All Designers articles – Page 30
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Pavilion design glistens in Frankfurt
Any carmaker hoping to survive the 21st century is acutely aware of the power of pavilion design, and nowhere was this more evident than at the Frankfurt motor show last month.
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Design Review: Nissan Mixim concept
In profile, however, the F1 influence is slightly more pronounced, with features like the steeply-raked wraparound windscreen having been modeled from the visor of a crash helmet. The windscreen itself is oddly reminiscent of that found on early Saab 900 models, a feature that was likened to attributing a fighter ...
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Design Review: Nissan Mixim concept
Electric cars have certainly experienced resurgence in recent years. This can of course be directly attributed to the increases in gas prices and the threat of global warming, but also because automakers are being forced to explore new means of propelling their vehicles to meet strict emissions requirements currently being ...
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Design Review: Scion Hako Coupe concept
The interior, designed by Alexandre Vanghelder, is characterized as a four-seater lounge, and is shaped like a tub with three defining zones: a gaming zone for the driver, an entertainment zone for the front passenger and a relaxing zone for the rear passengers.
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Design Review: Scion Hako Coupe concept
The Scion Hako is an interesting concept vehicle brought forth by the brand that presented the bbX concept at the New York Auto Show in 2002. That car would later become the 2004 xB, a small vehicle created for the youth culture who valued the individualistic style offered by the ...
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Essay: Interpreting the Faces of Cars
The actual composition of the car face is crucial. The position of the grille relative to the center of the lamp (the pupil) is one determinant of whether the grille is seen as a nose or a mouth. As in humans, the quality of the facial appearance is concentrated around ...
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Essay: Interpreting the Faces of Cars
From their very first inception the front ends of cars have been likened to a face. The big breakthrough came with the adoption of the upright honeycomb radiator and use of two headlamps around 1901. From then on, the ensemble of radiator, headlamps and front fenders became the car's primary ...
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Design Essay: Punctuating the Logic of Equilibrium
What is it that makes some products highly successful even though they are different to anything the public has seen before? And is different always better? Let us look at two examples, BMW and Motorola, to understand the answers.
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Jaguar E-Type Celebrates 50th Anniversary
The Jaguar E-Type turned 50 this year and the marque is honoring its most iconic production car with a host of events around the world.
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Design Review: Lincoln Aviator concept
This car-based concept SUV is meant to act as a teaser for the next-generation Lincoln Aviator. The current Aviator is based on the Ford Explorer chassis and the assumption is that the next generation will use a car-based platform, such as that of the new Ford Freestyle.
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Design Review: Porsche Boxster
Key changes centre around the simplified design language that eliminates the use of concave 'flips' that were a particular characteristic of the original Boxster concept of 1993. The biggest difference is at the front, where the headlamps are now egg-shaped and the hood features a totally enclosed shutline treatment not ...
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Ford NAIAS 2005 Concepts - Interior Design Review
The concept behind the SYNus is a tongue-in-cheek look at the needs of young future city-dwellers from its miniature Brinks truck / bank-safe-on-wheels exterior to the contrast of its interior: a flexible lounge / love pad / bedroom-on-wheels.The Fairlane concept goes beyond the mini-van or the SUV and, according to ...
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Design Essay: The two-tone selector of style
Not since the heady days of rude boy rule has two-tone black and white made such a comeback. The first showing was at the winter 2004 fashion catwalks, which then reached the stores in spring 2005. This trend was swiftly followed and endorsed by the furniture and product designers that ...
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Design Review: Porsche Boxster (981)
1. No tuck-underPrevious Boxsters featured a lot of tuck-under in the lower rocker. Combined with the wider track this new, squarer design appears more planted and solid. The inflection of a light catcher attempts to manage the sense of mass between the wheels.
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Design Review: Porsche Boxster (981)
First seen Geneva motor show 2012Dimensions L: 4375mm W: 1800mm H: 1280mm Wb: 2475mmType 2-seat, open sports car
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Design Review: Ford Iosis MAX concept
The MAX is the third Iosis concept we've seen from Ford in recent years. Each one has previewed a major production car from Ford of Europe (much in the same way as the Mercedes ‘Vision' series), so we've learned to regard them as important signifiers of where Martin Smith's team ...
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Design Review: Land Rover Range Rover
First seen London, UKLength 4,990mmWidth 2,220mmHeight 1,835mmWheelbase 2,922mm
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Design Review: Audi Roadjet concept
Audi's last concept car was the Shooting Brake which gives a close indication of what to expect for the next TT. The Roadjet is one step further removed from a production design, but none-the-less has a level of feasibility that suggests many of its ingredients will soon be gracing our ...
