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An Audience with Syd Mead at CCS

"Visual futurist and concept artist." Like some sort of Transformer, those words combine to create an ideal job description for many an industrial designer. With the world of design becoming more varied, and our jobs becoming more demanding of diversity, it's no surprise that many of us venture into adjacent professions. Industrial Design has adapted especially well recently to Hollywood, bringing our experience to recent films like Avatar and Prometheus, but the trend actually goes back several decades.

BMW ALPINA D3 Bi-Turbo is the world’s fastest diesel car

BMW ALPINA D3 Bi-Turbo (pictured) is the world’s fastest diesel car Alpina take BMW’s already very good cars and take them to another level. Just like the new BMW ALPINA D3 Bi-Turbo. The Alpina D3 is Alpina’s take on the BMW 3 Series and Touring, and is a distinct step up from the BMW 335d, with more performance, more luxury and yet some very good performance and BIK stats.

Ferraris on film

By Tim Pollard Motor Industry 19 February 2007 01:24 Ferraris on the silver screen Ferrari has issued previously unseen photos of its cars alongside Hollywood stars for a new exhibition celebrating the marque's role on the silver screen. There is new footage of Ferraris on set and with big-name actors, as part of the company's 60th anniversary celebrations. The exhibition at the Galleria museum in Maranello runs until 30 June.