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Gandini doesn’t do retro.
RIP to a legendary car designer. Marcello Gandini sadly passed away at the age of 85 last week. I can recall perhaps that Gandini was the first car designer I could ever name? A childhood reading Car Magazine – or was it simply that I once managed to read that tiny badge on the side…
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2023 Toyota C-HR vs the original.
The success of the C-HR crossover model for Toyota means that a Mk2 model has launched 7 years on from the original design. This car marked the step-change in philosophy from Akio Toyoda to shift away from boring cars. The design story of the original astonished even the designers at Toyota Europe when they proposed…
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Step-by-step guide on entering a car design school
Hi- blog founder Lee here! If you are reading this in application season- good news! We have some advice for you. I will be offering some additional comments on this article (written by contributor Marco Braun. I spent many years on the other side of this process- as head of a Vehicle Design bachelor course,…
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Proportion of a CITY CAR
The purpose of this tutorial is to give you an idea of how to best start a new project in the world of automotive design. Both beginners, students and even professionals feel the same difficulties whendrawing a car type that they have never drawn before. The purpose of this tutorial is to give you an…
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Pick up Truck in 5 days
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a complete pickup truck design in 5 days! As a student, it has always been a great challenge for me to create a design proposal from three different views. Not only must the same idea be presented from three different perspectives, but all three views should…
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Step-by-Step Rendering of a Sports Car
This is a step-by-step tutorial that will teach you how to create a digital car rendering yourself. We start by clarifying what a good basis for each rendering is and how best to start. Next, we will use a digital brush to define the shapes. In the end, we will apply reflections and details to…
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Happy Yuletide Holiday!
Happy holidays to you all! I have an interesting treat for you on this Xmas holiday. I often mention that my very full time career means a lot less posts appearing here. During 2021 an interesting solution to this appeared – in the form of another contributor. I was very pleased to be contacted by…
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Rush Magazine- issue 2 featuring thoughts from Automotive Styling.
https://www.rushmagazine.co.uk/post/the-art-of-speed
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Book club for car designers part 2: book recommendations.
I actually managed to read a few car design books in the last year, one upside of lockdown it seems. There are many coffee table, or reference works on cars and even car design (in theory). A lot of these are very dry- and essentially just worth checking for photography or facts/data, but not for…
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Floating on the C.
For around 10 years we have seen a trend for elaborate C-pillar dressage and floating roofs, along with abrupt changes in window/belt lines. Let me try to explain…
Are cars still beautiful?
thoughts on automotive design 