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Trend At the intersection of cars and design<\/strong> Cover story Mazda CX-6e, a sculpted future<\/a><\/strong> Concept car Kia Vision Meta Turismo, layering complexity<\/a><\/strong> Design story Toyota Yaris Cross, a renewed success<\/strong> Design story Cupra Raval, a new age of digital matter<\/a><\/strong> Meet the designer Simon Humphries, design has a social role<\/strong> Concept car SAIC Roewe Jiayue 06 \u2013 07 \u2013 09, commanding elegance<\/strong> Design story Vision BMW Alpina, respecting history<\/strong> Interview Chris Lefteri\/Alcantara, material as brand DNA<\/strong>
How do visual cues from seemingly distant worlds interact with one another? With the Salone del Mobile di Milano (the Milan Furniture Fair) just a few months away, we examine four trends at the crossroads of mobility and home. Distinct in character, yet capable of converging on the same formal vocabulary and, perhaps, of becoming genuine leitmotivs in the years ahead.\u2026 di Silvio jr Suppa<\/p>\n
Retaining consistency even at times of seismic change and transformation has always been a signature feature of Mazda, a brand which over the years has managed to innovate and reinvent itself while keeping a tight grip on its identity. The transition towards an era that will inevitably be more \u201celectric\u201d, represents a new chapter\u2026 by Filippo Einaudi<\/p>\n
Sleek and low-slung, in a styling blend that blurs the lines between saloon, coup\u00e9 and MPV, the Vision Meta Turismo seems to be the perfect choice for the brand\u2019s 80th anniversary celebrations (in December 2025) as well as the glamorous backdrop of the Milan Design Week (last April)\u2026 by Silvio jr Suppa<\/p>\n
Yaris Cross is the story of how to craft a successful car, primarily aimed at a specific market (in this case, Europe). The sales results speak for themselves: last year it was the best-selling B-SUV segment vehicle (around 200,000 units), a jewel in the Toyota empire. To maintain that supremacy\u2026 by Fabio Galvano<\/p>\n
Cupra\u2019s design philosophy has always been driven by a strong dynamic character, and in the Raval this translates into an interior ecosystem entirely focused on the driver. The styling brief was not to simply dress a space, but to\u2026 by Tommaso Marcoli<\/p>\n
He\u2019s English but has already spent more than half his life in Japan and today he\u2019s the head of design of the biggest automotive group in the world. Born in 1967, Simon Humphries has been Chief Branding Officer of Toyota Motor Corporation since April 2023. It\u2019s a role, he explains, that \u201chas me asking myself, every day, how we could improve the lives of people with our products\u201d\u2026 by Giovanni Grimaldi<\/p>\n
A groundbreaking new vision for automotive design \u2013 one that projects the aesthetics of today\u2019s models into the future while transmitting new values to a diverse audience. Roewe, a brand owned by the Chinese giant SAIC, has unveiled \u201cCommanding Grace\u201d, a design philosophy that explore also explores the role played by AI in car design\u2026 by Giovanni Grimaldi<\/p>\n<\/div>
The Vision BMW Alpina is not just a concept car. For Maximilian Missoni, who has headed up BMW design for mid-size and luxury cars and BMW Alpina since October 2024, it is the first public statement of his and his team\u2019s vision for the brand\u2019s future. \u201cIt was one of the first projects we started working on\u201d, says… by Silvia Baruffaldi<\/p>\n
As the automotive industry adjusts to a world of electrification and extreme digitalisation, sense of touch becomes the last frontier of analogic emotion. Chris Lefteri, Design Ambassador at Alcantara, outlines the new hierarchy of design: where form ends and sensory identity begins\u2026 by Tommaso Marcoli<\/p>\n