https://www.carbodydesign.com Car Design Resources, News and Tutorials Wed, 27 May 2015 15:11:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/53164/baking-up-a-new-look-in-layers/ https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/53164/baking-up-a-new-look-in-layers/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:55:55 +0000 The BMW i8 may be the most futuristic looking car on the road. But elements of its sliced-and-angled appearance, which might be called the layered look, are starting to show up on other vehicles and hint at an emerging trend in auto design. Layering is key to the “stream flow” design language of BMW’s “i” […]]]> https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/53164/baking-up-a-new-look-in-layers/feed/ 0 https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/43374/speaking-the-buick-language-capturing-understanding-and-exploring-brand-identity-with-shape-grammars/ https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/43374/speaking-the-buick-language-capturing-understanding-and-exploring-brand-identity-with-shape-grammars/#respond Sun, 03 Nov 2013 17:54:30 +0000 http://www.carbodydesign.com/?post_type=pub&p=43374 Developing and maintaining a consistent brand statement is an important aspect of developing a successful product. However, maintaining that statement is difficult due in part to the inconsistent and often insufficient understanding of brand by marketing, engineering, and industrial design. This paper presents shape grammars as a method for encoding the key elements of a […]]]> https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/43374/speaking-the-buick-language-capturing-understanding-and-exploring-brand-identity-with-shape-grammars/feed/ 0 https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4984/emotional-car-design-and-good-talents/ https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4984/emotional-car-design-and-good-talents/#respond Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/emotional-car-design-and-good-talents/ When we listen to talk about car design often we hear words like "cool, love it, hate it, beautiful car, sexy, muscle car, strong carachter, dall, sad, happy, elegant, show off…." at so on. What is all this about? About what are we really talking? It is clear to me that to describe the Design […]]]> https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4984/emotional-car-design-and-good-talents/feed/ 0 https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4955/semantic-analysis-of-chinese-adjectives-a-new-approach-to/ https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4955/semantic-analysis-of-chinese-adjectives-a-new-approach-to/#respond Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:00:00 +0000 http://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/semantic-analysis-of-chinese-adjectives-a-new-approach-to/ It could be argued that human experiences are full of conceptual and emotional metaphors. Metaphors are a significant part of language and play an important role in structuring human perception. Therefore it is ubiquity to find that people use different adjectives to express their emotional reactions toward an automobile styling. 3000 Chinese Adjectives in daily […]]]> https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4955/semantic-analysis-of-chinese-adjectives-a-new-approach-to/feed/ 0 https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4954/a-feature-line-based-descriptive-model-of-automobile/ https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4954/a-feature-line-based-descriptive-model-of-automobile/#respond Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:00:00 +0000 http://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/a-feature-line-based-descriptive-model-of-automobile/ The knowledge of automobile styling and form shows significant signs of hard to capture and represent because it is mainly composed of the implicit knowledge of designers. It could be argued that a well-defined feature line, which conveys the information of the automobile styling an d the vehicle body structure, would be the efficient way […]]]> https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4954/a-feature-line-based-descriptive-model-of-automobile/feed/ 0 https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4889/japanese-aesthetics-in-design/ https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4889/japanese-aesthetics-in-design/#respond Tue, 05 May 2009 11:00:00 +0000 http://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/japanese-aesthetics-in-design/ Contemporary Japanese life is embedded with rich cultural, religious and spiritual traditions. These traditions inform and dictate the way in which Japanese people live their daily life and also in the way the material world is constructed around them. These traditions go beyond merely a few simple guidelines by which to live ones life- rather […]]]> https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4889/japanese-aesthetics-in-design/feed/ 0 https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4853/towards-semantic-modelling-applied-to-car-aesthetics-a/ https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4853/towards-semantic-modelling-applied-to-car-aesthetics-a/#respond Fri, 22 Jun 2007 09:00:00 +0000 http://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/towards-semantic-modelling-applied-to-car-aesthetics-a/ This presentation summarizes the authors’ research activities in the field of modeling tools for aesthetic industrial design. Starting from the requirements of the stylists during the conceptual design phase, geometric tools for shape manipulation have been proposed, which act on the geometric entities significant for the user. The ongoing work aims at integrating such tools […]]]> https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4853/towards-semantic-modelling-applied-to-car-aesthetics-a/feed/ 0 https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4851/design-thinking-white-roofs-are-cool/ https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4851/design-thinking-white-roofs-are-cool/#respond Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/design-thinking-white-roofs-are-cool/ White roofs are set to rise in popularity in the coming years, and the reasons aren’t purely cosmetic. Current white roofers MINI, Toyota FJ Cruiser, and Ford Flex have carved out a unique design for themselves based on this treatment, but the reality is that there are energy-saving benefits, too.]]> https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4851/design-thinking-white-roofs-are-cool/feed/ 0 https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4839/reflection-lines-shape-in-automotive-design/ https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4839/reflection-lines-shape-in-automotive-design/#respond Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/reflection-lines-shape-in-automotive-design/ Reflection lines are an important tool for judging shape in automotive design. Gerald and Dianne look at the evolution of the design cycle, and argue that shape analysis tools in CAD (Computer Aided Design) have played an important role in evolutionizing the design cycle.]]> https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4839/reflection-lines-shape-in-automotive-design/feed/ 0 https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4201/harmonious-colors/ https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4201/harmonious-colors/#respond Mon, 07 Feb 2005 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/harmonious-colors/ Even colors that seem the same can change in different light conditions. Clariant has developed a new color concept for automobile interior design that creates the same prerequisites for different materials.]]> https://www.carbodydesign.com/pub/4201/harmonious-colors/feed/ 0