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Nissan: Baby Skin, Fingers and Bacon

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Last week, Nissan likened a new fabric that it's developing to fake baby skin – setting the blogosphere ablaze with morbid imagery and snarky comments. The automaker, however, doesn’t seem phased. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair magazine, Nissan reiterated the analogy and even took it to new levels of weird – boasting about an “artificial finger” and upholstering cars … [Read more...] about Nissan: Baby Skin, Fingers and Bacon

Bentley’s Mulsanne Executive Interior

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News that Apple is hiring automotive engineers to develop an "iCar" infotainment system has taken the tech blogosphere by storm. But car guys like us know that this isn't the first time Apple products have been incorporated into a vehicle's cabin. Last year, Brabus tricked out the interior of a Mercedes-Benz S-Class to create the iBusiness 2.0. Now Bentley is getting in on the … [Read more...] about Bentley’s Mulsanne Executive Interior

Is Auto Trim a Multidisciplinary Craft?

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Innovation and design website Humans Invent recently published an interesting article titled "Crafting the world’s best car interiors". The article is about Bentley and the meticulous detail it infuses into every step of the design process. While that's interesting, it's not the best part of the article. What is - is how Peter Cullum-Kenyon, Bentley’s color and trim manager, … [Read more...] about Is Auto Trim a Multidisciplinary Craft?