SPD, four metres of style
The successor to the A2 – Audi’s baby – needed to fill a gap in the marque’s revised range has yet to take shape, so why not ask a group of promising design students to [...]
Peugeot 308, symbol of transition
A car symbolising progressive, considered evolution. The Peugeot 308 officially debuting at the 2007 edition of the Frankfurt Motor Show – the French marque’s new C segment – perfectly embodies a process of gradual transition [...]
XF, different but more Jaguar
At first sight, the XF is a Jaguar unlike any other, which abandons certain styling cues such as the heart-shaped grille, which the S-Type – destined to be replaced by the new car presented at [...]
Ferrari 60 years, the style of a legend
Sixty years of Ferrari, perhaps the most prestigious of all Italian automotive marques, also means six decades of the world’s greatest style – Italian style, in which history and evolution come together. The prancing horse [...]
Nautical types
While little known outside specialist circles, nautical design is very interesting from many different standpoints. These include aspects such as technology and research, into not just materials and production processes but also into new design [...]
Fiat, creative workshop
Originally it was a machining centre, a place where things were ‘done’, where objects took shape. Nowadays, Workshop 83 in Turin’s Mirafiori is the new headquarters of Fiat Automobiles’ Style Centre, an expression of all [...]
I limiti della nostalgia
Come la maggior parte delle persone che conoscevano la nuova Cinquecento quando era un elemento corrente di produzione e le strade di Torino ne erano piene, ero affascinato dalla piccola vettura. Il mio giudizio e [...]
FH-Joanneum, new mountain scenarios
The mountain environment and Alpine sports are an integral part of Austrian culture and social life. The meagre snows and frequent sunny days of last winter revealed a very different mountain scenario from the ones [...]
Villa D’Este, fatal attraction
At Villa d’Este, the world’s oldest Concours d’Elegance – founded in 1929 and now one of the most important events of its kind, with BMW’s involvement and the return to former glories of the prestigious [...]
Milan furniture show 2007
The 46th International Furniture Show closed its doors this year after pulling in over 270 thousand visitors. This makes it a record-breaking edition, with over 20% more visitors than 2006, when the inauguration of the [...]