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Driven By Design
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The only show showing you the future of automotive design. From the people making it happen today.
Episodes
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DRIVEN BY DESIGN-The Unique VELOMOBILE
Our Driven by Designer, Bryan Thompson (10 years with Nissan SoCal car design studio and recent lead designer for Amazon's new self-driving taxi ZOOX) talks with the creator of a new category of pedal-powered plus electric assist vehicle called the VELOMOBILE. Created by Begorette Supercomposites...
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State of Michigan‘s Test Track of the Future for Self-Driving Cars
Meet Reuben Sarkar, President and CEO of the American Center for Mobility on their innovative test track for self-driving technology. And the startup campus they've created to help create the transportation technology of the future. Funded by the State of Michigan (and others).
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Creating a Custom Car
Join us as our car designer Bryan Thompson (10 years with Nissan and recent lead designer for Amazon's new self-driving taxi, ZOOX) talks with custom car designer CHRIS BROWN (BrownAutoDesign.com) on how to update a classic and turn it into a custom, one-of-a-kind car. On this week's edition of...
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Monterey's famed Concours at Pasadera car show
Our DRIVEN BY DESIGNER Bryan Thompson (10 years at Nissan and recent lead designer for Amazon's new self-driving taxi, ZOOX) talks cars with the Chairman of the famed Concours at Pasadera about their classic car show in Monterey (held every year next to the famed Laguna Seca Race Track). Talking...
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Meet ZERO EV's Jim Maury
Our DRIVEN BY DESIGN designer Bryan Thompson,10 year vet with Nissan and recent lead designer for Amazon's self-driving taxi ZOOM (and others) talks with another pioneer in the emerging world of new EVs, Jim Maury and the company he leads with his wife and son to build a standard EV platform to...
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DRIVEN BY DESIGN-Ariel Rider E-Bikes
This week our DRIVEN BY DESIGN car designer Bryan Thompson talks with Arda Onel, the Founder and Partner of Ariel Rider E-Bikes. Discussing not only their high performance models like the Grizzly, but their amazing tale of success. As two Turkish sons move to China and build an international…
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DRIVEN BY DESIGN-Zing Robotics
Brent Shedd, CEO at ZING ROBOTICS in the Bay area. An autonomous vehicle startup that has developed "an electric, level 4 autonomous mobility platform suitable for a wide variety of uses" from ground service equipment for airlines and cargo carriers (to take humans off the tarmac) to military and...
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Driven By Design-Easy Clean Kid's Car Seats w/Jinah Kim
Jinah Kim NIKO EASY WASH CAR SEAT COVERS on how becoming a mother led her to creating an easy wash cover for her kid's car seats. And how it's given her a whole new chapter in her life from TV Reporter to Entrepreneur.
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Are we really ready for the electrification of all our vehicles?
Are we really ready for the electrification of all our vehicles? Tune in to this week's DRIVEN BY DESIGN as our host Bryan Thompson (a 10 year veteran of Nissan's SoCal design studio) tackles that question with Ali Jahed, a real live "electric vehicle consultant" at Morrow Mobility who previously...
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The pedal power of PEDEGO eBikes
While others worry and rethink their business, Don DiCostanzo has seen his direct dealer network double during Covid, as his PEDEGO brand of ebikes continues to pedal along in high gear. Join us as he tracks that journey from "eBike enthusiast" to pioneer, entrepreneur and thought leader in this...
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From Designing Hondas to Watches
Check out today's fascinating talk with Jason Wilbur who went from designing cars for Honda to his own line of high end watches (Wilbur Watches). Finding new inspiration in these challenging times. And a new way to channel his creative muses. Only on DRIVEN BY DESIGN (a show about everything that...
