From the course: Insights on Automotive Design with Veejay Gahir
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What car are you most proud of designing?
From the course: Insights on Automotive Design with Veejay Gahir
What car are you most proud of designing?
My favorite car that I, I got involved in, I think the design was already done there. So my role at that point was really taking the clay model. And making surfaces out of it was a Yamaha Racing car back in the UK, many years ago. So Yamaha Racing approached the company I was working with at the time which was IAD, and they said here's, here's a vehicle that we want to create, you know, make. Here's the clay, so we scanned the clay, and we actually started creating the cla, what they call class A surfaces, or really the exterior surfaces of this vehicle. I think that really, the reason why that stuck in my mind, more than anything else, was because it was a racing car. I was young, you know, I was kind of like I want to get a fast car. And I had a chance to work on a, on a, on a really beautiful vehicle. Aesthetically it was, it was gorgeous. So, for me that still holds really great memories of, of being, being, being able to work on that. And also knowing very well that once we'd…
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Welcome32s
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What made you get into automotive design?29s
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What was the first car you worked on?31s
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What car are you most proud of designing?1m 15s
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What was your first car?41s
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What was your education like?42s
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Has education in the automotive industry changed?45s
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What would you recommend to someone trying to get a start in the industry today?1m 23s
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How does automotive design compare to other fields like industrial design?47s
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Do designers tend to specialize?42s
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Is it normal for designers to cross between fields?35s
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How much engineering should a designer know?50s
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How long does it take to get from the concept phase to the sales floor?47s
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What are the biggest challenges facing designers today?48s
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How do you make the interior of a car more comfortable?1m 27s
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What are some of the more difficult projects you've worked on?1m 23s
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What are the biggest challenges in designing the interior of a car?1m 5s
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How has the design of car interiors changed during your career?1m 8s
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What are some of the biggest design influences in the automotive industry?1m 47s
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Are there any designers that you find personally inspiring?1m 6s
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What would the inside of a self-driving car look like?1m 22s
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What are the concerns in designing noncombustion-driven vehicles?1m 2s
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What are the concerns in incorporating more eco design in cars?52s
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Have new technologies like 3D printing had an effect on the design process?1m 35s
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