TOYOTA RAV4, REDESIGNING AN ICON
The Toyota Rav4 has become one of the Japanese manufacturer's models that have achieved eight-figure sales. The Suv has exceeded 10 million units since 1994. Here is the fifth generation design story published [...]
CAR DESIGN UNDER LOCKDOWN – LOWIE VERMEERSCH, GRANSTUDIO
Car design depends on teamwork, in sharp contrast to the social distancing the coronavirus pandemic has imposed. How does smart working change creative activity? What consequences will it have on the form of [...]
CAR DESIGN UNDER LOCKDOWN – KLAUS BISCHOFF, VOLKSWAGEN GROUP
Car design depends on teamwork, in sharp contrast to the social distancing the coronavirus pandemic has imposed. How does smart working change creative activity? What consequences will it have on the form of [...]
CAR DESIGN UNDER LOCKDOWN – IAN CARTABIANO, TOYOTA
Car design depends on teamwork, in sharp contrast to the social distancing the coronavirus pandemic has imposed. How does smart working change creative activity? What consequences will it have on the form of [...]
CAR DESIGN UNDER LOCKDOWN – ROBIN PAGE, VOLVO
Car design depends on teamwork, in sharp contrast to the social distancing the coronavirus pandemic has imposed. How does smart working change creative activity? What consequences will it have on the form of [...]
BMW i8: DOMAGOJ DUKEC ILLUSTRATES THE OUTGOING MODEL
BMW announces the production stop for the i8, coupé and roadster, starting in April. Here is an interview with Domagoj Dukec, head of design for the Bavarian brand, published in Auto&Design n.231 where [...]
GFG STYLE VISION 2030, THE ALL TERRAIN HYPERCAR
A car without compromises, able to travel at high speeds both on the motorway and on desert dunes with electric motors and in total safety. If the vehicle is inspired by a country, [...]
FCA AIRFLOW, PREMIUM DIRECTION
If the vehicles of the future find themselves with more and more technology on board in the form of advanced driver assistance systems, augmented reality and information display screens scattered around the cabin, [...]
SEAT LEON, “THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA”
“The new Seat Leon signals an important stylistic evolution for a clean break from the past”. Alejandro Mesonero, head of design for the Spanish manufacturer has no doubts: “This is the best Leon [...]
VOLKSWAGEN GOLF, TRADITIONAL REVOLUTION
“Innovating without distorting, preserving while improving”. Klaus Bischoff, head of Volkswagen design, and, since April 2020, style boss for all the German group’s brands, points out that radically changing the Golf’s eighth generation would [...]