About us
Car Design News is the leading online resource for the professional automotive designer community, and for teachers and students at transport/automotive design colleges worldwide.
We provide: coverage of new and concept cars as news stories and in-depth design reviews: news, reviews and high-res image galleries from all the major auto shows; a 10-year plus archive of written material and high-res images; news of senior designers and design studios, including exclusive interviews with design directors; and much more from the world of design generally. www.cardesignnews.com
The Car Design News portfolio includes:
Print magazines - Interior Motives is a magazine devoted to the design of vehicle interiors. Published with very high production values, it offers image-based features lavishly presented over up to 10 pages. They describe the evolution of the development of particular car interiors, from mood board to the final detailing of switches and stitching. Interior Motives has published special editions, including on design developments at GM. www.interiormotivesmagazine.com
Awards - As well as the Car Design News - GM Interactive Design Competition, and our similar competition with Opel/Vauxhall, the portfolio includes awards competitions for student interior designers globally (through Interior Motives), for students studying at China's design schools, and for professional designers who are voted as having produced the best concept and production cars of the year. www.interiormotivesawards.com www.uk.cardesignevents.com www.cardesignnews.com
Conferences - There is currently an annual series of conferences in China (through Interior Motives), held in Beijing/Shanghai during the motor shows there. www.interiormotivesconference.com
Webinars - Free to attend and providing 45-min tutorials on specific aspects of design. Archived for future viewing on the site, subjects previously covered include the visualisation of materials, designing with LEDs, ecological microfibres and advanced use of design IT systems. www.cardesignnews.com/site/process/webinars/
In addition to design
... our parent company Ultima Media publishes for the manufacturing and logistics sectors of the global automotive
industry
Automotive Manufacturing Solutions (AMS) is the leading global magazine covering the use and processes of automotive manufacturing systems, equipment and technologies worldwide. It contains extended reports of the
operations of specific automotive assembly plants as well as coverage of specific production technologies and
exclusive interviews with executives at the levels of global/regional production head. AMS organises conferences in
both India, China and South America. www.automotivemanufacturingsolutions.com
Automotive Logistics is the only global print magazine dedicated to the strategy,
management and movement of components, finished automobiles and service parts,
from Tier supplier to assembly plant and on to the dealer, and everything in between.
It has a specialist magazine covering finished vehicles, which is despatched with every
issue, organises major annual conferences in Europe, Russia, the USA, South America,
India and China. www.automotivelogisticsmagazine.com
