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Unraveling the Trend of Unrealistic Design Sketches

Wed, 25 Nov 2020 08:00:38 GMT

I’ve known Fabio Filippini for a good while. The former Renault interior design VP and Pininfarina Chief Creative Officer has over 35 years of experience in the automotive design sector and is currently running his own design consultancy in Tokyo, Japan, where he is actively advising on car design and design strategy. Filippini is also very active on social media – an activity that can possibly be attributed to long stays in airport lounges as he travels between his home […]

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Senior Exterior/Interior Designers – Italy

Thu, 19 Nov 2020 09:00:00 GMT

Changan Automobile European Design Center was founded in 2006 in Turin, Italy, and the permanent base was inaugurated in 2012. Changan Europe is the first of Changan’s overseas R&D centers and plays a significant role of Changan Global Design. It has comprehensive development, technology and communication tools and is able to guarantee the smooth progress of each project, with real time global sharing of information and technology as well as 24-hour continuous design operations. The studio is engaged in the […]

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Porsche LeMans 2035 Concept vs Ares Design S1 Project

Wed, 18 Nov 2020 09:05:11 GMT

The automotive landscape is littered with car designs that resemble one another. More often than not, an aesthetic or functional element is said to have been inspired by another. This is why many people unable to read design claim all cars look the same. They may resemble one another, but they’re not identical. Earlier this month, I posted photos of the Ares Design S1 Project on my Facebook and Instagram pages and a discussion began gaining traction. Many people have […]

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Pandemic Changes and Future Opportunities

Mon, 16 Nov 2020 08:00:00 GMT

To say that 2020 has been a bad year would be an understatement of epic proportions. But hang in there everyone, we more than two-thirds of the way through this year and there are promising utterances of a vaccine on the way. Still, this year will arguably go down as the single most memorable year in human history. A World War was certainly terrible but thankfully it really was only fought in a few countries. Covid-19 affected every single sector […]

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Production Exterior Designer – USA

Sun, 15 Nov 2020 09:00:00 GMT

Calty Design Research, Inc. is part of Toyota’s global design network and contributes innovative design concepts for a diverse vehicle lineup. Calty’s primary goal is to research market trends and create innovative vehicle designs that reflect US tastes as well as other global markets. We participate in a variety of project activities, including experimental concepts, advanced, competition and production design for the Toyota and Lexus brands. These design solutions are often shared and developed in collaboration with other Toyota design, […]

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A Look Inside Polestar’s Design Studio and Processes

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 12:30:59 GMT

Polestar is a very appealing new brand for myriad reasons. The electric car company, an offshoot of Volvo and parent company Geely, is fresh and innovative in its thinking and blends performance with sustainable qualities. In this video, Polestar’s Head of Design Maximilian Missoni takes us on a walk through the design facility and speaks with some of the key players on his team. Exterior designer Nahum Escobedo, interior designers Conny Ewe Blommé and Benjamin Pérot, UX designer Michael Gordh, […]

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UX Spotlight: Skoda’s Smart Illuminated Seat Belt Buckle

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 09:00:43 GMT

When people think about user experience, most gravitate toward the idea of interfaces, or, simply put, screens. With technological content increasingly prevalent in cars, it’s easy to assume that the human-machine interface (HMI) is the dominating factor in UX. But the user interface (UI) is only one small part of UX. Indeed, it could be argued that UX and UI are two entirely different things requiring a different set of deliverables, and therefore perhaps even a different team of people […]

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Polestar Announces Winners of Global Design Contest

Thu, 12 Nov 2020 09:00:38 GMT

Polestar announced the winners of its first annual Design Contest today. Initiated in June, the design competition drew great interest from both professional and student designers, each competing for the podium in the respective category. The winners’ designs will now be displayed virtually and in Polestar Spaces around the world. The Polestar Design Contest invited both professional and student designers to create a vision of future mobility based around the theme of ‘purity’. They were asked to present a new […]

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Lucid Design VP Derek Jenkins on Building a Brand

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 09:00:28 GMT

Derek Jenkins has a rich history in the automotive design arena. Now VP of Design at California electric luxury vehicle start-up Lucid Motors — and having recently revealed the production version of the new brand’s first car, the Air — we decided to speak with him about the new California brand as well as past, present and future for this episode of FORMCAST. As always, you can find the FORMCAST podcast on all the major streaming services below and many […]

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Ferrari Design Director Flavio Manzoni on the Portofino M

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 09:00:03 GMT

We first wrote about the Ferrari Portofino in our 2017 design story featuring design director Flavio Manzoni. Since then, the Ferrari California replacement has undergone a mid-cycle refresh to become the Portofino M – M stands for Modificata. There have been subtle revisions to the front and rear bumper valence as well as aerodynamic improvements in the transition, as well as a slight boost in power: the 3.9-liter V8 now puts out 612hp, a 20hp increase over the previous model. […]

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Electric Motorcycle Design – Thinking Outside The Box

