Tony Lewin
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Autodesk Automotive Days - Munich 2009
As part of a comprehensive and entertaining presentation detailing many of the programs he had been involved in over the years, McLaren's Design Director Frank Stephenson described how the latest digital optimization techniques had been employed to dramatically reduce the cost of the carbon fiber structures that form the heart ...
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Autodesk Automotive Days - Munich 2009
Autodesk's Automotive Days design conferences, launched in Munich in 2008, have highlighted the key growth area of digital prototyping. And at last month's conference the focus was once again broadened to include coverage of conceptual design and creative visualization (at the very beginning of the design process) and design for ...
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Coventry University degree show 2009
Jaguar Mk XXI - the future of autonomous luxuryChris Pollard
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Coventry University degree show 2009
Students graduating in automotive, transport and product design from Coventry University in 2009 displayed an exceptionally wide variety of final projects. From hydrogen-powered supercars to electric commuters, eco awareness was a clear theme, with imaginative use of new materials and technologies. Strong interest was evident in all forms of transport ...
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Design Review: Jaguar XJ
The effect is again bold and highly distinctive, quite unlike anything else in the luxury class. However, it does leave the vertical surface of the trunk lid as a large plain area, relieved only by the chrome Jaguar 'leaper' logo in the center, and there is an awkwardness to some ...
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Design Review: Jaguar XJ
Despite the critical acclaim already achieved by the Jaguar XF, it has moved the needle only slightly in terms of the old-fashioned public perception of marque. The sleek coupé-like profile may have begun the task of fast-forwarding Jaguar design from its 1960s time-warp, but for most people Jaguars are still ...
