All articles by Tom Phillips – Page 14
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Here's what we missed at the 2014 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d'Este
This year's Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este took place over the weekend of 23-35 May. Bathed in spring sunshine, the lawns of the Grand Hotel Villa d'Este played host to the annual gathering of 50 of the world's finest classic and concept cars, and 35 motorbikes.
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College Exhibition: Umeå Institute of Design 2014
Mitsuyoshi Shinomiya (Japan)Google Bespoke!This project focuses on the process of designing a new vehicle, taking into account the desires of the user, right to the level of each individual. Shinomiya identifies that new technology, such as 3D printing and scanning, has the potential to allow a vehicle to be much ...
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College Exhibition: Umeå Institute of Design 2014
Ignacio Fernández Miño (Argentina)Volvo 100vc This Volvo blends three different, challenging topics: autonomous vehicle design language, Scandinavian emotions, and sports-car practicality. Fernández Miño challenged himself to imagine the future of autonomous sports cars, taking into account trends towards lifestyles that prioritize leisure time spent with friends and family and the ...
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College Exhibition: Umeå Institute of Design 2014
Despite Umeå's Institute of Design's somewhat remote location, 400 miles northeast of the Swedish capital Stockholm, its MFA in Transportation Design course has created an enviable reputation for the quality of its graduates' work. So much so that the course and its leader Damien Horst were the subject of a ...
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2014 China Design Schools League Report
As well as recognizing the best student automotive design talent, Car Design Awards China also acknowledges the school whose students have had the most success in the competition.
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Show Review: Salone del Mobile 2014
One last exhibit to see before heading to Linate for the plane home. On the other side of the train tracks behind via Tortana is an old warehouse which Mini has taken over for the event. As well as providing a spot to showcase its latest hatch, the Mini Hub ...
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Show Review: Salone del Mobile 2014
Time to escape the monster that is the Salone proper, so it's back on the Metro for a change of pace. The gently gentrifying area around via Tortona has become a major satellite of the Salone, with big-name electronics brands like Acer and Samsung dropping anchor here for the week.
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Show Review: Salone del Mobile 2014
Head across town to the Carlo e Camilla restaurant, run by star Italian chef Carlo Cracco. The building used to be a saw mill, but has been converted into a restaurant with just the right aesthetic. Its industrial past is clearly the star, all exposed brick and wooden beams, but ...
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Show Review: Salone del Mobile 2014
Milan Salone, the city's annual furniture extravaganza, sees exhibitors in their thousands take over the halls of the Fiera Milano exhibition center in the Rho district. Its sprawling physical size dwarfs any motor show, making even the maze of Frankfurt's Messe seem compact, while the list of exhibitors can be ...
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Listen again to Autodesk’s Alias AutoStudio 2015 webinar
Autodesk introduced its latest Alias AutoStudio 2015 software in a webinar held on 25 June. Here's your chance to listen again.
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Chris Bangle, Peter Stevens and Tom Matano speak out about Google's driverless car
Google's driverless car technology took a major step on 27 May. The tech firm unveiled its self-designed autonomous car prototype, which will supplement the fleet of modified Toyota Prius and Lexus RX SUVs that have been used thus far.
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College Exhibition: CAFA Beijing 2014
Transportation design students at China's Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) have presented their final degree projects at the school's annual graduate exhibition in Beijing. Seven students exhibited their responses to this year's brief, which was to consider what the vehicle of 2114 might be.
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College Exhibition: CAFA Beijing 2014
Transportation design students at China's Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) have presented their final degree projects at the school's annual graduate exhibition in Beijing. Seven students exhibited their responses to this year's brief, which was to consider what the vehicle of 2114 might be.
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Could the Project Ara smartphone make the truly modular car interior a reality?
Before the days of the iPhone, cellphones came in all sorts of shapes and sizes. But ever since Apple's smartphone became the pin-up for its cohesive blend of design and technology, phone designs have become rather homogenized.
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LA Auto Show retrospective
The LA Auto Show begins this week, and attention is focused on the production cars and concepts that will round out the year, and help define the next. But while many eyes are set on what's to come, Car Design News has been looking back at the show's history.
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SAIC announces Roewe-MG Cup university students design competition
SAIC has launched its annual Roewe-MG Cup student design competition. Now in its third year, this year's contest asks designers to consider the design direction of Roewe's cars under the broad theme of 'intelligent future.'
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Video: Design team details the development of the Ford GT
Ford has released a short video giving a behind-the-scenes look at the design of the new GT. While the usual high-ups are included in the film, including Ford's chief technical officer, Raj Nair, the design team is well represented, with input from Ford's VP of design, Moray Callum; director of ...
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ICYMI: Gran Studio's superb Grand Hornu conceptual sculpture
While we've been concentrating on bringing you the design development story of Gran Studio's work with James Glickenhaus to create the SCG003 supercar, the Turin-based firm, headed by Lowie Vermeersch, has also been working on an intriguing conceptual study.
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College Exhibition: Pforzheim Winter 2015
Pforzheim University's students are frequently and reliably producing some of the most impressive work in the field of transportation design worldwide, and the teaching and support that goes into this deserves commendation.
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College Exhibition: Pforzheim Winter 2015
Pforzheim University's students are frequently and reliably producing some of the most impressive work in the field of transportation design worldwide, and the teaching and support that goes into this deserves commendation.