever contest shortlist announced
The jury also wanted to see innovative design and technology for sustainable mobility. The original Renault 4 was designed to be adaptable as the car spawned several versions, including a four-wheel drive vehicle and a van.
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'Special Cars by Pininfarina' model car collection announced
12 1:43-scale models of Pininfarina's most famous cars will be shown as part of the International Toy Fair in Nuremburg.
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European Car of The Year 2012 to be announced at Geneva
The European Car of the Year 2012 will be revealed at next month's Geneva motor show, drawn from a shortlist of seven cars.
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New design app aims to revolutionize design process
The Morpholio 2.0 app has been launched with a host of new tools aimed at revolutionizing the design process across all disciplines.
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BMW and Zagato tease next collaboration
BMW has teased the first image of its BMW Zagato roadster, the second collaboration between the automaker and the Italian design studio, which is set to be unveiled this weekend at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
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Ford to sell two concepts at auction
Amongst the numerous one-off concept cars and rare historic vehicles set to be auctioned off at the forthcoming RM Auctions sale in Monterey, California, Ford has contributed two of its own unique concept cars to be sold. All proceeds of the sale will go to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation ...
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Revolutionary seat design offers new possibilities
Lufthansa has introduced an innovative business class seat, the result of five years of development by design agency PearsonLloyd.
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Oldest production Bentley sold at Pebble Beach
The world's oldest surviving production Bentley was sold at the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
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Ferrari F620 GT confirmed for Geneva debut [w/video]
Ferrari has released a teaser video and image of its new F620 GT, due to debut at Geneva next month on both the Ferrari and Pininfarina stands.
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Ducati 1199 Panigale merges components, sheds weight [w/gallery]
Ducati has released an image of its new 1199 Panigale without its fairings, illustrating how multiple elements of the bike have been fused together to make it incredibly lightweight and compact.
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CDN Interior Motives Student Design Awards 2012 deadline this Friday
The CDN Interior Motives Student Design Awards 2012 competition deadline is fast approaching, with entrants having until 11 May to submit their entries.
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Video: Michael Mauer on the 991-series Porsche 911
Porsche has released a video featuring its Design Director, Michael Mauer, explaining how he and his team went about redesigning the 911, an ‘automotive, engineering icon' as he describes it.
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Citroën invites design ideas via Facebook
Citroën has launched a Facebook app calling for users to select design features for what it calls a special edition car, the first crowdsourced car in the UK.
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Domino's Pizza Ultimate Delivery Vehicle contest winner announced
Slovenia's Anej Kostrevc has been announced as the winner of the Domino's Ultimate Delivery Vehicle competition, launched in collaboration with Local Motors.