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Cover story Lightyear One, Granstudio approach
How can a car bring ethics to everyday mobility and still combine, harmoniously, the needs of today’s society with respect for nature? “Through an approach that takes into account … by Marta Cinti

Concept car Hyundai 45, heritage for tomorrow
When Giorgetto Giugiaro designed the Hyundai Pony Coupé, presented by his Italdesign at the Turin Motor Show in 1974, he certainly could never have imagined that forty-five years on his styling research would… by Silvia Baruffaldi

Interview Ian Callum, made-on-mesure artisanship
From big business to luxury artisanship; even if his first outing as an independent designer bears the name of a supercar, the horizon is oriented towards product design. Ian Callum, creator of some of the most beautiful Jaguars… by Fabio Galvano

Design philosophy Mercedes-Benz Design Essentials III, transformation luxury
The message at the entrance speaks clearly: “Transformation of Luxury”, say the words on the door arch. We are in Sophia Antipolis, not far from Nice, at the headquarters of the new Mercedes-Benz design centre… by Silvia Baruffaldi

Design story Volkswagen ID.3, back to the future
“A clean break with the past, a total transformation”. The conversation with Klaus Bischoff, head of Volkswagen brand design, we met at the style centre in Wolfsburg, began with … by Edoardo Nastri

Technology Superstile, model making 4.0
Between design and industry, creativity and feasibility, there is a shadowy zone in which small but expert enterprises – known to those in the field, but not to the wider public – move, like Superstile. It rises up in the Moncalieri industrial… by Filippo Einaudi

Concept car Cupra Tavascan, reinvented sportiness
Cupra’s electric moment has arrived. After the Formentor, the plug-in hybrid concept car presented at the last Geneva Motor Show, the Seat sports brand reaches zero emissions with the Tavascan, a SUV-coupé prototype and manifesto… by Edoardo Nastri

Design studio Jaguar, at the heart of the Jaguar
A surface area of more than 12,000m2, double compared to the previous studio located in Whitley; 906m2 of windows to ensure natural light reaches the warm and welcoming environment; a 4K digital LED wall of some 11 metres… by Silvia Baruffaldi