In 2006, Renault’s newly-appointed head of design Laurens van den Acker, initiated his innovative design strategy. Following a philosophy of the human life cycle, whereby people fall in love, mature, start a family and get [...]
To penetrate the rugged terrain of compact crossovers at its outermost boundaries, the order from Japan (artfully developed by the Lexus ED2 style centre in the south of France) rang out loud and clear: invest [...]
It was 1919 when Soyo Ishii opened the “Izumiya Artists Supply Store” in Shibuya, the first shop in Tokyo to specialise in art materials and tools. It was a forward-looking enterprise that grew and evolved [...]
Now in its tenth generation, the E-Class remains the symbol of Mercedes. “It embodies the very idea of the company”, says Gorden Wagener, Head of Design for the Daimler Group: “It is the core of [...]
“The critical issue? Perhaps the time difference between Italy and Japan. That’s the only thing that comes to mind”, quips Alberto Dilillo, design manager for the 124 Spider and currently head of Fiat brand design. [...]
With a smile, Citroën design director Alexandre Malval describes the new car as “audacious”. And perhaps, after the fourteen years of success of a style that has established such a fond following largely because of [...]
The Bugatti Chiron is a monumental hypercar with phenomenal performance provided courtesy of a mid-mounted, W16 powerplant good for 1500PS (1479hp). To ensure it could reach its full potential, designers and engineers had to work [...]
SUVs are enjoying extraordinary success in China. But where will evolution have taken this trend in three or four years’ time? In answer to this question, and with a willingness to challenge concepts and methods [...]
What would happen if you removed the roof – which, with its sleek, flattened profile, is one of the most distinctive features of the ‘baby’ Range Rover – from the Evoque? Gerry McGovern’s clear answer [...]
When the first style meetings are held to define a new creation bearing the Prancing Horse badge, the focus is usually concentrated on performance-related content, such as the mechanical layout, aerodynamic requisites and dimensions of [...]
