All Design Essays articles – Page 3
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ArticleCar Design Essentials Part 3: Graphics
Designers talk of “having an eye for design,” an intuitive sense of what’s harmonious and what is undesirable but what exactly are the components of the criteria that they’re using? For automotive design it essentially breaks down into three steps, which we term ‘Bones, Muscles and Graphics’. In this final part, we examine the third element of evaluating automotive design, the graphic treatment (grilles, lamps, window shapes, shutlines, DRG, DLO, wheels)
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ArticleCar Design Essentials Part 2: Muscles
How do you teach automotive design students to develop a good eye for design; to intuitively draw vehicles with good proportions, pleasing lines and a strong design character? Essentially, it breaks down into three steps, which I term ‘Bones, Muscles and Graphics’. Over the course of three articles Nick Hull will introduce these steps and explain the components of each element that builds into a complete set of principles.
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ArticleCar Design Essentials Part 1: Bones
How do you teach automotive design students to develop a good eye for design; to intuitively draw vehicles with good proportions, pleasing lines and a strong design character? Essentially, it breaks down into three steps, which I term ‘Bones, Muscles and Graphics’. Over the course of three articles Nick Hull will introduce these steps and explain the components of each element that builds into a complete set of principles.
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ArticleOpinion: Why honest design matters
Mild misdirection or visual lying? Here’s a firm view on the trend of design fakery
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ArticleDesign Essay: Changing The Game
Looking at what the virtual world can – and will – bring to reality
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ArticleDesign Essay: Towards a new architecture
Two thoughtful, innovative concepts have advanced the discussion on autonomous cars
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ArticlePickup Trucks: Where Next?
What does the expanding remit of the pickup mean for its designers?
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ArticleDesign Essay: Simplicity versus Complexity
Today’s cars often seem cluttered compared to the clean designs of the past. Is there virtue in simplicity, or does complexity have its place?
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ArticleDesign Essay: The Sincerest Form of Flattery
We’re always told not to copy… but is a certain amount acceptable, or even unavoidable?
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ArticleAre Beautiful Cars Really a Thing of the Past?
They just don’t make ’em like they used to! Or do they?
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ArticleAsymmetry: Car Design’s Great Taboo
It seems to be an unwritten rule that cars must look the same on both sides… but why?
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ArticleBuilding a premium brand – the role of design
Premium is all the rage these days, but it depends on conviction and confidence
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ArticleFacelifts: Pig’s Ear from a Velvet Purse?
Keeping a model looking desirable is a task filled with pitfalls… and the same is true with cars, too
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ArticleEssay: Executive Extinction?
Will a combination of model bloat and trendy SUVs kill off the once-aspirational mid-size luxury car?
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ArticleThe rise of the floating roof
More and more cars feature contrast-coloured roofs, but why has this feature become so popular?
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ArticleDesign Essay: What Makes an Icon?
How does a car transcend mere industrial design… and can it be done on purpose?
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ArticleHow EVs Are Delivering New Packages
Replacing one big engine with thousands of small batteries has freed up space and opened up what’s possible
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ArticleOpening up on door handle design
Easy to overlook, despite the importance of its function, but the humble handle has its highlights
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