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Hector Fratty, DrivingVisionNews President and Founder has been for his entire career in automotive lighting. From 1995 to 2006, he was Valeo Lighting Systems’ chief of R&D, managing a staff of 650 engineers and technicians and a budget of over €70m. He holds 20 patents worldwide. In 2008, after 2 years’ consultancy, he initiated the launch of Driving Vision News, a news pipeline dedicated to keeping the lighting and driver assistance community informed of the latest progress and development in the industry. Hector Fratty presides over the highly‐regarded biennial VISION Congress international automotive lighting and driver assistance symposium. Hector Fratty is also a member of the ISAL steering committees.
Giorgi Interview:
DVN presents below an interview of Andre Georgi, Audi Senior lighting designer who teams up with Dr. Wolfgang Huhn, in charge of the technical development of the “Light and Vision” department in Ingolstadt, to give the Audi car a face and determine its character—dynamic or calm, friendly or aggressive.
Andre Georgi is Dipl.-Designer, Dipl.-Ing. (FH)Senior Designer AUDI Lichtsysteme
Education and career:
2000 Graduation Dipl.- Ingenieur (FH) (Transportation)
2000-2002 Designer at VW
2002 Graduation Dipl.- Designer (FH) (Transportation)
2002-2008 Designer Exterieur Lighting/ AUDI Design, Ingolstadt
Since 2008, he is Senior Designer, responsible for Exterieur Lighting at AUDI AG
Since 2010 Project Leader AUDI MatrixBeam
Latest projects are the light systems of the current A8, A6, A1.
Altogether Andre Georgi made the design of about 80 lights (Showcars included) during the past 8 years within a very motivated AUDI-Team.
> Mr. Georgi, what kinds of design freedoms can be attributed to LED lights?
With LED lights, a designer is facing entirely new tasks and challenges. A LED is not a light bulb! It offers completely new possibilities and freedoms. At the same time, complexity is increasing – technically, creatively and from a legal point of view. This requires completely new models of collaboration between engineers and lighting designers.
> Why does it work at Audi?
Through a longstanding team of designers and engineers who work together to bring the “crazy” and “This is surely not possible!” prescribed ideas into production. One example is the turn signal lights on the A8 and A6 (C7), which is installed in the daytime running light signature.
Wolfgang Huhn and I both work in a very product-oriented way. In the end, the only winner is always the product.
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Heat vs. Plastic in LED Headlamps: Koito Response
Last week, DVN published a Request For Comment from the lighting community at large regarding the effects of heat on plastic materials in LED headlamps. Feedback received
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eSafety Challenge at Vienna
The eSafety Challenge 2011 conference and demonstration will be held in Vienna, May 30 & 31,2011, Austria, where some of the World’s best drivers—including Formula 1
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New Large Integrating Sphere for LEDs
Instrument Systems have launched their ISP 2000 integrating sphere, with a 1.9-metre diameter to facilitate precise measurement of the total radiant power and luminous flux of lamps
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Kia CDO Blends Euro Flair, Korean Sense
Kia’s Chief Design Officer Peter Schreyer says Europeans design from the heart, while Koreans design from the head. “[Koreans] look at the big picture, which markets to explore or conquer.
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New Stereo Cam for Active Brake Systems
Continental have announced a stereo camera to their ContiGuard safety system as an integral element of its forward-looking braking system. It is hoped that this will help prevent
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New Mini Day-Night Dome Camera
Honeywell have released a miniature day/night PTZ dome camera as part of their Performance Series range. The HDTX PTZ dome offers the economy and size of a fixed lens mini-dome
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Germans Queried on Chinese Cars
A quarter of German consumers questioned in a survey said they might consider buying a Chinese car, but most respondants have qualms about quality, safety,
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VW Profit Triples on China Sales
VW say first-quarter 2011 profit more than tripled as the VW and Audi brands attracted Chinese customers. Net income increased from €473m to €1.71bn this same time last year,
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