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FEATURES BY DEPARTMENT
 | | February 2002
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Talking Design
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| Automotive designer Ken Okuyama talks about current automotive designs and where the industry is going in the future. |
Managing Design Management
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| Jerry Hirshberg believes that great design is fundamental to the success of any organization. nowadays, companies ranging from nike to the gap are listening to the message of a man who has had a whole lot to do with the transformation of design in the auto industry.
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Luxury Simplified
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| A look at Johnson Control Inc.'s Ariston luxury concept vehicle.
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Panic In Detroit
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Dean Kamen's Mobility Device and Why It Caused Immoderate Upset in the Motor City
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The 1914 Model T. That was then...& still is now
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| If someone makes a 1914 Model T in their garage today, it is a replica, not the real thing. If the Ford Motor Company tasks two men with building a half dozen cars that are produced with the same tolerances as the orginal, then they are not only authentic, but are arguably the resumption of production that ended more than 70 years ago.
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Visteon's common soft touch
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| Visteon has developed a process that aims to bridge the gap between luxury soft-touch instrument panels and the rock-hard plastics of the lower orders. It uses fewer parts, needs no custom equipment and is fully recyclable.
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What Software Do You Need?
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"Give me a place to stand and a lever long enough and I will move the world," said Archimedes in 220 BC. In software, you'll need a bit more than that to move your manufacturing enterprise. We look at the basic software you need to succeed.
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COLUMNS
Gary Vasilash - Marginal: "Help! (Not Just Anybody)"
Ted Pollock - On the Management Side: 8 Rules for Getting Things Done Through People
Martin Piszczalski - Information Technology Update: GM's SmartNew Portal:
Gary Vasilash - On Materials: Inside, Under, Elsewhere & Otherwise
Christopher Sawyer - Dudder: An Open Letter to Dearborn
Christopher Sawyer - On Cars: Long Haul Trucking
Scott Upham - On The Industry: 2002: Year of Transition
William Kimberly - EuroAuto: Building the New Range Rover
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