Car Design Fetish

Happy (almost) New Year!  CDF wants to help you celebrate by giving you a car design tutorial book!  We recently reviewed “How to Illustrate and Design Concept Cars” and are willing to send along our pristine, glossy copy to one lucky reader!

How to win?  Simple.

1) Follow CarDesignFetish on Twitter and tweet this message:  I want to win this car design book from @CarDesignFetish for #FreeStuffFriday! http://bit.ly/74JeC4

3) Enter up to once per day from today (December 28th) until December 31st.

4) Must be a US or Canadian resident to enter (sans Quebec… sorry!)

5) The winner will be announced on January 1st, 2010.  Come back and read the bottom of this post to see who wins.

Good Luck!

For our last podcast of the year Dali, Arvind and I set out to enjoy some beverages to celebrate the upcoming holiday.  While we were at it the discussion of a holiday wish list from the Big 3 came up.  Have a listen to hear what our thoughts are.  We also reveal some details on our 4 year Anniversary celebration following the NAIAS Design Forum.  Check it out!

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Slavche Tanevski, a Macedonian student studying at the Munich University of Applied Sciences, has created this unique and stunning Lamborghini Ankonian concept for the theme “Raw Materials”.  The term “Ankonian” comes from the name of a type of bull with black hair; quite fitting for this ferocious beast of a concept.  Carrying over the Reventon’s angular styling theme, Tanevski updated it by adding smooth surfaces to the mix, as if the soft body of the beast was shielded by armor.

Focusing on the emotional aspect (using the terms “underground” and “hard core” as a basis) the vehicle does away with the recent trend of making everything green: this is a pure sports supercar designed to own the road, using a gripping proportion that emphasizes the silhouette and extremities of the vehicle.

For more information and visuals of the project’s development, including sketches, research, and clay model mock-ups, visit Tanevski’s Deviant Art page, as well as the great write-up by our friends over at CarDesign.ru.

Thanks to Slavche for the images & info!

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Our friend DT over at Design Sojourn has posted a fantastic article on something that all designers should know how to do: give effective presentations in front of other people.  While we as designers may create artwork that rivals the likes of DaVinci, we usually can’t present ourselves out of a cardboard box.

Focusing on aspect such as eye contact and how many points per slide, DT does a great job of helping explain how we can present our work more professionally, and in turn create engagement with those who we are presenting to.

And no, telling Tiger Woods jokes to kick off a meeting isn’t included.

[Click here for the full article]

The event of the year is fast approaching after its absence during last years NAIAS. This is a great forum for anyone interested in automotive and product design.  The theme this year is “Renaissance of Design” and has an eclectic mix of speakers presenting.  New for this year is the location.  Instead of the crumbling COBO it will be in the same building Harley Earl layed his pencil to paper (yes, designers used actual wood pencils back then) and the new location for future car designers attended College for Creative Studies.  Be sure to check it out and after you attend the show stick around for something special CDf will be hosting (details coming soon).

Thursday, January 14, 2010
8:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

For 16 years AutoWeek has celebrated the world of design with its annual AutoWeek Design Forum. This year the event, held in conjunction with the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), moves to the newly renovated College for Creative Studies A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education in Detroit.

Attracting automotive and design enthusiasts from varied backgrounds – students, car industry professionals, and designers allied to the field – the event recognizes and celebrates design as the ultimate differentiating factor that drives consumers’ interest and purchase decisions.

The Design Forum’s new venue offers attendees a first-hand look at an architectural gem in the brand new A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education. Through a $145 million redevelopment project, the College transformed General Motors’ historic Argonaut Building, located in Detroit’s New Center district, into the Taubman Center.

This year’s Design Forum, themed “Renaissance of Design,” will feature presentations from design professionals in the automotive and non-automotive worlds, followed by afternoon tours of the North American International Auto Show. In addition, the AutoWeek editors will recognize the most notable vehicles of the 2010 show during a presentation of the AutoWeek Editors’ Choice Awards.

More details after the break….

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As the Detroit Auto Show nears, news of what is coming is beginning to trickle out.  This Mini debut is an interesting and surprising announcement.

The Moke will be more rugged than the upcoming Countryman going on sale as a 2011 model.  There is a chance that the production Countryman will also be unveiled at Detroit.  Since the Moke will be based off of the Countryman there is a possibility that a production version could be released as early as 2012/2013.

What will the Moke look like?

Perhaps something in between a golf cart and the last gen Wrangler?  Open top with a bare essentials interior would fit the theme of this more “off road capable” concept.  Knowing Mini this will be an exciting concept and another one I will want to buy.

via Motoring File

The Fiesta has arrived wearing exactly what we wanted it to.  Many were worried that the Fiesta would “lose” something after its long swim from Europe.  The U.S. Fiesta has sustained a minor face lift to fit in all the necessary requirements, but it is nothing that consumers will even notice.

Exterior Design

The Kinetic Design Language has survived since it was first introduced on the Iosis concept.  The highly energetic surfaces create a fabulous sense of style while never allowing the thought of a small econo box from entering your mind.

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