Tue, 03 Nov 2020 08:06:53 GMT

Can a battery be beautiful? This is not a question that most car designers are asking themselves, because electrification means different things to different vehicles. Sculpted, non-structural body panels as the defining design elements is relatively new to motorcycles. The motorcycle has spent most of its 150-year life as a naked machine, proudly showing off its internal plumbing, structures and propulsive components. The art of the motorcycle has always been principally about proportion, not lines, and the interplay of contrasting […]

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Luc Donckerwolke Returns to Hyundai Motor Group As New Chief Creative Officer

Mon, 02 Nov 2020 12:59:36 GMT

Hyundai Motor Group today announced the appointment of Luc Donckerwolke to a new company position — that of Chief Creative Officer (CCO). Donckerwolke resigned from his previous role as the Group’s Chief Design Officer – leaving Hyundai (and Genesis) Head of Design SangYup Lee and Kia Head of Design Karim Habib to lead the respective brands – earlier this year. Donckerwolke’s new role will have him oversee design-related communications about topics such as the Genesis brand, dedicated BEV lineup brand IONIQ […]

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Professor of Advanced Mobility Design – Concept and Construction | Hof University of Applied ...

Mon, 02 Nov 2020 10:00:59 GMT

Education is the future! With a wide range of 33 Bachelor and Master courses in the three faculties of economics, engineering and computer science as well as 3500 students, the Hof University of Applied Sciences is on a steady path of growth. Actively shape the future of the university with us and apply! A professorship with salary group W2 is to be filled at the Faculty of Engineering for the winter semester 2021: Advanced Mobility Design – Concept and Construction […]

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GMC Hummer EV Debuts as Rugged Electric Supertruck

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:00:00 GMT

General Motors (GM) did away with the Hummer brand in 2008, but the company has now resurrected the nameplate to fit within the GMC brand. As the name implies, the new Hummer EV is an all-new electric pickup, the first fully electric addition to GMC’s lineup. It promises “unprecedented off-road capability, extraordinary on-road performance and an immersive driving experience”, enabled by the high power output of its EV platform. Let’s take a look…

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Bugatti Bolide – Molsheim’s new Extreme Track-Focussed Performance Hypercar

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:31:03 GMT

Bugatti has revealed the Bolide, a track-focused hypercar with a 0.67 power-to-weight ratio. Designed by Nils Sajonz, Max Lask, Jan Schmid and Artur Hindalong, the new hypercar is 212mm longer than the Chiron but 40mm narrower and 217mm shorter in overall height. The Bollide is powered by Bugatti’s tried and trusted quad-turbocharged 8.0-liter W16 engine, which generates 1824hp – more than any version of the Chiron – and weighs in at 1240kg, a full 755kg less than its more pedestrian […]

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Hydrogen Motive Company Unveils First Car, the Hopium Machina

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 11:00:20 GMT

These are the first sketches and renderings of the Hopium Machina, designed by former Porsche, Tesla and Lucid designer Felix Godard. Hopium is a new French car brand powered by hydrogen. Its CEO, Olivier Lombard, is a former French racing driver who earned his reputation by becoming the youngest ever driver to win the 24-hour Le Mans race in 2011. The Hopium Machina is a 500 hp carbon-neutral sedan with a 621-mile range and a minimal recharge time of three […]

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Sam Livingstone on Delivering Value Through Design

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 11:13:39 GMT

I’ve known Sam Livingstone for a number of years — 15 to be exact ???? Over that time span, I’ve been continually impressed by his perspectives on automotive design and his ability to dissect products and strategies. This is a skill set he’s procured over his many years as director of Car Design Research, a UK-based consultancy that works with many of the world’s largest car companies. For this episode of FORMCAST I decided to record our conversation — which touches […]

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CCS 2020 Transportation Design Thesis Projects

Fri, 23 Oct 2020 07:37:00 GMT

Amid this pandemic, students are being taught remotely and having to work autonomously more so than ever before. While students typically feed off of one another during the program and projects, developing lasting bonds and lifelong friendships, the pandemic now limits interactions to 2D virtual conversations. It’s a far cry from the collaborative processes learned through physical interaction. Fortunately for the College of Creative Studies’ recent graduates, this hasn’t always been the case. When they started out as students they […]

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Dongfeng Motors Taps Italdesign for Voyah i-Land and i-Free Concept Designs

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 08:00:00 GMT

The once elite Italian carrozzeria have been experiencing myriad difficulties as of late. Besides the much-publicized downfall of illustrious design house Bertone, Pininfarina and Italdesign have also been having a tough time securing clients in the car business, with much of their clients being Chinese start-ups looking to create models that will resonate with the luxury demographic many are targeting. Italdesign has been particularly hard hit during this shift. Once owned by Giorgetto Giugiaro, the Italian firm has mostly been […]

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Senior Interior Designer – USA

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 08:00:00 GMT

At Fisker, we believe in a clean future for all. We are revolutionizing the automotive industry by building the world’s most sustainable vehicles. Bold design and innovative user experience are at the heart of the vehicles we make. Fisker is looking for a Senior Interior Designer to join their growing team of creative visionaries. Based in Los Angeles California, the candidate will need to be open to go beyond traditional automotive design and move into the next level of defining […]

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