From the course: Insights on Automotive Design with Veejay Gahir
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What are some of the more difficult projects you've worked on?
From the course: Insights on Automotive Design with Veejay Gahir
What are some of the more difficult projects you've worked on?
Some of the difficult projects. Actually this is a reoccuring theme for interior designers. So when we design a component, let's take an example. Let's design a grab handle that goes into a headliner. So many times we've had cases where a customer that we would be working for, one of the big OEMs, would come in for a design review. So we create the design. We would surface it then they would come in for a design review and they would look at that component. We would shade it up, we would put different environments on there. And it's really funny because sometimes a component that's literally four or five inches long, we would zoom into it so it's like four feet across. And they would look at a corner and they say, there's a, there's a slight problem in this corner. I don't like the way that light looks there. So we would have to go back in there and rework. And literally we're talking in the automotive industry we're moving things a thousandth of a millimeter to try to get highlights…
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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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