Q&A with CDN Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Syd Mead Syd Mead, a truly worthy recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, his work still resonates in anime and automotive creative circles Guy Bird
The Designers Pt 18: Gilles Vidal, Peugeot “We need to make sacrifices in the way we design things where you can’t see it, and really emphasise what the client can see” Guy Bird
The Designers Pt 17: Nicola Crea, Coventry University “We don’t need traditional designers, we need people with new perspectives and open minds” Ryan Borroff
The Designers Pt 14: Richard Chung, Yanfeng “It was a merger of two winners to create the biggest interiors company in the world” Guy Bird
The Designers Pt 11: Gerry McGovern, Land Rover “When I started out all I wanted to do was draw cars, but you get more respect from the business if you understand the bigger picture” Guy Bird
The Designers Pt 10: Anthony Lo, Renault “In 2010 we had a clean sheet to do whatever we wanted, but now we need to play more carefully” Guy Bird
The Designers Pt 9: Lea Thomas Smith, Lear “Whatever we come up with as a design, we have the ability to get produced” Guy Bird
The Designers Pt 7: Guy Burgoyne, Geely VP of Geely design on the firm’s rapid expansion and the challenge of meeting high expectations of tech in cars Guy Bird
The Designers Pt 6: Flavio Manzoni, Ferrari VP of design on why the future of Ferrari design doesn’t include plans to follow the SUV trend Guy Bird
The Designers Pt 5: Pratap Bose, Tata Tata’s head of design talks us through the challenges facing car design in the coming years Ryan Borroff
The Designers Pt3: Seon-Ho Yeon, Kia How ensuring the needs of the user are met is at the heart of Kia design Guy Bird
The Designers Pt2: David Wilkie, CNH Industrial Talking through the unique challenges of truck and tractor design with CNH’s design director Guy Bird
The Designers Pt1: Gorden Wagener, Daimler Mercedes’ VP of design on embracing digital thinking, working as a team and how design is essential in shaping the success of a brand Guy Bird
Syd Mead given CDN’s Lifetime Achievement Award ‘Visual futurist’ recognised in the new Car Design Review 3 yearbook Tom Phillips