ADI Compasso d’Oro 20th edition
From design “by and for the few” to design applied in every imaginable sector. That is the fundamental difference between the first and the twentieth edition of the ADI Compasso d’Oro, a difference made clear [...]
Art on the table
The importance of the way food is presented and the way it has been recognised as a design opportunity is a growing phenomenon in the restaurants of the world. That’s why this issue of Auto [...]
Peugeot 1007, looking to the future
As the Peugeot stand at the Paris Mondial made perfectly clear, there was just one star among the many cars on display at France’s leading motor show and it was a compact MPV, the 1007. [...]
Ford Focus, change of direction
There are always radical choices to be made when you’re charged with creating the second generation of a well-designed car. Do you stay with the original formula or do you opt for totally different styling? [...]
Ferrari F430, evolution of a supercar
With the F430, the Ferrari-Pininfarina partnership racks up another supercar to occupy the flagship role at Maranello. Derived from the 360 Modena, the F430 takes its progenitor’s sporty character and close relationship to the Ferrari [...]
Citroën C4, inside Citroën culture
“Right from the start, the plan for the new C4 envisaged a car to outperform its class, an exceptional model in every way. For the styling, we focused on official brand values like quality, comfort [...]
End-of-year students’ works
Since this issue follows the end of the academic year, Auto & Design thought it appropriate to devote considerable space to the car design schools and to the new young professionals, who come out of [...]
The roaring forties
A tempestuous and unpredictable surge of creativity marks the advent of a new wave of forty-year-old designers all ready to take on the world. Robert Cumberford analyses the current ferment among the motor manufacturers following [...]
Office, new point of view; the skin of objects
This issue's Industrial Design section is devoted to a couple of sectors that have proved their ability to move with the times and adapt to evolving functional demands on them. The first of these is [...]
The China syndrome
There's something truly portentous about China's expansion in the automotive sector; something amazing about the pace they are moving at and their commitment to making China a major world player. That thought launches Fabio Galvano [...]