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Nissan revives Datsun for emerging markets

Nissan revives Datsun - but not for cars like the 280ZX Nissan has confirmed that it is bringing the Datsun brand back for affordable cars in emerging markets. It’s thirty years since Nissan gave up being Datsun and embraced the Nissan name for its worldwide offerings. But now it’s back to the future with the Datsun brand being revived for affordable cars in emerging markets.

Dinamica's microfiber range showcases the latest color, design and material innovations

Dinamica Established 1997 Number of employees 50 (five designers) Global headquarters Gorizia, Italy Contact b.terraneo@dinamicamiko.it Website www.dinamicamiko.com "We are a young, dynamic company and have increased our automotive activities significantly over the last five years," says marketing manager Benedetta Terraneo. "We started off in the US, but now also collaborate with the biggest OEMs in Europe, Brazil, Asia and Australia, working with their designers to create new automotive applications for our Dinamica microfiber range." Each year, the company creates an automotive collection to showcase the latest color, design and material innovations. The 2013 collection – called ‘Essence' – launched in May, and focused on inspiring new possibilities for automotive interior trimming through the use of five natural elements.

Car Design China Award Winners at Umeå

CDN 中国汽车设计大赛获奖选手在 Umeå Two of the Car Design China Award 2012 winners won the fantastic prize of a two-week fully funded placement at Sweden's Umeå Institute of Design to mix with like-minded young designers and learn new skills with some of the latest technology available. We spoke to Umeå's Programme Director for Transportation Design Education Demian Horst to find out how Fang Siyuan of Zhengzhou University of Light Industry and Huang Hongliang of Huazhong University of Science and Technology got on. After arriving on 21 September the two students joined up with the course's 20 international students – including two Chinese students – in the studio before undertaking their first task, which was to join both transport classes in a sketch workshop with BMWDesignworksUSA designer and Umeå alumnus Tommy Forsgren.