GRANSTUDIO DIGIPHY, RECONFIGURING REALITY
“The world of car design will never be like it was before”: Lowie Vermeersch, founder and CEO of the Turin design house Granstudio, has no doubts that the design approach must change. “The [...]
FERRARI SF90 SPIDER, HYBRID SPACESHIP
Designing a model’s open-air variant has always been a complex challenge for designers. It's not simply a question of making the upper part of the bodywork disappear, but new stylistic, aerodynamic and technical [...]
IUAV UNIVERSITY OF VENICE, THE SMART TRAIN
Text by Omri Revesz, Interior Design Professor, Department of “Culture del Progetto”, IUAV University of Venice Design and research at IUAV University of Venice: equipped and connected train The three-year thesis workshop of the [...]
MASERATI MC20, A NEW ERA
Not all automotive brands can have a super sports car as their flagship. “For Maserati, a new era is beginning. Other brands would have marked this step with a luxury sedan, but we [...]
TOYOTA YARIS CROSS, URBAN ALCHEMY
Although some may hastily portray crossovers as mere "elevated" variations on the theme of the everyday hatchback, judging the right balance for the visual features of the project (robustness, agility, modernity of style) [...]
TAD POLIMI, EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS
2050, a futuristic scenario in which we move around in extreme environments in vehicles suitable for every terrain, use and context. These assumptions were the basis for the projects of the eleventh edition [...]
CHANGAN SUPPLEMENT I A NEW ERA OF INTELLIGENT TRAVELLING
SUPPLEMENTO IN INGLESE E CINESE - CLICCA QUI PER I TESTI IN LINGUA ITALIANA What does design mean for cars in the new era? Broadly speaking, design is an interactive exploration that reveals [...]
SEAT LEÓN, SIMPLIFYING TO EVOLVE
For a number of years now, León has been not only Seat’s best-seller, but also the conceptual inspiration, in terms of design, for other models cooked up in the Martorell workshop. In its [...]
CITROËN C4, REINVENTING THE SEDAN
Two worlds, one car. “The new Citroën C4 packs in all the best features of two different architectures: comfort typical of saloons, an aspect that is part of our brand's DNA, and the [...]
FORD BRONCO, DESIGNED FOR ADVENTURE
A three-pronged relaunch of a 1960s icon. The Ford Bronco is re-born in its sixth generation, 24 years after the end of the fifth, and is purposefully inspired by the first, 1966 model [...]
