Importance of Lighting Design
Recently I met with James Hope and his students. He’s head of transportation design at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, China, one of China’s finest design and art…
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DVN Field Trip: China Academy of Art
James Hope joined the China Academy of Art three years ago, to create the transportation design section — previously, automotive was part of the object design section. Hope, a Canadian, started his automotive design career in 1992 at Ford, and joined GM Design in Germany in 2008 where he started designing lamps. This was the…
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‘Emotional Headlight’ on GAC Trumpchi Xiangwang S7
The headlamps on GAC’s Trumpchi Xiangwang S7 are billed by the automaker as ‘AI emotional headlights’. The lamps, made by Hasco Vision, were launched in March.Eight ‘light languages’ are available, and can be customized through OTA upgrades. Via dynamic interactions such as ‘wink’ and ‘welcome lights’, the system creates an exclusive sense of ritual for…
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Mercedes AMG GT XX Concept Has Charge Lamp, ISD
Mercedes’ new AGM GT XX concept bristles with impressive lighting content and a lot of innovations — will they come to the production car? Time will tell!The front lamps are split between the main headlamp housings and smaller housings in the huge grille. According to Mercedes media, exterior sounds come from the lamps.The rear lamp…
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Update: DVN Exterior Display Study (Now With ’25 Shanghai Reveals)
We have updated the DVN study about ISD (interactive social display) with the latest Chinese vehicles released at the Shanghai Auto Show in April. For people who have not yet applied for the study, feel free to contact us or directly buy it here. ISDs are coming to Europe; it’s just a question of time.…
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DVN Field Trip: Ningbo Fuerda Intelligent Technology
DVN had a nice visit to Ningbo Fuerda Intelligent Technology. Founded in 1995, they’re a manufacturing supplier of auto parts — integrating design, research and development, and manufacturing. The company’s products include dome lights, interior/atmosphere lighting, lighting control modules, cockpit lights, air conditioning control panels, Bluetooth virtual keys, USB parts, BCMs, switches, electrical/mechanical air outlets,…
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OLEDWorks Get New Financing, New Grant
OLEDWorks have received an investment grant from the Improvement of Regional Economic Structure joint task force, to expand the supplier’s OLED production facility in Aachen. The project, called ‘OLEDWorks Production Capacity Extension 0.5 (CE05)’, focuses on doubling the company’s production capacity for automotive OLEDs.The Regional Economic Development Program of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (RWP)…
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DVN Interview: Chery QQ Design Head Pierre Fengyou
By Paul-Henri Matha The Chery QQ was one of our DVN favourites at the Shanghai auto show for both exterior and interior design. It’s a cheap A/B-segment vehicle, but its…
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DVN Tokyo in the Rearview Mirror
It was an intense week in Japan with a lot of visits, contact and discussion about automotive market. Nine million vehicles were made in Japan last year, making that country…
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Top Takeaways from DVN Tokyo ’25
The first session was focused on safety, and that prime position was on purpose: for Japanese customers, lighting is mainly a safety feature. The importance of interior lighting for wellbeing and autonomous driving spurred us to dedicate a session to those topics in the afternoon. The second day was focused on sustainability, regulation, and innovation.As…
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