Automotive Design: An Overview and Looking to the Future
Tue 01 Nov
|Derby
REGISTRATION AND EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE BELOW. This is a hybrid event. The talk starts promptly at 19:00 and all in-person attendees must be seated before this time. Doors open at 18:30.


Time & Location
01 Nov 2022, 19:00 – 21:00 GMT
Derby, Market Place Cathedral Quarter, Market Pl, Derby DE1 3AS, UK
About the event
This is a hybrid event. The talk starts promptly at 19:00 and all in-person attendees must be seated before this time. Doors open at 18:30.
PLEASE REGISTER FOR IN-PERSON TICKETS HERE: https://uk.patronbase.com/_DerbyQuad/Productions/2N06/Performances
PLEASE REGISTER FOR THE ONLINE TICKETS HERE: https://localevents.theiet.org/06d9a5
Designing concept or production cars is a fascinating process that very few people get to be part of or see. Together, teams of highly skilled and passionate designers and modellers create the aesthetics of a vehicle. This talk starts by providing a brief historical overview of automotive design before introducing the work of the different specialists that contribute to the design of a car. The talk moves on to look at how advances in technology are changing the design process. Technologies include: online collaborations. The talk ends by asking what the future may hold for automotive design.
Dr Aysar Ghassan is the Programme Director of the highly respected MA in…