Lexus Uses Driving Data to Create Real-Time Portraits

Art is Motion | The Project

Created by Belgian agency Happiness Brussels, the results of this car-as-artist experiment are broadcast on the Lexus website Artismotion.com. Past drives are recreated in short two-minute videos, giving site visitors a sense of how Vanhaerent maneuvered on a particular day, bringing this artful experience out of the car and to the masses. (Source)

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AMETEK Acquires Creaform

The company Lévis Creaform specializes in 3D technology and digital solutions, has just been acquired by the American giant AMETEK, a leading developer and manufacturer of innovative portable 3D measurement technology and a provider of 3D engineering services, for the sum of U.S. \\\$ 120 million.

Audi #onemillionreasons Designed by the Agency Razorfish

Audi Germany as launched a real-time interactive microsite that turns user-generated content tagged #onemillionreasons on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram into a 3D visualization of the lates Audi R8. Now, every like has got a reason for Audi brand fans ! 

The project was created by agency Razorfish and creative production company Minivegas.

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The State-of-the-Art Falcon 5X

Dassault Aviation unveiled its biggest and most advanced Falcon jet. The Falcon 5X is a new generation business jet. Eric Trappier, chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation said: "The Falcon 5X is the new benchmark for the creative use of advanced technology in business aviation, [...] Using design and manufacturing software and systems pioneered by Dassault, we have been able to build a larger, more comfortable and more capable aircraft that is also more environmentally friendly and much more economical to operate compared to other airplanes in its class.”

The website dedicated to the project looks awesome and take a 3D tour of the cabin > HERE And the media gallery has class and looks perfect !

2nd Generation Qashqai Crossover Model by Nissan |  Unveiled Soon !

 The company has high expectation for the model, claiming that it “will redefine the crossover sector and set new standards across the board”, thanks to an all-new design and fresh ideas – from advanced aerodynamics to advanced cabin infotainment systems.

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Vine’s New Editing Features Could Unleash a Creative Boom

Vine’s tool kit is getting even more advanced, giving users a taste of the movie director’s greatest power: the ability to control time.

The two new features, which arrived with an app update last week, are called Sessions and Time Travel. You’ll know them better as “drafts” and “editing,” roughly speaking. The former lets you save up to 10 Vines-in-progress to return to at a later time; the latter lets you dive into Vine videos and rearrange the individual clips within them (or trash them if they didn’t live up to your vision). While retaining the app’s key simplicity, they give users some sophisticated new ways to piece together their 6-second epics.For the full article here.

The People of the Months 

This month we had the chance to interview great people to know more about their passion for design and CATIA: Wang Yu, Sébastien Gaetan and Gerard Alcini.

I notice that Interviews are quite successful and you like them! We are happy to share personal stories and get to know the community members between them. Today we are 1 045 members in the community and we hope you will get to know each other more and more by sharing your work and gaining feedbacks and news ideas for improvement and fun !

'Creative Confidence' Authors David and Tom Kelley | IDEO

How to build your creative confidence?  David Keller and his brother Tom Kelley, together, they have written a book, sharing their secrets on how everyone can find their creative powers. It is called “Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All”. (Source: IDEO)

Watch the video > http://on.ted.com/Kelley

Architect Michael Hansmeyer & Benjamin Dillenburger Made The World's First 3-D-Printed Room

Architect-programmers Michael Hansmeyer and Benjamin Dillenburger have finished up what just might be the most complex architecture in human history.

For years, the world wasn’t quite ready for the mind-meltingly complex architecture dreamt up by computational architect-designer Michael Hansmeyer. In fact, neither were computers, which couldn’t handle the hundreds of millions of surfaces that comprise Hansmeyer’s structures. 3-D printers couldn’t handle the intense demands the designs made of them without botching painstaking details, and fabrication times were near intolerable.

But the complications seemed to resolve themselves in 2013. Along with collaborator Benjamin Dillenburger, Hansmeyer has finally printed and built a piece of his bespoke brand of architecture. Dubbed Digital Grotesque, the 11-ton installation, the designers say, is the world’s first 3-D printed room, one packed with details that purportedly push the limits of human perception.(Source: Fastcodesign)

Tokyo Design Week | October 26 - November 4, 2013, Tokyo, Japan

EMEA CATIA Creative Design & ICEM Day | November 4  to November 5, 2013, Essen, Germany 

CATIA User Day |  November 5 - 6, 2013, Gothenburg & Stockholm, Sweden

The Future is Here: A New Industrial Revolution | Design Museum ends Nov 3, 2013