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Cars without gas-ZETA's bold initiative for 100% electrification
Once upon a time, we were promised a future with "flying cars". Now countries around the world (including the new Biden Administration) and our own State of California are promising a world where all new cars will be electric by 2030. Sound just as fantastic or unfeasible? Listen as our host…
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A Gay Man's Guide to Life by Britt East
Today our Driven Designer, Bryan Thompson (10 year veteran of Nissan's SoCal Design studio) takes another detour to highlight some LGBT issues again. Not only talking about his ongoing SHINE initiative to shine a light on domestic abuse within this community, but to talk with an author Britt…
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How a top professional dancer keeps going
Professional Dancer Cassidy Knoblett (Mariah Carey, Katy Perry and others) talks about his COVID QUARANTINE TIME and how he keeps going and growing. How do you keep moving when the world seems stuck in slowdown and shutdown?
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Bringing Light Into Darkness
Noted Car Designer Bryan Thompson shares his idea of how he tries to bring "light into darkness" not only thru his work designing cars for companies from Nissan to autonomous car maker Motional, but also thru his special SHINE project. SHINING a light on the often overlooked subject of domestic...
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Whatever happened to the promise of flying cars?
Join us as our resident car designer, Bryan Thompson (10 years with Nissan's SoCal design studio) imagines a world the flying cars from cartoons like the Jetsons really came to life. An alternative universe where flying cars became a reality. And the series of paintings he's creating on that…
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Bringing new car designs to life
Join us as our resident car designer Bryan Thompson (10 years with the SoCal Design Studio) talks us thru his latest "self driving delivery car" as he ventures to OC to see the car come to life in a clay model version. Bringing it one step closer from imagination to reality. Only on OC TALK…
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Toby Corey, Past Pres of TESLA
Join Bryan Thompson (10 year veteran of Nissan's car design studio, now out on his own) as he talks with the former President of TESLA on what it was like to work with the legendary Elon Musk and his own work now teaching at Stanford and trying to figure out how to "reboot the human brain" and...
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Dave Ankin, CEO and Star of TOYMAKERZ, History Channel's hot, "hot rod" show-Pt. 2
Join Bryan Thompson (10 year veteran of Nissan's SoCal car design studio) as he talks with David Ankin, CEO of Toymakerz custom car shop in Reidsville, NC and star of the hot History Channel Show of the same title as he talks about the outlandish custom cars and extreme car creations he…
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David Ankin fr/The History Channel's hit show TOYMAKERZ-Pt 1
Join Bryan Thompson (10 year veteran of Nissan's SoCal car design studio) as he talks with David Ankin, CEO of Toymakerz custom car shop in Reidsville, NC and star of the hot History Channel Show of the same title as he talks about the outlandish custom cars and extreme car creations he…
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What does car design look like in 2020 (and beyond)
Join car designer Bryan Thompson (10 year veteran of Nissan's car design studio, now out on his own) as he peers into his crystal ball and gives us a peek into the future he and his fellow car designers are already working on (SPOILER ALERT: NONE of which even have steering wheels anymore) as he...
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End of year look back at car design in 2019
Join us as we put a wrap on 2019 by looking back at the year in car design (which saw the demise of iconic cars like the Volkswagen Beetle and the emergence of Tesla's CyberTruck) with Bryan Thompson (10 year veteran of Nissan's SoCal car design studio) here on DRIVEN BY DESIGN, on Orange…
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Remberance and "Life Celebration" for legendary Nissan Head of Design, Jerry Hirshberg-Pt.2
Join us for Part Two of our ongoing wake and remembrance of a man who touched and inspired so many car designers with his freewheeling leadership style and creative freedom, the late Jerry Hirshberg who started Nissan's design studio back in 1980 and ran it successfully until his retirement in…
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Tribute to the legendary head of Nissan's design studio, Jerry Hirshberg
Join host Bryan Thompson (10 year veteran of Nissan's design studio) as he and his past co-workers remember and pay tribute to Jerry Hirshberg, legendary head of Nissan's SoCal design studio here in La Jolla (which he created in 1980 and ran until his retirement in 2000). With plenty of stories...
