NORI, Inc. Announces Launch of The World's First Online School of Car Design

KANAGAWA, Japan, Jan. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- NORI, inc (HQ: Kanagawa, Japan; CEO: Yu Nakasone) will start an English version of its car design educational program on February 6^th 2015. Known as the Car Design Academy, it is supervised by Nori Kurihara, an internationally renowned designer in the automotive field.

The program offers students a chance to learn and acquire fundamental skills necessary for all car designers—such as sketching techniques and styling design —through an online study system that utilizes original textbooks and videos created specifically for this program.

Why Create This Program?

As you may know, in order to become a car designer one must attend a college that offers the appropriate specialized courses. Attendance is very costly. Unfortunately many students had to give up their dream to become a car designer because of this expense. Car Design Academy was established by professionally seasoned designers who wanted to change this situation. By offering an online program, a high quality educational program is easily accessible to all students. It is a meaningful project that seeks to nurture the hidden talents of potential car designers from every corner of the world.

Summary
Lesson start: Feb. 6th 2015 
Application Deadline: Jan. 31st 2015 
Principal: Yu Nakasone     
URL: http://cardesignacademy.com

Car Design Academy ｜ NORI, inc. 
PR, Communication: Yu Nakasone
Email
Phone: +81 465 20 0112
4-8-1, Shiroyama,Odawara, Kanagawa, JAPAN

Design Director Nori Kurihara

In 1975 Nori started at Honda R&D. In 1979 he joined Form Design (Ital Design) and developed designs for European (BMW, Fiat, VW, Seat, Volvo) and Japanese car companies. In 1982 he moved to Ford Europe and participated projects, Fiesta, Escort, Scorpio, and Transit. After moving back to Japan in 1985, he established Design Club International, inc. He worked on Renault, Citroen, and Porsche and also many design projects for Japanese car companies. In fifteen years, DCI became a Japan's elite design company. In 2001 Nori inc. was started. Through this venue, Nori has been participating in car design projects, as well as providing consultation for design projects worldwide.

Instructors

Takeru Can = He graduated from the Kuwasawa Design School and later joined NORI, inc. In 2014 he was inaugurated as design director at NORI, inc.

Miki Hattori = Started his career at Opel. After that, Miki moved to Stile Bertone in Tornio, Italy. In 1992 he joined Future Technology Laboratories and later established is own design company.

Takayuki Yamazaki: Started his career at Honda R&D. He designed Ape, Zoomer, and Giorno. At the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show his designs of moto compo and Grom gathered attention from all over the world. In 2012 he left Honda to become an independent designer.

SOURCE Nori Inc.

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