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Hands-On: Gran Turismo 5

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The (mis)advantage of being a car designer who happens to write about games is that though I’m overly-ambitious about racing games, I’m also overly-critical. I prefer my car games being purposefully arcade-y or realistic simulations; it’s Mario Kart or Forza, and nothing in-between.

With Gran Turismo 5 finally, finally, FINALLY being released this Fall, it was the perfect time go see what I would hope would be a near-finished product at E3. And, if anything, Sony certainly threw in the kitchen sink when presenting it to me.

Shameless Plug: CDF Invades the RoundAbout Show

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Category : Fetishing, Websites

Tags: e3, podcast, roundabout show

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You’d think they’d have learned by now, but our friends at RoundAbout Show asked us to be on yet again!

“Why were you on the show,” you ask? Well, I was asked to be a part of it to discuss all things E3, from the gadgets and games to the car-influenced gaming that I had the opportunity to try out.

Click above to listen or watch, or go to the podcast page here:

http://www.roundaboutshow.com/home/2010/6/27/roab-41-the-body-episode.html

… and nevermind my often flailing arms. It can be hard to showcase what Kinect does over the air.

[Special thanks to Eric, Craig, Ben, Michelle, and Colin for having me on!]

Cool Cars You’ve Never Heard Of – 1975 CitiCar

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Category : Autoshows, Production Car

Tags: Cool Cars You've Never Heard Of

At a show dominated by muscle cars and land yachts, I was quite shocked to see this red cheese wedge zip by, hardly making a whisper. Turns out I’ve seen this car on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Can you say forty to fifty miles per charge? No, friend. This is not the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

FORMFREU.DE – The CDF Interview

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Category : Autoshows, Fetishing, Interviews, Production Car, Racing, Websites

Tags: formfreu

A few weeks ago, we featured formfreu.de as our Web of the Week. This blog has generated quite a buzz in design circles, most notably for its amazing photos and great attention to detail. Formfreu is the brainchild of German designers Thomas Sälzle and Markus Haub. They recently took a quick time out to talk to Car Design Fetish about their process, their vision, and what drives them as designers…

Car Design Competitions Are Go!

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Category : Competitions

Tags: competition

We are always looking to share automotive design competitions with our readers, so when we came across this list from The Street of current competitions, we were flabbergasted. SO. MANY.

We don’t need to explain what it is that you need to do: If you’re hankering for some possible car contest coin, now’s your chance to enter! Everything from Local Motors, to Audi, to Michelin make the list.

Now to find those Copic markers I have sitting around here somewhere…

Car Design Competitions List

(Thanks, Ari!)

Eve of the Eyes… Tonight!

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Category : Events

Tags: eve of the eyes, eyes on design

The annual Eve of the Eyes event, part of the Eyes on Design series of events, is taking place tonight!

Eve of Eyes Designers’ Night is a celebration of fashion, music and automotive design. The event will host retired and upcoming designers from the automotive industry.
Included will be food, “designer” drinks and live entertainment by DJs Captn20 and AD Cruze. The event is sponsored by LEAR, NISSAN and MICHELIN.

This year, the Eve takes place at CCS’ new Taubman Center for Design Education in Detroit (located at 460 West Baltimore in Detroit’s New Center District).

The best part? The suggested attire: “DesignerCreative”

Break out the turtlenecks and sport coats!

Starts 6PM EST

SPD to Host 2nd Annual Chris Bangle Workshop Series

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Category : education, Events

Tags: chris bangle, Scuola Politecnica di Design

The Scuola Politecnica di Design has announced its second annual Summer workshop series with Chris Bangle. Last year’s successful program helped develop Designers of all levels, from students to professionals.

This year’s theme, “An Endeavor in Discontinuity: Exterior Car Design of the Future”,will allow Designers to interact for seven days with one of the most well-respected automotive Designers of modern times, as well as visiting exhibitions and show-rooms throughout Milan, Italy.

Taking place from July 9th – 15th, the workshop registration is filling up quickly. All those interested in taking part should send their CV and portfolio by e-mail to:info@scuoladesign.com

Participation to the workshop is open to candidates who have a degree from schools / universities
of design, professionals with significant experience and skills in car design and companies.

For more information, visit the official site here.

More images from last Summer’s workshop below.

Ford Start Concept

Posted by Dustin Shedlarski | Comments : (1)

Category : Autoshows, Big 3, Concept Car, Crit, Fetishing

Tags: ford, Ford Start, j mays

At this years Ward’s Auto Interior Conference held in Dearborn the other day J Mays was the key note speaker and brought a little something special to our shores. The Ford Start Concept was on hand for the first time in the states after its debut at the Beijing Auto Show a few weeks ago. This concept would definitely give Mini and the Fiat 500 a run for their money. Look past the fuzzy cell phone pics and hit the jump for some fetish thoughts.

Formula One Helmets – A Designer’s Perspective

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Category : Design, Racing

Tags: formula one, Helmets

When it comes to Formula One helmets, less is definitely more. This is a principle that seems to be lost on a whole generation of drivers. Over the past 50 years, F1 helmet designs have become increasingly complex garish — much like the cars themselves. I used to be able to identify any F1 driver by his helmet inside of a half second. Now, I haven’t got a clue. Everything seems to be one big spaghetti junction of hot red, neon green and, of course, random advertisments. This makes me long for a time when F1 helmets were closer to Piet Mondrian paintings than, say, tribal tattoos. With that in mind, let’s take a look back at some timeless compositions which prove, without a doubt, that less is more.

Hands-On: Gran Turismo 5

Shameless Plug: CDF Invades the RoundAbout Show

Cool Cars You’ve Never Heard Of – 1975 CitiCar

FORMFREU.DE – The CDF Interview

Car Design Competitions Are Go!

Eve of the Eyes… Tonight!

SPD to Host 2nd Annual Chris Bangle Workshop Series

Ford Start Concept

Formula One Helmets – A Designer’s Perspective

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