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Kicking-Off in Style – Roundup of Recent Developments in the Automotive Space

Imogen Pierce — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 12:44:31 +0000

We’re only halfway through January and there have already been a number of announcements made that will have a big impact on the automotive industry in the near future. Imogen Pierce reports. January normally proves a fruitful time for gathering technology and automotive gambits. Partly driven by the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which this year has continued virtually, the events of these past few weeks have proved that January 2021 is no exception. Kia and General Motors (GM ) started […]

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Wayne Burgess Joins UK Design and Engineering Firm Paramex

Eric Gallina — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 09:00:21 +0000

Wayne Burgess, former Head of Geely Design UK, has joined UK design and engineering firm Paramex, overseeing the group’s expanding design operations. Burgess joined the company in August following a stint at Geely’s UK design operations base and more than 21 years at Jaguar Cars. Form Trends caught up with the acclaimed designer a week prior to the official announcement. He seemed very excited about the prospect of becoming Chief Design Officer at a company known for supplying digital visualizations, including […]

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UPDATED: Musical Chairs in European Big 3 Design Studios as SEAT and Peugeot Design Bosses Resign

Eric Gallina — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 14:30:00 +0000

There’s been a few very interesting moves within the design organizations of European manufacturers recently I felt needed a mention and some context. In case you missed it, the three largest Groups in Europe – VW Group, PSA and Renault – are poised to have an imminent reshuffle in design leadership. Here’s a recap: Today (July 27, 2020), PSA announced the appointment of Matthias Hossann to head of Peugeot design, effectively replacing Gilles Vidal who has been in the position […]

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Nissan Design China Relocates from Beijing to Shanghai

Eric Gallina — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 11:00:25 +0000

Nissan Motor Co. has announced the relocation of its China design center, one of five global hubs charged with designing the company’s vehicles, to Shanghai, joining the nearly 30 automotive design studios located in the Chinese metropolis. Nissan Design China, previously based in Beijing, will continue its focus on creating products for global customers including those in China, the world’s largest automotive market. The center will be an essential hub for using design to better connect people and communities with […]

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Faraday Future Design VP Richard Kim Resigns

Eric Gallina — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 09:00:03 +0000

We had high hopes for Faraday Future, a company that seemed poised to take on Tesla in the growing electric car sector. Now it seems the final nail has been hammered into the coffin, as Faraday Future (FF) VP of Design, Richard Kim, has tendered in his resignation. Word in the car design community is that he left that same day he handed in his notice. According to sources, Kim wasn’t the only member of the FF design team to […]

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Chris Bangle to Launch New REDSPACE Car in Los Angeles

Eric Gallina — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 17:11:44 +0000

Chris Bangle, through his design consultancy Chris Bangle Associates (CBA), is set to make his long-awaited public reappearance into the car design sphere with the debut of a new car project called REDSPACE. We received an invitation to the REDSPACE’s official unveiling confirming the car’s debut at the preeminent Art Center College of Design, the university from which Bangle graduated. Though not much is known about the project at this time, I’m certainly betting on it drawing massive media frenzy. […]

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Tesla’s Latest Roadster is the Brand’s New Halo Product

Eric Gallina — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 12:00:47 +0000

The automotive design industry is full of companies that purport to be ‘design-led’. Many throw about the design-led idiom so freely that it’s become a bit of a cliché. Tesla’s not such a company. Its main focus instead is performance and safety — specifically the performance and safety afforded by its technology. And the Roadster has that in spades. Franz von Holzhausen’s sketch of the 2020 Tesla Roadster Driven out of the new Semi’s trailer by Tesla design director Franz […]

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Tesla Unveils new Semi Truck and Roadster for the Future

Eric Gallina — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 08:00:08 +0000

Tesla unveiled two very different vehicles at an event in California last night and streamed the event live. Welcome to the future of news reporting – immediate and straight from the source. The team over at The Verge have cut down Tesla’s live video stream to just over nine minutes in length, giving us a bite-sized look at Elon Musk’s presentation of the new Semi and Roadster models. Both are impressive technological feats. While the Tesla Semi covers the need […]

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Yanfeng Interiors Showcases Innovations in XiM18 Concept

Eric Gallina — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 10:23:33 +0000

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI), the company that brought the XiM17 Experience in Motion autonomous interior concept to the 2017 Detroit auto show, will reveal a new concept in Frankfurt. Following the same nomenclature as the previous interior concept, the XiM18 features more than 30 product and process solutions for the next generation of electric and autonomous driving cars. Increasing connectivity and new forms of car ownership and mobility such as electric cars, autonomous driving and car sharing are rapidly changing […]

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Volkswagen Designers on Bringing the Production T-ROC to Life

Eric Gallina — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 18:33:05 +0000

We covered the Volkswagen T-ROC concept car in the lead up to its first unveiling at the Geneva motor show back in 2014. We later had a candid chat with Volkswagen design director Klaus Bischoff about what it meant for the brand’s design language. Now the company is ready to bring the car to production and has issued a pair of teaser sketches as well as the video with the project’s designers (above). The production T-ROC was always going to […]

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Ford Design Organization Changes Emphasize Future Strategy

Eric Gallina — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 15:01:41 +0000

The automotive industry is fraught with slow processes that require years to design, develop, fine-tune and bring a vehicle to market. But the industry is on a quest to shorten these development cycles and create cars with a more human-centric approach, as illustrated by a number of initiatives recently undertaken within the Ford design organization. Following the recent announcement that Amko Leenarts is heading back to Germany as design director for Ford of Europe, industry title Automotive News is reporting […]

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ArtCenter Institute of Design Hosts Design Forum in Beijing

Eric Gallina — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 08:46:57 +0000

Art Center College of Design‘s educational partner in China, ArtCenter Institute of Design, is hosting its annual workshops and design forum in Beijing this week. Themed ‘Innovations that Transform the World’, the three-part conference is focused on Animation/Movies, Transportation Design and Entertainment/VR. Speakers in the Transportation Design sector include Manfred Fitzgerald, Hyundai Motor Co’s senior vice president; Former McLaren Automotive design director Frank Stephenson; Shao Jingfeng, design director of SAIC Motor passenger vehicle technical center; Dan Darancou, vice president of […]

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