Autostudi, from cars to global design
“Sonique is a project that we have spent a lot of time and effort on, making full use of our skills in design in the most complete sense of the word - by which I [...]
“Sonique is a project that we have spent a lot of time and effort on, making full use of our skills in design in the most complete sense of the word - by which I [...]
Design first and foremost. There is a perfect backdrop for every car, and in the case of the new Audi A8 for its debut, this was the sunny climate of Florida during Design Miami and [...]
Thirty years of automotive design and thirty years of Auto&Design. There could have been no more appropriate theme for the sixth edition of Autostyle, held in Mantua on October 7 and 8, the annual competition [...]
Changing a successful design is always going to be risky, so the best path is one of evolution rather than revolution, maintaining the bold style of the original. This is exactly what the Punto Evo [...]
Cosa può essere più difficile che creare l'erede di una vettura ammirata da quattro decadi e tuttora considerata un capolavoro del design automobilistico? La berlina Jaguar XJ era una vera icona e persino la versione [...]
Se si prende il profilo della 458 Italia presentata al salone di Francoforte e lo si sovrappone a quello della 430, di cui è l'erede diretta, si scopre con sorpresa che l'ultima nata di casa [...]
According to recent estimates, the number of cars in circulation worldwide could more than double within the next forty years, so a serious commitment to environmental issues is vital to prevent harmful emissions from spiralling [...]
The final projects by the students of Coventry University are exercises in imagination combined with environmental awareness. The widely varied and original proposals developed by the students of the Automotive, Transportation and Product design courses [...]
Aerodinamica, leggera, futuribile. Al primo sguardo viene spontaneo descrivere così la concept Vision EfficientDynamics, presentata da BMW al salone di Francoforte. Il direttore del design del gruppo bavarese, Adrian van Hooydonk, conferma che le sensazioni [...]
Continuità e innovazione, due concetti che possono fare a pugni; in ogni caso, come ammette Mark Lloyd, si è trattato di «un esercizio molto difficile». Sostituire una vettura di successo come la C3 – oltre [...]