http://www.cardesignfetish.com Design From the Mouths of Designers. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:36:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hot sketches?  Check.  Giant wheels?  Check.  Aggressive styling?  Check.  Production vehicle?  Check..?  Yes, CHECK. Local Motors has released information on their first build, the "Rally Fighter" by recent winner Sangho Kim.  The concept was born of true open-source thinking via LM's Design Process community section of their website: Designer creates concept, ... http://www.cardesignfetish.com/2008/08/08/local-motors-first-vehicle-rally-fighter I have heard many designers give talks on design, but none have been so inspiring and thought provoking as Chris Bangle. Flame surfacing opinions aside he is a great designer with a philosophy many would love to follow. I take advantage of hearing anything he has to say ... http://www.cardesignfetish.com/2008/08/08/chris-bangle-cars-are-art The world is not all doom and gloom, unlike here in the US.  Aston Martin has just released this image of a new $2 million dollar car called the One-77.  Someone has some money out there, well I guess 77 people do.  So what do you get for $2 mil?  ... http://www.cardesignfetish.com/2008/08/07/aston-martin-one-77 Everyone wants an electric car now, yes we know.  Too bad they all look like poopy (as stated in one of our past post) except for Tesla.  Although working over a Lotus package is bound to set you up for something good.  Now that Franz von Holzhausen will be leading ... http://www.cardesignfetish.com/2008/08/04/franz-von-holzhausen-joins-tesla-motors Who is tired of hearing their company talk about innovation but not really doing anything to show it.  The word Innovation is being thrown around like the word "Green" and a dead bird in a dogs mouth.  Will the lack of visible innovation discredit all the companies that market this ... http://www.cardesignfetish.com/2008/07/29/a-lack-of-design-knowledge Recently completed by third-year students at Turin's Istituto Europeo di Design was a BMW-sponsored project aimed at visualizing concepts for what a BMW would look like in 2015.  With the theoretical deadline just a short 7 years away, the students reached as far as possible, stretching their creaitivity. The project was ... http://www.cardesignfetish.com/2008/07/28/ied-students-design-bmws-for-2015 With this weeks WOTW we take a look at Instructables, the website about making stuff and doing things. Instructables describes itself as "The World's Biggest Show & Tell" and justifiably so. Relying on user-submitted How-To articles, the site always has fresh content. From starting engines, to constructing toys, to ... http://www.cardesignfetish.com/2008/07/25/web-of-the-week-instructables Car companies + internet. Seems like it would be a natural marketing and sales tool, right?  Well, up until recently, OEMs were terrified of the intrawebz as buying a car online from a corporation is still nearly impossible to do.  In fact, finding the correct information for a ... http://www.cardesignfetish.com/2008/07/25/automotive-web-20 Here is this weeks dose of inspiration.  Try out some of these when the Friday meltdown kicks in after lunch.  In honor of a Cobra Rally I will be in this weekend I will start with this.  (No I don't have a Cobra darnit) Here is a great loose sketch using ... http://www.cardesignfetish.com/2008/07/25/sketch-prn-2 With all of the Camaro love lately, as well as our article on the evolution of the Batmobile, we thought it fitting to introduce the vehicles of another forthcoming film: Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen.  We know, the title totally sucks. The great thing about Transformers is that they appeal ... http://www.cardesignfetish.com/2008/07/22/cars-of-transformers-2