FIAT 500 L, CHANGE WITH DISCRETION
Five years of success, three variations, many (controlled) upgrades. On paper 40% of the components of the Turin brand’s urban MPV are new, but what the eye picks out above all is a skilful [...]
BREMBO 19RCS CORSA CORTA, THE VALUE OF DESIGN
At Brembo, the pursuit of best performance has always gone hand in hand with a focus on design and execution that never disregards styling. The new Brembo 19RCS Corsa Corta master cylinder, however, which derives [...]
WALTER DE SILVA IS BACK TO CAR DESIGN WITH EDAG AND ARCFOX
Walter de Silva is designing cars again. After a break of a year and a half, the former head of design of the entire Volkswagen Group (a position he left in November 2015) has [...]
VOLKSWAGEN ARTEON, A QUESTION OF ARCHITECTURE
The reconceived grille of the Volkswagen Arteon, which forms the basis of a revolution involving the entire formal grammar of the car, is perhaps destined to influence other members of the German brand’s family. [...]
CAR DESIGN AWARD 2017, THE FINALISTS
Here are the finalists for the Car Design Award 2017 in the three categories: production cars, concept cars and best brand design language. The three shortlists have been prepared by the Car Design Award [...]
COCKPIT, A FERRARI IN THE OFFICE
Named Cockpit, a direct reference to the driver zone of a supercar or where the pilot sits in an aircraft, this is the result of a prestigious joint effort between two bastions of Italian [...]
CITROËN C4 CACTUS UNEXPECTED BY GUFRAM
WHEN DESIGN MEETS DESIGN The Milan Design Week starts off with Airbumps (and with the name) and an ironic play on the word, beyond the limits of automotive conventions, with the identity [...]
VOLVO, INTERVIEW TO THOMAS INGENLATH
There’s one ingredient that is now indispensable in any recipe for a successful, good design: the user experience, how people interface with the automobile in a world changing at an ever faster pace. [...]
IT&DESIGN | OBJECTS, ALMOST, MAGICAL
Personal items and accessories are, and will increasingly be, a bridge between the physical and digital worlds. And industrial design is facing a challenge with an upcoming future where the phygital (physical plus digital) [...]
NIO EVE, AN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONCEPT READY FOR 2020
Nio, a next-generation car company, has announced that they will have autonomous electric vehicles in the U.S. market in 2020. The company also unveiled Nio Eve, the embodiment of their vision for the future [...]
