''Car Design News'' (''CDN'') () is an online news and information service for the international

automotive design Automotive design is the process of developing the appearance (and to some extent the ergonomics) of motor vehicles, including automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, buses, coaches, and vans. The functional design and development of a modern mot ...

community. ''CDN'' covers production and

concept cars A concept car (also known as a concept vehicle or show vehicle) is a car made to showcase new styling or new technology. Concept cars are often exhibited at motor shows to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or may not ...

, the career moves of significant car designers, major international

auto show An auto show, also known as a motor show or car show, is a public exhibition of current automobile models, debuts, concept cars, or out-of-production classics. It is attended by automotive industry representatives, dealers, auto journalists a ...

s, design competitions and student exhibitions at the major transportation design colleges. It is based in the UK and published by Ultima Media, part of German publisher

Süddeutscher Verlag The Süddeutscher Verlag (SV) is a corporate group that has emerged from the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Founded as a newspaper publisher, Süddeutscher Verlag developed into one of Germany's largest media companies, providing to Germany and abroad. Th ...

. CDN offers both free and

paywall A paywall is a method of restricting access to content (media), content, with a purchase or a subscription business model, paid subscription, especially news. Beginning in the mid-2010s, newspapers started implementing paywalls on their website ...

-protect content.

History

''CDN'' was founded in November 1999 by Brett Patterson, an automotive designer working at the time for

General Motors General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The company is most known for owning and manufacturing f ...

on assignment in

Detroit Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 United State ...

. In 2004, Patterson relocated to London, UK, taking on fellow car designers Nick Hull and Sam Livingstone as partners. Eric Gallina came on board in 2005 and helped grow the site's editorial content as well as its reach. He became Editor just before the company was acquired by Ultima Media Ltd in 2008. Gallina continued to work under new ownership, running the website and commissioning contributors from 2008 through 2012. The ''Car Design News'' portfolio of activities currently includes Car Design of the Year, Car Design Night, Car Design Awards China, ''Car Design News'' Webinars, ''Interior Motives'' (a print magazine illustrating in detail the design development of selected car interiors), ''Interior Motives'' conference, and the ''Interior Motives'' Student Design Awards.

External links

''Car Design News''

References

{{reflist Automobile magazines published in the United States Online magazines published in the United States Automotive websites Design magazines Magazines established in 1999 Magazines published in Detroit 1999 establishments in Michigan