https://www.carbodydesign.com Car Design Resources, News and Tutorials Wed, 24 Feb 2016 10:37:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/67827/a-lesson-on-how-to-design-and-sculpt-a-concept-car/ https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/67827/a-lesson-on-how-to-design-and-sculpt-a-concept-car/#respond Thu, 25 Feb 2016 16:25:10 +0000 Designer Andre Hudson talks about the Hyundai Vision G Coupe Concept We assign a lot of meaning to cars. Hummers, Camrys, and Jaguars all mean vastly different things that, for the most part, we can generally agree on. But what makes a car sensual? Or aggressive? Or sensible? Designers have to make many small decisions, small and […]]]> https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/67827/a-lesson-on-how-to-design-and-sculpt-a-concept-car/feed/ 0 https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/62332/bac-mono-creating-a-dream-car/ https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/62332/bac-mono-creating-a-dream-car/#respond Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:34:35 +0000 http://www.carbodydesign.com/?post_type=pub&p=62332 Growing up in Liverpool, Ian and Neill’s earliest memories involve traversing the UK in the family van to attend car racing events, and nodding off each night under a poster of a Ferrari 308. “I always get goosebumps when I hear that acceleration, when I see the flames from the exhaust, when I hear the […]]]> https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/62332/bac-mono-creating-a-dream-car/feed/ 0 https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/58450/bentley-exp-10-speed-6-concept-car-design-interview/ https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/58450/bentley-exp-10-speed-6-concept-car-design-interview/#respond Thu, 18 Jun 2015 15:25:17 +0000 […] We spoke with Sang Yup Lee, Bentley’s head of exterior and advanced design. Lee, 42, was previously at VW’s California studio and before that designed the Camaro at GM. He says the EXP 10 is a continuation of a long-cherished dream at Bentley’s design department. “It was a skunkworks project at first, and then […]]]> https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/58450/bentley-exp-10-speed-6-concept-car-design-interview/feed/ 0 https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/56180/interview-with-acura-nsx-exterior-designer-michelle-christensen/ https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/56180/interview-with-acura-nsx-exterior-designer-michelle-christensen/#respond Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:26:59 +0000 http://www.carbodydesign.com/?post_type=pub&p=56180 After graduating in transport design, at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, Michelle Christensen has gone on to work for the likes of Honda, General Motors and currently Acura, a luxury division of Honda. Most recently, she led the exterior styling for the second-generation Acura ‘NSX’ which made its debut at the […]]]> https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/56180/interview-with-acura-nsx-exterior-designer-michelle-christensen/feed/ 0 https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/53068/bmw-designer-karim-habib-on-making-a-boxier-2-series-convertible/ https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/53068/bmw-designer-karim-habib-on-making-a-boxier-2-series-convertible/#respond Sat, 11 Oct 2014 13:43:56 +0000 The 44-year-old Lebanese-Canadian is the one responsible for creating the handsome 2-Series convertible the automaker debuted there last week. He held various posts in interior and exterior design at BMW before winning his current title, and it’s easy to see why. Habib is thoughtful, articulate, smart, and eager to jump right into deep discussions over […]]]> https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/53068/bmw-designer-karim-habib-on-making-a-boxier-2-series-convertible/feed/ 0 https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/49391/2015-bmw-i8-battery-pack-dictated-its-entire-design/ https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/49391/2015-bmw-i8-battery-pack-dictated-its-entire-design/#respond Tue, 13 May 2014 14:20:36 +0000 http://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/49391/2015-bmw-i8-battery-pack-dictated-its-entire-design/ We’ve finally driven the production 2015 BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car, and we came away highly impressed. But one thing stuck out: The car’s size. As it turns out, the i8’s footprint is no accident. The BMW i8 is literally engineered around its battery pack, which is about the size and shape of a […]]]> https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/49391/2015-bmw-i8-battery-pack-dictated-its-entire-design/feed/ 0 https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/49388/the-1979-opel-bitter-story/ https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/49388/the-1979-opel-bitter-story/#respond Sat, 10 May 2014 17:22:59 +0000 http://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/49388/the-1979-opel-bitter-story/ Design of the Opel Bitter CD at Opel Design in Russelsheim, Germany Opel Design in November of 1971. To understand the importance of Opel Design in the early seventies, it should be known that Opel produced more cars per year than Chrysler did in the United States. All of the design came out of one […]]]> https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/49388/the-1979-opel-bitter-story/feed/ 0 https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/47381/alfa-romeo-4c-design-story/ https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/47381/alfa-romeo-4c-design-story/#respond Wed, 26 Feb 2014 18:14:28 +0000 http://www.carbodydesign.com/?post_type=pub&p=47381 Following the concept car’s unveiling at the 2011 Geneva motor show, focus shifted to the development of the production interior design, led by Ramon Ginah. This is where the biggest visual change took place. The concept car’s driver orientated theme, separate passenger and driver’s side colorways and motorcycle referencing elements were reduced for production. Defined […]]]> https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/47381/alfa-romeo-4c-design-story/feed/ 0 https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/33844/interview-with-bmw-designer-hussein-al-attar/ https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/33844/interview-with-bmw-designer-hussein-al-attar/#respond Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:25:04 +0000 http://www.carbodydesign.com/?post_type=pub&p=33844 […] At a recent event in Munich, we spoke with Hussein Al-Attar, the BMW designer in charge of the BMW 4 Series Coupe concept’s headlights and taillights, about what inspires him and the challenges he faced during the design process, which went from idea to reality in just a few months.]]> https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/33844/interview-with-bmw-designer-hussein-al-attar/feed/ 0 https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/32821/the-design-behind-the-volvo-v40-all-digital-instrument-cluster/ https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/32821/the-design-behind-the-volvo-v40-all-digital-instrument-cluster/#respond Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:01:53 +0000 http://www.carbodydesign.com/?post_type=pub&p=32821 Matthew Easton is a Visual designer at Volvo and has been responsible for the design behind the all new digital instrument cluster seen in the new V40. He tells us about his inspiration and the greatest challenges in creating a world class instrument cluster that adjusts to the driver’s needs – rather than the other way […]]]> https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/32821/the-design-behind-the-volvo-v40-all-digital-instrument-cluster/feed/ 0