Ford Fiesta – European synthesis
"It was designed to appeal to both male and female motorists with its wide-eyed headlamps and broadly smiling grille. And having chosen a name as cheerful and joyous as Fiesta, we asked our designers to [...]
Mitsubishi, a new leaf for the three diamonds
In forty years, Mitsubishi had produced around a hundred prototypes when Olivier Boulay took over as its design supremo last year. Since then the pace has even quickened making Mitsubishi one of the most prolific [...]
Opel Concept M – Innovative genesis
Wim Oude Weernink traces the genesis of a new Opel production model, describing its antecedents, as well as the design team's preliminary explorations and the creation of the definitive model. The car in question is [...]
VW Paheton, classical thinking
Wim Oude Weernink describes Volkswagen's entry into the flagship segment in this chat with Rudiger Folten, the man in charge of VW's R&D strategy who describes the process which culminated in the Phaeton, a name [...]
BMW CS-1, il Demone ingentilito
"L'anno scorso, quando è stata svelata a Detroit, nessuno pensava che la BMW X Coupé fosse particolarmente significativa, ma ora le tattiche di Chris Bangle nei confronti delle show car sono chiare: presentare vetture radicalmente [...]
High-tech containers
This issue's Industrial Design section is devoted to an item that is a constant presence in all our everyday lives: the bag. Large and small, suitcases or folders, they all have to be designed before [...]
Seat Ibiza between present and future
The Ibiza has great symbolic value for Spain's Seat brand. The original model designed by Giorgietto Giugiaro in 1984 now reaches its third generation. It remains the cornerstone of the brand, and the standard bearer [...]
Bertone Birusa, a real “concept”
A cutting-edge coupé that evokes memories of the days when Bertone was the creator of such uncompromising models as the Stratos Zero. That's what the Turin coachbuilder's current President Lilli Bertone demanded from her Style [...]
The Compasso d’Oro
Gió Ponti and Alberto Rosselli invented it and retailers La Rinascente established the Compasso d'Oro in 1954. This year sees the 19th edition of this prestigious design award. The two volumes of the ADI Design [...]
Mitsubishi – Image prospects
Olivier Boulay, who has designed for both DaimlerChrysler and Subaru, had only been at Mitsubishi for six months, when he proudly posed at the Tokyo Motor Show with four totally new concept cars. These were [...]