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 [...]
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 [...]
With the recent nomination of Laurens van den Acker to succeed Patrick Le Quément as head of design at Renault, we have the curious situation in which designers from Belgium and Holland, countries that have [...]
It is a car conceived before the crisis, but developed with the post-crisis era already in mind. “We thought about what is changing in the car world”, explains Adrian van Hooydonk. “Motorists will be much [...]
Attention to detail as an expressive means in its own right, essential and logical forms and graphic elements created by intersecting volumes instead of being mere applied decoration. This is how the new Polo took [...]
Any new Mercedes-Benz is a milestone in automotive history for the simple reason that it comes from the world’s oldest car maker. But within Mercedes circles, it is the E-class which carries on the German [...]
To fully appreciate the creations of Ruspa Officine, one needs to view them from a perspective of design in its natural relationship with industry. Over seventy years of the company’s history (recently celebrated by the [...]
Cosa fa uno dopo essere stato vicepresidente del design del gruppo Volkswagen e aver lavorato per DaimlerChrysler, Peugeot e Ford, dove ha creato l’iconica McLaren SLR e la riuscita Peugeot 206? Murat Günak, che ha [...]
Dopo le concept car Volta e Quaranta, è Namir la terza tappa del percorso ibrido iniziato nel 2004 dall'Italdesign Giugiaro. Un coupé a 2 posti che a Ginevra ha esaltato la creatività made in Italy, [...]
The third chapter in the Iosis saga takes things a step further: in terms of how it evolves kinetic design – a genuine renaissance for Ford Europe’s image – and in its dynamic interpretation of [...]