Features – Page 8
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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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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Autobianchi Runabout (1969)
The 850 was a very popular car for Fiat in the ‘60s, especially in its spider version with its cute design and compact proportions. When the time came to replace it, Fiat went back to Bertone, where chief designer Marcello Gandini was charged with designing its replacement.
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ArticleConcept Car of the Week: Bertone Alfa Romeo Carabo (1968)
Marcello Gandini’s Carabo for Alfa Romeo pioneered a distinct design language, influencing automotive icons such as the Lotus Esprit and Lamborghini Countach
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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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ArticleGeneva 2018: Toyota Gazoo Supra Racing Concept
Deciphering where the racing attachments end and the hotly anticipated production car begins...
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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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ArticleToyota’s Ian Cartabiano heading to Europe
Humphries’ old role to be filled by outgoing Calty head
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ArticleCES 2018: Toyota reveals E-Palette and partners
Toyota‘s shift towards mobility becomes clearer with its Olympics-bound autonomous room on wheels
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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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ArticleToyota unveils brand new Century ahead of Tokyo
Japanese-market flagship limo enters only its third generation in 50 years
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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?