Category: STORIES & INSPIRATION
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“Time is of the essence”: How Rivian EVs are changing the way we think about utility vehicles
What happens when world-class design and visualization software are used by a start-up driven to revolutionize SUVs and pick-up trucks? Rivian. A newer OEM with a keen focus on sustainability, Rivian wanted to create something that was entirely new in the EV space. Their R1T pick-up truck and R1S SUV have been designed to offer…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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People, technology, future: AIF 2023 design studio keynote
The perfect workflow What does the perfect design studio workflow look like? This provocative question by ShotGrid PM Brandon Tasker opened the 2023 AIF Design Studio Keynote. Some prospective answers: agile, freeform, flexible, works effectively, enables collaboration, shares information, captures and organizes data and decisions automatically, ensures access to the best tools, supports the work…
INDUSTRY NEWS
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Hands-on, person-to-person: AIF 2023 exhibition
The 2024 Automotive Innovation Forum in Frankfurt, Germany gave us more chances to explore Autodesk solutions, customer innovations, and partner insights. Thanks to the incredibly hard work of the technical sales, marketing and product teams who contributed to the amazing expo. We had: Exhibition overview Discover Alias & Meet the Experts Alias User Experience, future…
Industrial Design
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Maground + Mainworks: New high-end, image-based environments for VRED
WHAT ARE IMAGE-BASED ENVIRONMENTS FOR VRED? These new, high-end full-CG, photography-based environments have changed the game for the automotive design industry. Photography-based fullCG environments give the highest quality output, resulting in stunning levels of detail and photorealism. HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT FROM HDR ENVIRONMENTS? HDR stands for High Dynamic Range, a technique used to capture and…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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The future is design: A conversation with Car Design News, part 1
Ananda Arasu and I spent some time with James McLachlan, Editor for Car Design News. We talked through a wide range of pressing issues, including sustainability, customer demand, the CDN Review Book and more. Listen here for Part 1 of our conversation, scroll down for more detail and images, and stay tuned for Part 2.…
Podcast
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AIF 2023: Registration is live!
The Automotive Innovation Forum 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 autodesk.com/aif to secure your spot at AIF…
INDUSTRY NEWS
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Canada’s automotive future: APMA reveals Project Arrow prototype at CES 2023
We’ve been following the Canadian automotive design competition, Project Arrow, since early 2020—covering the winning design from the Carleton University team, as well as the Autodesk Technology Centers and the automotive product team that supported them in refining that design. With the support of the Autodesk Alias product team, students were able to realize their…
INDUSTRY NEWS
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Building an industry ecosystem: The Domeble-Symetri Student Awards
The DSSAs are highlighting the creativity of recent graduates studying 3D design, CGI and VR.
Industrial Design
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Save the date: AIF 2023 announced
We are excited to announce our 2023 Automotive Innovation Forum (AIF), taking place May 10-11 in Frankfurt, Germany. This is your opportunity to join industry leaders as they discuss the trends and forces shaping the automotive industry of tomorrow. What does that look like? AIF 2023 is also our chance to share how Autodesk and…
INDUSTRY NEWS
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Autodesk automotive and industrial design: Catalysts for community
It’s been a great year for Autodesk and the Design Studio team—a return to live events, new opportunities and initiatives—and some now-familiar challenges—continuing hybrid work, adopting more digital tools for collaboration and developing more resilient teams. Our focus for the year has been to serve as a catalyst for our community. We’ve worked hard throughout…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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Autodesk automotive, fall ROUND UP
What we’re excited about, inspired by and looking forward to. Here’s a glimpse at some of the ideas that were passed around our product team this fall in team chats and conversations.
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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PAUSE: Smart cities, Society 5.0 and the next generation of designers
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. PAUSE on Smart Cities, Society 5.0 and the Next Generation of Designers One of our favourite things to do on the Design Studio Blog…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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Autodesk University 2022: Automotive and industrial design content on demand
Over the course of two weeks, more than 10,000 attendees took in sessions at Autodesk University 2022. If you joined us, we hope you had a fantastic experience. And if you didn’t, we hope you’ll consider it for next year. We know the value of time these days, so we wanted to share AU Automotive…
INDUSTRY NEWS
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Behind the scenes with Mike Turner series 03 episode 01: Industry insights on public transport
Welcome to the third series of DGDesign’s Senior Designer Mike Turner. In this series, Mike walks us through public transport design – exteriors, interiors, branding, etc. In episode 01, Mike talks about DGDesign’s history with public transport and shares some of the work they’ve done. Public Transport Highlights 2:31Project: New Nova FleetsClient: Trans Pennine Express…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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Immersive storytelling, collaborative practice: The Academy of Art University’s School of Industrial Design
The Academy of Art University, San Francisco When we first spoke with Antonio Borja, Director of the School of Industrial Design and heard about the Academy of Art University’s unique interdisciplinary program and rich industry collaborations, we wanted to know more. So we asked Antonio and some of his students to talk to us about…
STORIES & INSPIRATION