Let's face it, for years the office chair was nothing more than a commodity... until Herman Miller produced the iconic Aeron. Maybe there is a lesson here. ArticlePublished: 6/30/2009
The mid-size 2005 Pathfinder, Nissan's largest design and development program to date, involved three technical centers, and took 36 months and countless trans-Pacific trips to complete. Though it borrows major components from the full-size Titan pi... ArticlePublished: 10/1/2004
Plenty of interior components are injection molded. But some companies—such as VW—are using a process for trim pieces that both mold a component and cover it in fabric in a single molding process. And it is coming to the U.S. in the not-too-distant ... ArticlePublished: 9/1/2004
Be true to your attributes. Embrace conflict. Be authentic. No, these are not chapter headings for the latest self-help book, but some of the guidelines Johnson Controls, Inc. is using to frame the future of automotive interiors. ArticlePublished: 9/1/2004
When they're not busy running nationwide "e-panels" with 16-year-old girls to see what they want in car interiors (a removable clothes closet and CD storage on the headliner, if you must know), investigating new materials ("bullfrog"* and bamboo are... ArticlePublished: 9/1/2004