FIAT 500, A NEW ERA
There are design objects that symbolise an era. Iconic shapes that become an aesthetic reference point for the future, as long as they avoid nostalgic evocations. This is an endeavour in which the [...]
JAGUAR F-TYPE, BORN FROM TECHNOLOGY
The new Jaguar F-Type is, essentially, the child of technology. To make it even sportier, they’ve given it a bigger grille (“A beautiful mouth”, says Julian Thomson), but this touch, with a definite [...]
APRILIA MOTÒ 6.5 BY PHILIPPE STARCK, IN PURSUIT OF AN ICON
In the early 90’s the Italian motorcycle manufacturer Aprilia from Noale in the province of Venice was surfing the wave of success, churning out innovative scooters for a booming market. It was then that [...]
ALFA ROMEO GIULIA GTA, BACK TO THE ORIGINS
Celebrating 110 years of automotive history is no routine event, but when the Alfa Romeo design team sat down to think about how to celebrate it, they had no doubt about what they [...]
GFG STYLE VISION 2030, THE ALL TERRAIN HYPERCAR
A car without compromises, able to travel at high speeds both on the motorway and on desert dunes with electric motors and in total safety. If the vehicle is inspired by a country, [...]
KAWASAKI Z H2, A MUSCULAR OUTBURST
The Kawasaki Z H2 is the most powerful naked bike ever produced by Kawasaki. Equipped with the same 1.0 supercharged four-cylinder engine as the Ninja H2 and H2R, it boasts an hp of [...]
VOLKSWAGEN ID.3, ELECTRIC TURNING | CHAPTER 2
INSPIRATIONS FROM THE PAST It is a “back to the future” project, the one the Volkswagen designers embarked on to create the ID.3. The stylistic rules - that we will find on [...]
VOLKSWAGEN ID.3, ELECTRIC TURNING | CHAPTER 1
FROM CONCEPT CAR TO PRODUCTION The Volkswagen ID. Concept of 2016 marked a total revolution for the German manufacturer. The prototype, unveiled at the Paris Motor Show, anticipated the lines of the ID.3, [...]
LAND ROVER DEFENDER, RESPECT FOR THE ORIGINS
It’s up to the market to decide whether the new Defender is, as Land Rover claims, “an icon reinvented and instantly recognisable” - that is, the new, natural heir of an all-purpose vehicle [...]
FORD MUSTANG MACH-E, MUSCLE SUV
There are cases where the best option is to backtrack and rethink a project from scratch. This is what happened to the Ford designers of the Mach-E, an electric SUV of dynamically attractive [...]