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Some of our work and thinking that has been published: 

 
Geneva Auto Show news: Design Trends 2010. March 2010
Overview of car design trends for 2010 as part of the news section of the official Geneva Auto show on-line presence 
World Car of The Year: Design Expert. January 2010
Detailing the role of CDR director, Sam Livingstone, as one of the 'design experts' for the World Car of The Year awards
University of Cambridge: Minimum or Maximum Cities?. November 2009
Conference on the future of cities at which CDR consultant Joe Simpson presented a paper on the implications of future transportation sytems, and specifically on the feasibility of reducing needs to travel
Oxford Brooks, Whole Life Vehicle Conference: Putting the sex into electric cars. November 2009
Conference on sustainable vehicle design at which Sam Livingstone presented a paper about how electric cars must have an identifable emotive appeal in addition to their environmental credentials in order to break into the mainstream market
Wired Magazine: Digital Cities: The transport of tomorrow is already here. Ocotober 2009
Article from Joe about how digital technologies will create the potential for a wider, smarter urban transport system and the implications on the future 'digital city' in terms of how people live, work and move around 
Spark Awards: Finding meaning in Frankfurt – 2009 auto show review. July 2009
Article from Joe reflecting on the key trends and vehicles seen at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show
Business Week: Driving the Ford Flex, December 2008
Joe drives the 21st century take on the 'woody wagon' on a road trip across Florida
Car Design News: Variable degrees of translucency. November 2007
Article from Sam on the trend towards use of translucent outer surfaces of a car and how this opens up potential for more distinctive and innovative design and is afforded by new materials
Car Design News: EVER Conference 2007 - Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies. April 2007
A summary of the first Monaco based sustainable vehicle exhibiution and conference from Joe 
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