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From clay to AI: Autodesk’s Student Design Competition winners — Team Coventry — embody the best of automotive design education
When Coventry University’s Automotive and Transport Design students won Autodesk’s Power of Brand competition, the result stood out for reasons that went beyond a polished final image. Judged on narrative clarity, modeling quality, and brand interpretation, the Coventry team’s concept drawings and renderings demonstrated something deeper: a disciplined design process grounded in intent, craft, and…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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Physics AI for collaboration: Autodesk NavPack 2026
We’re excited to announce that NavPack 2026 is now available as a fully integrated Autodesk offering across all global channels. Our latest product solution for AI accelerated Design and Engineering, NavPack leverages Physics AI to enable cross functional teams, such as designers and engineers, to effectively collaborate and make better informed decisions faster. Its ability…
PRODUCT NEWS
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Left-shifting in automotive design: How real-time insight is reshaping creative workflows
After introducing NavPack Design and exploring how its predictive and generative AI models are trained, we hit a relevant question: what does this actually change in day-to-day automotive design? The answer comes down to a shift that’s gaining momentum across the industry: AI-driven physics-based insights becoming more accessible to designers, not just simulation experts. As…
AI
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AIF 2025: How NavPack Brings Engineering Intelligence into Alias & the design studio
Presentation 1: AI-accelerated Design & Engineering — Matthias Bauer At AIF 2025, the Autodesk NavPack team presented a clear message: AI is rapidly reshaping the relationship between design and engineering. Across “AI-accelerated Design and Engineering” and “Deep Dive: How to leverage simulation data for AI-accelerated design and engineering,” Matthias Bauer and Jakob Lohse demonstrated not…
AI
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Celebrating the people behind design: 2025 Car Design News People Awards
While we love seeing the final shape of beautiful cars on the road, we don’t always recognize that every great car starts with ideas, talent, and people. That’s where Car Design News People Awards (CDN People Awards) come in, shining a spotlight on the individuals and teams responsible for the creativity, craftsmanship, and innovation behind…
INDUSTRY NEWS
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Design smarter, faster: Covestro’s Imagio® material library now in Autodesk VRED
We’ve got some exciting news for automotive and transportation designers: Covestro’s Imagio® digital sample library is now integrated directly into Autodesk VRED 2026.1. That means instant access to tens of thousands of photorealistic polycarbonate materials—where and when you need them. Designers don’t have to wait on physical samples or hunt through material catalogs, because they…
PRODUCT NEWS
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A Kind of Magic – One Click to XR: How Hololight Stream Runtime and VRED are making Immersive Design effortless
In the dynamic world of immersive technology, the demand is clear: XR experiences need to be more accessible, flexible, and easier to deploy. Enter Hololight Stream Runtime, in combination with Autodesk VRED – a groundbreaking duo that redefines powerful 3D visualization across various devices. Whether you’re validating complex design data or collaborating on product variants,…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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What’s new in VRED 2026: Next-gen visualization for designers
The VRED 2026 release continues to refine the value of real-time rendering, interoperability, and collaboration. Packed with groundbreaking new features like the Vulkan render engine and Live Referencing between Alias and VRED, this release is designed to make your design and visualization pipeline more efficient, more collaborative, and more powerful than ever before. Vulkan: A…
PRODUCT NEWS
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What’s new in Alias 2026: A new era of design, surfacing, and visualization
The Alias 2026 release brings an exciting range of new tools and workflows that continue to redefine how designers and engineers create, collaborate, and visualize their ideas. With a focus on seamless visualization, smarter modeling tools, and workflow efficiency, Alias 2026 makes it easier than ever to bring your creative vision to life. VRED Renderer…
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Call for Entries: 2026 AIF Autodesk Student Design Competition
Are you an enrolled student with a passion for innovation and a drive to make a difference? Is your school a hub of creativity and forward-thinking? Autodesk is now calling for school entries to our second annual 2026 AIF Student Competition. Why should you enter? FAQ In it to Win Read about the Autodesk 2025…
Innovation
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Announcing AIF26 — June 2-3, 2026
We’re excited to announce that the Autodesk Automotive Innovation Forum (AIF) is back in 2026—and bigger than ever. Join us June 2–3, 2026, at the Darmstadtium Science & Congress Center in Darmstadt, Germany, for two immersive days of insight, innovation, networking and inspiration at the intersection of automotive design, engineering, and visualization. Whether you’re shaping…
INDUSTRY NEWS
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BMW Redefines Design Review with Cloud Streaming & VRED Core
At AIF25, BMW showcased its bold approach to the future of automotive design collaboration—bringing high-fidelity workflows directly into the cloud. Centered on pushing efficiency, security, and innovation, BMW’s demonstration focused on how VRED Core’s cutting-edge streaming functionality is reshaping collaborative design reviews from anywhere at every step in the process. Watch the BMW Cloud Streaming…
PRODUCT NEWS
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Designing the Future: Coventry Students Win Autodesk Automotive Design Competition at AIF25
At this year’s Automotive Innovation Forum (AIF25), the spotlight wasn’t only on the latest technologies, software, and OEM strategies — it was also on the next generation of automotive design talent. The Autodesk Automotive Student Design Competition, hosted in collaboration with leading design institutions, challenged students to develop bold new vehicle concepts using industry-standard design…
STORIES & INSPIRATION
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NIO Drives Workflow Efficiency Powered by Flow Production Tracking
At the 2025 Automotive Innovation Forum (AIF25), global EV innovator NIO shared how their team streamlined complex design and engineering workflows using Autodesk Flow Production Tracking — a solution built to support collaboration, transparency and process automation across fast-paced, creative production pipelines. As NIO scaled its operations to manage more concurrent programs, the need for…
PRODUCT NEWS
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Creative Flow and Connected Tools: The Design Studio Keynote at AIF25
In a world where timelines are tighter, teams are more distributed, and technology is constantly changing, one thing remains essential: supporting creativity without compromise.
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