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Don Tashman fr/LOADED BOARDS PT 2
In part two of our interview with LOADED BOARDS founder Don Tashman, he talks about his long standing love of the sport and the inspirational story of how he got started making high end skateboards. While our very own Lou the wonder dog gets to test out their latest electric model as we actually...
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Don Tashman fr/LOADED SKATEBOARDS on their new electric model-Pt 1
Don Tashman fr/LOADED BOARDS skates by with this latest high end electric skateboard, as our host Bryan Thompson (10 year veteran of Nissan's car design studio) explores the full range of "what drives us today" on DRIVEN BY DESIGN, here on Orange County's only community radio station, OC TALK RADIO.
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Legendary car designer Tom Matano (creator of the iconic Mazda Miata) PT 2
Don't miss the second part of our interview with legendary car designer Tom Matano (formerly with Mazda where he created iconic cars like the Mazda Miata) on what makes a truly great car and how you should not be able to resist looking back one more time at a truly timeless design like the Miata....
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Legendary car designer Tom Matano (creator of the iconic Mazda Miata) PT 1
What a treat to hear from legendary car designer, Tom Matano (formerly of Mazda where he created iconic cars like the Mazda Miata) on what makes a great car design and how to become "one with the part you're trying to imagine". On this weeks DRIVEN BY DESIGN with car designer Bryan Thompson (a…
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Building custom motorcycles-PT 2
In the second part of this interview with Bryan Thompson (10 year car designer for Nissan now out on his own) and his brother Chad (who actually builds high end, one off, custom motorcycles in Florida), we get into the future of custom motorcycles in a world where electric, self driving vehicles...
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The world of custom motorcycles-PT 1
The love of cars runs deep in most American males. But especially deep in our show host's family, as Bryan Thompson (10 year car designer for Nissan now out on his own) talks with his brother Chad about his thriving business as a custom motorcycle builder in Florida. And what drives them both…
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Car Design Scholarship for LGBTQ Kids
Freelance Car Designer Bryan S. Thompson (formerly w/Nissan) talks about growing up a gay kid in rural Arizona and dreaming of being a car designer. How everyone told him he "didn't fit" and could never get into this industry. And how he persevered and literally knocked on doors of major car…
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Part 2-Former Head of Hot Wheels and Matchbox Design FELIX HOLST
As car designer Bryan Thompson continues his talk with Fritz Holst (former head of design for Matchbox and Hot Wheels at Mattel), we dive deeper into the mysterious connection we have with our cars (starting as kids). From giving them names and collecting toy versions to the personal statements...
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PART 1-Former HOT WHEELS and MATCHBOX Designer Felix Holst
For anyone who ever collected HOT WHEELS or MATCHBOX as a kid (like I did!) this show is for you. As car designer Bryan Thompson talks with the former head of design for Matchbox and Hot Wheels at MATTEL, Felix Holst, about his cool work turning real cars into toys. How he and his team at…
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Car Designer Gabriel Wartofsky on The Future of Mobility
This week, car designer Bryan Thompson talks with Gabriel Wartofsky who's designed for Honda and Acura and BMW but who now also works in the more esoteric world of "mobility" and the emerging alternatives from scooters and electric bikes to self-driving vehicles. So what will move us in the…
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Color Material Designer Jill Canales (formerly w/Nissan)
For his first guest, car designer Bryan Thompson talks with his friend and former teammate at Nissan, Jill Canales, about what it takes to be a "color material designer". "We are in charge of every material color in the car from the grain and hue of the plastic dashboard to the headliner and…
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Welcome to DRIVEN BY DESIGN
Having worked as a designer at Nissan for the last 10 years, Bryan Thompson is now out on his own and DRIVEN BY DESIGN. Exploring the future of transportation and automotive styling with his fellow visionaries at all the car design studios here in Southern California. So ride along on this fast...
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The only show showing you the future of automotive design. From the people making it happen today.
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