Category: INDUSTRY NEWS


  • PAUSE: 2024.1 Highlights

    Our PAUSE series aims to share Design Studio Blog posts you may have missed. It’s a chance for you to pause on a particular subject or series and take it in. Here are some of the highlights from the first half of 2024.


  • Making the future: The design studio at Autodesk University 2024

    Autodesk University is happening again in San Diego, CA at the San Diego Convention Center. This annual innovative learning experience is driven by creative problem solvers in the Design & Make community. About Autodesk University (AU) AU is essentially a User Conference focused on learning. Attendees – from diverse fields – architecture, engineering, construction, product…


  • Increasingly accessible, sustainably appealing: India’s electric vehicle market boom

    The India Electric Vehicle (EV) market is seeing record sales: passenger EVs recorded 75,000 sales in 2023, twice the volume sold last year. It’s also one of the fastest-growing EV markets in the world, with millions of EV owners. What’s driving this shift? There’s India’s pledge to reduce carbon emission intensity by 33-35% by 2030…


  • AIF 2024 Ideas in Motion — Sessions on demand

    All of the session recordings from AIF 2024 are now available for viewing on-demand! Visit the AIF 2024 site to see the keynote, design studio sessions and deep dives as well as sessions from the AIF. We will be bringing you recaps of the design studio sessions over the coming weeks as well as some…


  • AIF: 2024 highlights & 2025 save the date

    Our 2024 AIF in Darmstadt, Germany 2024 brought over 550 people together to hear the latest about automotive design and manufacturing. Attendees from across the globe attended sessions from leading OEMs, suppliers, start-ups, and technology partners. They also had the opportunity to meet and talk with experts in design, manufacturing, and engineering. AIF 2025: Save…


  • AIF 2024: Day 2 recap

    AIF 2024 Day 2 sessions HX50: Premium Auto at 1,500 ft — Henry Moorshead Day 2 of the 2024 Automotive Innovation Forum took supercar design to 1,500 feet. Henry Moorshead from Hill Helicopter demonstrated how they brought automotive interior and exterior styling techniques into the design of their luxury HX50 recreational helicopter. As an Alias…


  • AIF 2024: Day 1 recap

    This year’s AIF is off to a strong start. At the spectacular Darmstadtium Congress Center, Autodesk welcomed over 550 guests to 2 days of keynotes and sessions led by industry leaders, a large exhibition floor featuring Autodesk partners and products and lots of networking.  The building is not only visually spectacular but is designed with…


  • AIF 2024: What’s ahead

    Our annual Automotive Innovation Forum — happening for over a decade — takes place Tuesday and Wednesday May 7-8 in Darmstadt, Germany. We have a fantastic agenda filled with industry leaders from Porsche, Kia, Italdesign, Rivian, SAIC, Mercedes-Benz, FAW-VW, and Toyota. We also have presentations on key technologies and interesting case studies for our software…


  • Register now: AIF 2024 Registration is live

    AIF is a premier automotive industry event focused on advancing design, automation and manufacturing technology. We invite you to join us and the international community of industry leaders and share your vision on the future of design, automation, and manufacturing. Registration is now live! Visit the AIF registration page to secure your spot at AIF…


  • Save the date for AIF 2024: Ideas in Motion

    We are excited to announce our 2024 Automotive Innovation Forum (AIF), taking place 7-8 May 2024 in Darmstadt, Germany. Last year, over 580 attendees joined us from across the globe, with 23 countries represented and 41 automotive OEM brands in attendance. Over the course of two days and 31 sessions, attendees took in presentations on…


  • PAUSE: The best of Autodesk Automotive, 2023

    Our PAUSE series aims to share Design Studio Blog posts you may have missed. It’s a chance for you to pause on a particular subject or series and take it in. In this PAUSE post, we’ve looked back on a year of industry stories, product news, and design inspiration and chosen our top 5 stories…


  • Car Design News People Awards in London

    Autodesk was thrilled to be a sponsor of the second annual Car Design News People Awards. This prestigious event has a panel of industry judges selecting winners across 15 categories (best clay modeller, best collaboration, best digital modelling team, etc.) as well as recognizing winners of the 10th anniversary edition of Car Design Review and…


  • AI in the design studio: Welcome to BlankAI

    Freeing up creative energy, reducing cognitive demand Design studios – automotive and industrial – are under increasing pressure to create differentiated concepts faster than ever. Development timelines are shrinking, so design teams must work faster and smarter to develop and get their transformative concepts to market. This is the perfect time for Artificial Intelligence (AI),…


  • Making space for community: The Digital Design User Group

    Linkage, a leading provider of design resources, solutions and training for industrial designers and digital modeling sculptors, has recently rebooted its Digital Designers User Group with a broader mandate. Linkage’s Digital Design User Group (DDUG) was formed to bring digital designers across the globe together to talk, share, and hang out in an unbiased forum…


  • Student shows, industry shifts, VR: A Conversation with Car Design News, part 2

    Earlier this spring, Ananda Arasu and I spent some time with James McLachlan, Editor for Car Design News (CDN). In Part 1 of that conversation, we discuss sustainability, customer demand, the CDN Review Book, and more. In Part 2, we’re shifting from legacy designers to new grads, a look at the current job market, and…