CAR DESIGN NEWS
Very well known amongst fans and students of car design already, this site is regarded to be the webs leading automotive design resource. You will find design tutorials, design degree show photo galleries, auto show photo galleries, the latest automotive design news, user galleries, design topic forums and much more. The forum in particular is a useful place to meet other students of design from all over the world and has a high number of users, talking over a wide range of subject matters.

CAR BODY DESIGN
Another good car design website (and one the editor of this site visits a lot) with up to date design news and features. Here you will find links to tutorials from other websites, design industry news, concept and production car news and photo galleries as well as useful links to other design related resources on the web. There is also a section with 3D models available to download. An interesting element of this site is that is also fully available in an Italian language version.

DRAWTHROUGH
The personal website of Scott Robertson (founder of DesignStudioPress and author of many highly inspirational books) this site features many examples of his personal and professional work. For those of you lucky enough to live in California the site also gives the chance to register for one of Scott's Educational Workshops.

DESIGNSTUDIOPRESS

For those of you looking to find inspirational and educational artistic books, you would do well to check out DesignStudioPress. The site features many books and DVDs available for you to buy (including Concept Design 1 which has previously been reviewed here), as well as a forum where you can discuss your own and others artistic work.

CONCEPTSALAD
A new website, and one that looks very promising.  With sections that will include tutorials and design articles it should prove interesting.  The concept section, also looks like a great place to stop by for inspiration.  All set out in a very simple professional looking site.

CAR DESIGN ONLINE
For those interested in exploring the subject in a little depth, this site is a very good resource for learning the processes involved in the car design industry. The content (provided by industry experts) is unique to this website and covers a wide range of subjects including design, legislation, production safety and technology. The site also features industry case studies. If you are serious about becoming a car designer then this is a site you should certainly take the time to browse.

CONCEPT CAR
This site is dedicated to the subject of automotive design, with forums, latest news, design feature stories and more. An interesting aspect of this site however is that it offers a free web based E mail service. If you would rather have the more interesting E mail address of @conceptcar.co.uk then take a look.

PHOTOSHOPCHOP
Dedicated to the art of modifying car photos in Adobe Photoshop this site has a wealth of information, including a well used forum. You will find galleries of work from other users as well as hundreds of tutorials to learn from. For those of you who already have some knowledge of Photoshop manipulation the site also runs a monthly contest, with a gallery of previous entries and winners. Interestingly the site also features interviews of some of the sites longest standing members.

AUTOCLAYMODELLERSWORLD
A free resource aimed at working and retired automotive clay modellers.  Here you will find a little taste of the clay world, with a forum, resources links, photo page and clay modelling videos.

AUTODESIGNO

AutoDesignO is a new organisation that aims to bring together members of the design community.  Requiring registration the site promises to bring up to date news and events, as well as seminars with guest speakers.

SPEEDandDESIGN
With tutorials,  forum, chat room, portfolio, sketch and render gallery, as well as a (very good) special perspective class section, Speed and Design is definitely a site you should be checking out.

 
page last updated; 2008-04-08