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Nissan's senior manager color and design strategy Francois Farion on the importance of objects in keeping focus [w/Video]

Nissan's Francois Farion, senior manager, color and design strategy, features in a new video giving an insight into how important objects are to designers when communicating, defining and maintaining their design intentions. A lot of time and energy goes into designing a car and so, Farion says, it's vital that designers keep their focus throughout the process. He believes objects are the key to creating coherent designs.

Briefs all in for Car Design Awards China 2014

It's exactly a month since the fifth annual Car Design Awards China's launch and we're pleased to announce all the briefs are in. Created to discover the latest crop of Chinese design talent, this year's contest – open to full-time students studying a design discipline of any kind in China – features briefs from Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Geely, JAC, Qoros and UD Trucks. Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz has asked participants to study the average Chinese family, their lifestyle and habits and design the most suitable Mercedes-Benz car concept imaginable for them in the future.

Geneva motor show 2011: A-Z preview and review

Welcome to CAR Online's coverage of the 2011 Geneva motor show, the world's most exciting auto show. The CAR team will be reporting live from the Palexpo arena in Switzerland for the 81st Geneva auto show on Tuesday 1 March 2011 – and this is your handy guide with our previews to all the Geneva new cars and launches. We'll update the page with every new announcement, and on press day there will be the CAR Live Blog, along with reviews, news, video, photos and galleries of all the important new car launches at the 2011 Geneva motor show.