Köln Workshop, Part I

Yanfeng CTO Patrick Nebout gave a keynote presentation entitled, “Automotive Interior, China Perspective”.He said the NEV market share in China will exceed 75 per cent by 2028, with rapid growth of PHEV & REEV (range-extended EV) segments.The premium sector of the market keeps an upside momentum, with a lot of new NEV brands setting their…
How to Design Interiors With Innovative Circular Material SolutionsAlessia Pierini · Dow Mobility ScienceDow has introduced a series of innovations helping to build the ecosystem for automotive circularity, including:Infinair polymers for loop technology: polyolefins that allow to design automotive cushions prioritizing circularity, through mechanical recycling.Specflex CYR uses recycled waste from the automotive industry, with identical…
All lectures addressed the next level of interior lighting in terms of ambient lighting, decoration, and HMI support to reduce complexity, to get more harmonized functions, unconfined UX, human and design centric approach and sustainability.Tomorrow’s Interior is Today Focusing on Light & Associated SensingMichael Brandl · ams Osram (Automotive System Solution Engineering Director)AMS Osram imageBrandl presented…
Italdesign CTO Davide Casini gave a keynote speech focusing on vehicle development efficiency.In the context of electrification, connectivity, ADAS, UX/UI, and cybersecurity, new projects include more contents with more complexity, under the umbrella of higher customer expectations. Challenge is to develop with these higher specifications, in a reduced development budget, at a faster pace (was…
On the morning of the first day of the DVN-I Workshop on 8 April, 45 participants had the opportunity to visit the Ford Electrification Center in Cologne. The number of persons was limited, as the tour was conducted on a train with 45 seats. The time was set up early (7:15 a.m.) because of Ford…
DVN Interior Awards were presented during the gala dinner part of the event: Best Exhibition Booth, Best Interior Innovation, and Best Sustainability Contribution (Best Lecture was awarded after lhe last lecture). All awards were selected through the audience votes, except Best Innovation was selected by the DVN Interior Editorial Committee, looking back over a year…
Along the DVN Conference in Köln, Sebatian Adam, DVN Interior consultant, did a guest survey. Here are some thoughts and feedback from attendees.The agenda received high praise for its clarity, structure, and the depth of expertise shown by each speaker. Notably, guests estimated that around 80 per cent of the content was directly relevant, far…
To close the Köln DVN Interior event we had a panel discussion with the theme ”Design” related to the topics (UX, second living room, cockpit, displays, interior lighting) shown during the event.The following participants took part:Davide Casini – Chief Technical Officer Italdesign GiugiaroMathias Rönnfeldt – Managing Director SP3Thorsten Süss – Industrial Designer, Design Director NBHX Trim…
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