Car Design News
Encyclopedia
Car Design News is the leading online news, picture and information service for the international automotive design
community. It regularly publishes: information on new production and concept cars; design reviews and design development features; interviews with senior designers; coverage of the major international auto shows, design competitions and graduate student exhibitions from most of the leading automotive design colleges worldwide; and extensive photo galleries of hi-res images.
Much of the information is free, with paid membership available to studios or individuals, which allows access to detailed content and downloads of hi-res images.
Founded by Brett Patterson, an automotive designer with General Motors Europe (in Rüsselsheim, Germany) in November 1999, Car Design News was the first online service to cover car design specifically – the field was previously only being served by the bi-monthly print magazines Car Styling (Japan) and Auto&Design (Italy).
The Car Design News team currently consists of Eric Gallina (Editor), Joe Simpson and Owen Ready (Associate Editors), and John O’Brien (Production Editor). The team, along with a small number of design professionals and correspondents based around the world, provide the original content featured on the site.
Since its inception, Car Design News has grown to be considered as one of the leading reference sources for the car design industry, and is subscribed to by most major automotive manufacturer design studios.
Based in London, UK, since 2005, Car Design News was acquired by Ultima Media Ltd in 2008. Ultima is a specialist B2B media company focussed on the global automotive industry, with print magazines, online services and conferences/awards events serving industry professionals worldwide and in the major regional car markets (Europe, Russia, North America, South America, India and China, though not Japan).
The Car Design News portfolio of activities currently includes: Car Design of the Year, Car Design Night, Car Design Awards China, Car Design News Webinars, Interior Motives (a print magazine illustrating in detail the design development of selected car interiors), Interior Motives conference, and the Interior Motives Student Design Awards.
Automotive design
Automotive design is the profession involved in the development of the appearance, and to some extent the ergonomics, of motor vehicles or more specifically road vehicles. This most commonly refers to automobiles but also refers to motorcycles, trucks, buses, coaches, and vans...
community. It regularly publishes: information on new production and concept cars; design reviews and design development features; interviews with senior designers; coverage of the major international auto shows, design competitions and graduate student exhibitions from most of the leading automotive design colleges worldwide; and extensive photo galleries of hi-res images.
Founded by Brett Patterson, an automotive designer with General Motors Europe (in Rüsselsheim, Germany) in November 1999, Car Design News was the first online service to cover car design specifically – the field was previously only being served by the bi-monthly print magazines Car Styling (Japan) and Auto&Design (Italy).
The Car Design News team currently consists of Eric Gallina (Editor), Joe Simpson and Owen Ready (Associate Editors), and John O’Brien (Production Editor). The team, along with a small number of design professionals and correspondents based around the world, provide the original content featured on the site.
Since its inception, Car Design News has grown to be considered as one of the leading reference sources for the car design industry, and is subscribed to by most major automotive manufacturer design studios.
Based in London, UK, since 2005, Car Design News was acquired by Ultima Media Ltd in 2008. Ultima is a specialist B2B media company focussed on the global automotive industry, with print magazines, online services and conferences/awards events serving industry professionals worldwide and in the major regional car markets (Europe, Russia, North America, South America, India and China, though not Japan).
The Car Design News portfolio of activities currently includes: Car Design of the Year, Car Design Night, Car Design Awards China, Car Design News Webinars, Interior Motives (a print magazine illustrating in detail the design development of selected car interiors), Interior Motives conference, and the Interior Motives Student Design Awards.