Italdesign Mustang – Interpretative consistency
A new model, presented recently and highly successful; a marque that is also a halo model, a name that epitomises the essence of the US muscle car. These are some of the characteristics of the [...]
Mazda Nagare, Ryuda, Hakaze. Flussi e fluidità
Un nome spicca – per innovazione, per ricchezza di proposte, anche per coraggio - nel panorama del design internazionale. E’ quello della Mazda, che sotto la guida di Laurens van den Acker, subentrato poco meno [...]
Monetti, servire con stile
Si è concluso al Salone Internazionale dell’Ospitalità “Host 2007“ il Monetti Tray Design Competiton, concorso ideato e promosso da Monetti Spa e dedicato all’oggetto più caratteristico della produzione storica di questa azienda, il vassoio da [...]
Soul-less beauties
Robert Cumberford returns to the last Detroit motor show to analyse more specifically three concept cars taken to North America by the Toyota Group, the Acura Advanced sports car, the Toyota DT-HS and the Lexus [...]
Analysis – Chevrolet Volt, realism of a hi-tech project
The Chevrolet Volt is a further example of the vitality of GM design. The Volt had visitors at NAIAS asking: “When can I buy one?”, a response that was the goal of the project. Anne [...]
Detroit responds
In the wake of the Detroit auto show, Robert Cumberford takes the opportunity to paint a picture of the state of the United States car industry. A picture which, in view of the crisis in [...]
Vico Magistretti, memory in modernity
Vico Magistretti, who passed away on September 19 2006, was one of the undisputed masters of Italian industrial design. Born in Milan in 1920 and an architect since 1945, he was among the promoters of [...]
Berman Special Version, youthful imagination
The third edition of the Special Versions International Competition organised by Berman, a leading designer and producer of bodywork components and original car accessories based in San Benedetto Po near Mantua, drew entries from around [...]
Detailing the details
Recently I had the chance to examine and drive the latest Lexus, the top-of-range LS 460, in both standard and long wheelbase version. Of the many carefully wrought details that impressed me were the beautifully [...]
Gli inganni concettuali
Prendendo spunto dalla recente presentazione della BMW Concept Coupé Mille Miglia, Robert Cumberford riflette sul ruolo delle concept car nell’attuale panorama del design automobilistico. La BMW è un prototipo vero, con una vera funzione [...]