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Design Interview: Ivo Groen, vice-president DS design
An animated conversation with a life-long Citroën-lover who’s developing the future of DS
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Design Development: Redesigning Ford & The Fiesta
Ford's Amko Leenarts on the challenges of the new Fiesta plus much more
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Designer Interviews: Fabio Filippini, Pininfarina design director
Nonetheless, Filippini fears that too many car designers are getting carried away by the endless possibilities of complex software programs: "It's not only about overdesign, but also about a certain manierismo. It reminds me of the end of renaissance when all the typical elements and added features totally dominated the ...
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Designer Interviews: Fabio Filippini, Pininfarina design director
Even if it was one of the most prestigious jobs in car design, it wasn't easy for Pininfarina to find a new design director. Yet, Fabio Filippini took the challenge with relish.
ArticleDesigner Interview: Lowie Vermeersch (Part 1)
Car Design News interviews Belgian designer Lowie Vermeersch
ArticleDesigner Interview: Lowie Vermeersch (Part 2)
This evolution should be enough of a reason not to start an independent car design studio anymore, except that Lowie doesn’t function that way: “It’s a fact that any car designer who starts his own studio for personal fame is in for a nice series of frustrations. The era of independent car design heroes like Bertone, Giugiaro or Gandini is clearly over. In the ‘60s or ‘70s, when design wasn’t…
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Designer Interview: Wayne Burgess Jaguar studio director
Burgess feels very fortunate to be allowed to work on Jaguars: "With cars like Aston Martin, Bentley or Jaguar, you know that it's going to be a classic by definition of what they are, if you don't mess it up, at least. That requires a considerate approach; in general, cars ...
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Designer Interview: Wayne Burgess Jaguar studio director
Life just can't get any better for Wayne Burgess. Living in Coventry - once a ghost town, now the silent witness of Jaguar's resurrection - he's a guitarist in a greasy hard rock band, and designer of the Jaguar F-Type.
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Designer Interviews: Louis de Fabribeckers, Touring Superleggera design director
Louis de Fabribeckers must be the Prince Charming of car design. More Luigi than Louis, despite his Belgian roots. He looks like a boy, talks like a philosopher, jokes like Jay Leno and designs like an artist. Elegance is key, flirting with romance is a way of life, and aggression ...
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Designer Interviews: McLaren P1 team
Obviously, they looked into that iconic car as well: "Sports cars are passionate products. It's logical to have a link with history, but for the P1, the secondary feature line, the door graphics and the corner glass area are our only nods to the F1's decisive features. Them looking identical ...
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Designer Interviews: McLaren P1 team
The McLaren Technology Centre's clinical minimalism makes it easy to understand the biggest criticism on the firm's first model, the 12C: a car as focused as a sniper, yet as emotional as an algorithm. But that's not something you could level at the P1, the newest peak of 'McLarenism,' that ...
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Designer Interviews: Michael Robinson, Bertone design director
Having spend his entire career in Turin, Robinson acknowledges that it should have been the Fiat Group to challenge the big German three: "Why didn't that happen? One word: arrogance. We're Italians, doing Italian design. People will come to us, whatever we do. Well look at that - they don't. ...
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Designer Interviews: Michael Robinson, Bertone design director
Michael Vernon Robinson was born in Los Angeles in 1956. After his studies and internship at Ford, he was so disappointed by American car design and so tempted by Italian design, that he had to move to Turin. He started working at Open Design, shortly ran his own independent studio ...
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Exclusive: Creating James Glickenhaus' third one-off sports car - Pt1
Your author and photographer are the only journalists allowed to follow the development of this unique car from the very first stages until its unveiling at the 2015 Geneva motor show. This is the first chapter in an exclusive Car Design News series that shows the difficulties, intensities and emotions ...
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Exclusive: Creating James Glickenhaus' third one-off sports car - Pt2
The foam model tells designer Popović that he has more work on his plate: "We need to align the rear fenders better with the other shapes. But I'm not complaining. On race cars, the aerodynamicist always dictates everything, while the designer can only play with lights and decoration. That wasn't ...
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Exclusive: Creating James Glickenhaus' third one-off sports car - Pt2
Your author and photographer are the only journalists allowed to follow the development of this unique car from the very first stages until its unveiling at the 2015 Geneva motor show. This is the second chapter in an exclusive Car Design News series that shows the difficulties, intensities and emotions ...
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Exclusive: Creating James Glickenhaus' third one-off sports car - Pt3
"The car is not the archetypal racecar," says Popovich. "Although efficiency and speed are fundamental, beauty is imperative. That's unique. Audi Sport engaged some designers for their Le Mans cars, but their remit is limited to headlamps and decoration. All other shapes are dictated entirely by aerodynamics. We have a ...
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Exclusive: Creating James Glickenhaus' third one-off sports car - Pt3
Your author and photographer are the only journalists allowed to follow the development of this unique car from the very first stages until its unveiling at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. This is the third and final chapter in an exclusive Car Design News series that shows the difficulties, intensities ...
