Maggiora CityMAGG – Trasformable city
The watchword is 'reduce' - as in footprint, noise and harmful emissions. We are in the mini-car zone (city cars if you like), which looks destined to become a battleground of the future. In fact, [...]
Renault Clio – Attrazione caratteriale
Ci vogliono lunghi anni per valutare e giudicare le concept car. Soltanto lo scorrere del tempo e l'osservazione dei prodotti commercializzati permette di misurare la loro portata. Chi aveva percepito l'importanza del prototipo "Argos" [...]
Bertone Pickster – Excitement in motion
The eye scans the body lines. And the car seems to change under your gaze. The front recalls the powerful Group C berlinettas, while in three-quarter view you pick up definite hints of the speedster. [...]
Pino Spagnolo Design – Kaleidoscope of forms
Transpose commonly used items from the dreariness of the quotidian into art. Thus a coffee pot enters the Victoria and Albert Museum of London. And a corkscrew goes on show at MOMA (the Museum [...]
Toyota Funcars – More that fun
When Toyota showed its three refreshing concept studies at the last Frankfurt Motor Show, nobody outside Toyota realised how close at least one of them was to the eventual NBC production car. This is the [...]
Chrysler Chronos – The search of the flagship
The luxury car is another recurring theme in the explorations of Chrysler design, which has accustomed us to a new proposal each year as the Detroit show comes around: the 300, Atlantic, Thunderbolt and Pheaton, [...]
Nederlandse Spoorwegen – The agile design of the Regio Runner
If form follows function, then it is particularly true of trains. Their role in our daily mobility scenario is rigid and rational and modern-day railway aficionados no longer indulge in the nostalgic romance of trains [...]
Strate College – French creativity
Issy-les-Moulineaux is one of the bustling towns of the Paris region. Its Corsican mayor has knowingly attracted numerous media groups to his community, as well as two institutions of the design world: the ever news-worthy [...]
Opel Signum – Opel Signum
How will the station wagon evolve in the future? Opel, the company at the top of the European sales charts for this type of car, asked itself the question and, to give a tangible response, [...]