Car Design Fetish

The Limited Edition 2010 Rendered Hope Charity Calendar is about to finish printing.  There is only 2 weeks left to order!  This year’s calendar has already been a great success and surpassed last year’s sales.  The children at the Detroit Children’s Hospital are grateful.

Just a reminder that the calendar is full of transportation artwork from designers across the country and 100% of the profits go to the Children’s Hospital. This will truly be a collectors edition showing Sangyup Lee”s last sketches from GM.   He is now Chief Exterior Designer for VW at the Santa Monica Studio.

Click here to order yours today!!

 

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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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Jaguar recently invited us to see the new XJ and have a chat with Design Director Ian Callum.  The conversation spanned a variety of topics like childhood, Jaguars’ future and the future of automobile design.  Ian was great to talk to with a laid back personality and a true love for the Jaguar brand.

Check out the podcast for the full interview.

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Episode 16 in which we welcome Drew Smith of Downside Up Design to the show to discuss some of what we’ve been driving (or haven’t been, in Drew’s case), the recent GM social media reveal event, and the very cool GM Labs website.

Hosts:
Dali Dimovski
Dustin Shedlarski

Special Guest:
Drew Smith

For more information:
Twitter.com/drewpasmith
Downside Up Design
CarDesignFetish.com

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A Special Episode in which we record our time spent in the new Buick Lacrosse, checking out the details and handling, talking with Design Managers, and singing along to country music.

Hosts:
Dali Dimovski
Dustin Shedlarski

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Episode 15 in which we welcome Michael Banovsky to school us about Twitter, automotive journalism, and the effects on society of putting 4 car nuts in Skype chat that spirals downward quicker than a 370Z on the Nurburgring.

Hosts:
Dali Dimovski
Dustin Shedlarski
Arvind Ramkrishna

Special Guest:
Michael Banovsky

For more information:
Twitter.com/MichaelBanovsky
VLane.com
Banovsky.com
CarDesignFetish.com

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Episode 14 of the CDF podcast in which we welcome Joe Simpson and Stephen Donald in an epic podcast to talk about car design, design education, and the perception of American automobiles from across the Atlantic.

Hosts:
Dali Dimovski
Dustin Shedlarski
Arvind Ramkrishna

Special Guests:
Joe Simpson
Stephen Donald

For more information:
CarDeisgnFetish.com
Twitter.com/JoeSimpson
Twitter.com/StephenJDonald

 

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Episode Something-or-Other (13!) in which we welcome Dwayne Vance to talk about his incredible Hot Rod art book, sketching, design, cars, and other forms of mayhem.

Hosts:
Dali Dimovski
Dustin Shedlarski
Arvind Ramkrishna

Special Guest:  Dwayne Vance

For more information:
CarDeisgnFetish.com
FutureElements.net

 

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In case you didn’t know Local Motors is currently running a competition to design a Detroit based vehicle.  Who better to ask than the guys at CDf of what their thought is on a vehicle for the Big “D.”   Ari from Local Motors interviewed us for about 30 minutes of which most of it is good value add insight (the rest of it consist of bad jokes and crunching potato chips).  You can check it out here or head over to Local Motors where the first entries for the competition are starting to pop up.

Here is the link to the Detroit Motors Competition.  Check it out and enter, deadline is May 5th.

CDf Episode #12: We talk about how we can love Car Design yet dislike cars at the same time, and then transition into talking about Ralph Gilles’ big move at Chrysler.

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