DESIGN HISTORY | FERRARI GG50
CELEBRATORY STILING CUES “After fifty years and some hundreds of cars, just one was missing”, says Giorgetto Giugiaro to explain the GG50, the Ferrari he presented at the 2005 Tokyo Show and with [...]
“DESIGN BETWEEN THE LINES”, THE NEW PATrICK LE QUEMENT BOOK
Car Designer. It is a fine job title, but one difficult to explain to the general public. In the 66 years since I first earned it, I have found it almost impossible to [...]
ZEROUNDICI E−BIKE, STYLE AND TECHNIQUE
Designing and producing pedal-assisted bicycles with good design is the goal of Zeroundici, a two-wheeled startup founded in Turin by Mattia Bertone and part of I3P, the Innovative Business Incubator of the Politecnico [...]
VOLKSWAGEN e-BULLI, ELECTRIC REBIRTH
Volkswagen presents the e-Bulli, an electric vehicle based on the legendary T1 Samba Bus from 1966. The 44-horsepower four-cylinder boxer engine gave way to a quiet, zero-emission 61 kW engine. A comparison of [...]
DESIGN HISTORY | AUDI R8
AUDI R8, ELEGANT POWER Where do we start? With Walter de’ Silva’s definition as “a car that is neither arrogant nor vulgar, but which stands out for its elegance”? Or with the [...]
ŠKODA, AN OPEN TOP SCALA
20 students from the Škoda Academy of Design imagined what a spider version of the Bohemian manufacturer's compact sedan Scala could look like. During construction, the car will be produced in a single [...]
KIA SORENTO, ROARING DESIGN
Kia presents in video conference the new generation of the Sorento, the seven-seater SUV it has been producing since 2002. "The fourth series retains all the features that have made it a globally [...]
PORSCHE: THE SEATS ARE 3D PRINTED
Porsche is revolutionising sporty seating: the company presents an innovative alternative to conventional bucket seat upholstery with the concept study “3D-printed bodyform full-bucket seat”. Here, the central section of the seat, in other [...]
VOLKSWAGEN AMAROK FIRST SKETCH
During the streaming presentation of the financial data, Volkswagen showed the first sketch of the second generation of the Amarok, the German brand's pickup in production since 2010. The name Amarok is derived [...]
DESIGN HISTORY | ALFA ROMEO GIULIETTA
CLASSIC STYLE AND DYNAMISM Alfa Romeo Giulietta turns 10, a milestone that also marks the end of its production. Here is the design story published on Auto&Design no. 182. Presented at the [...]