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Car Design round-up: collaborations, colour-trends & new Mercedes concept

Car Design News takes a look at news that may have gone under the radar, including the latest updates from Bentley, Mercedes and BASF Coatings

Lucy Abbott

Racemark EU accelerates the evolution of automotive flooring design

Flooring has been an underappreciated element of vehicle interiors, but with an innovative new process and a deeper focus on design consultancy, Racemark is shaking up the status quo

Car Design News

The future of paint and material at Morgan

The factory ‘run on Weetabix’ embraces bamboo leather and smart new paints as it looks to a more bespoke future

Stephen Dobie

Interview: Halcyon on remastered Rolls-Royce Corniche EV

British start-up Halcyon debuted its first remastered and electrified Rolls-Royce Corniche at the Hampton Court Concours of Elegance. Car Design News reports from the event

Lucy Abbott

Look good, feel good, do good: Elmo talks innovation in sustainable leather

Balance is a key theme for material supplier Elmo as it marries cutting-edge solutions with traditional craftsmanship

Car Design News

"Colour is the first thing you see — it's brand building"

Car Design News chats to paint supplier BASF about overriding colour trends and where things are headed

Freddie Holmes

Automotive wraps: Ready for prime time?

Once the domain of the tuner and the tradesman, the automotive wrap is coming into its own, and may predict the exterior of the future

Karl Smith

"CMF fosters a deeper connection with the brand"

Ford's director of colour and material design, Alina Renoux, discusses the impact of CMF

James McLachlan

The intersection between chemistry, materials and design

Misty Yeomans, colour styling manager, Americas at PPG, gives her take on the main trends around automotive paint and colour

Freddie Holmes

The evolution of paint technology

Gareth Bryant, global colour and design lead at AkzoNobel, gives his take on automotive colour trends

Freddie Holmes

Could AI rethink paint design?

Karl Smith investigates how AI might assist the discovery of new colours and finishes

Karl Smith

August focus: colour and finish

This August, Car Design News will be placing exterior colour and finish under the spotlight

Freddie Holmes

Inside the design process of Dacora Motors' $500,000 EV

Car Design News spoke to Dacora Motors’ CEO & co-founder Kristie D’Ambrosio-Correll about collaborating with Pininfarina, natural aesthetics and sustainability as a core principle of design

Lucy Abbott

Toyota Tundra gets CMF refresh for 2026

The full-size pick-up sports new seats and material options as part of "a bold new chapter in excellence"

Freddie Holmes

"A colour change does not make it a special edition"

Urban Automotive brought a handful of global launches to Goodwood 2025. CDN grabbed its founder for a chat about wheel design, and the perception of modding

Freddie Holmes

“My team is very free to explore” – Stephanie Petit, CMF head at Alpine

Car Design News speaks to Stephanie Petit about sustainable materials, 3D-printed finishes, and French craftsmanship – from leather traceability to illuminated triangles

James McLachlan

Watch: CDN & Ultrafabrics discuss CMF survey results

Car Design News and Ultrafabrics have released the results of the 2025 colour, materials and finish survey

Car Design News

Results: Car Design News & Ultrafabrics Colour, Materials & Finish Trend Survey 2025

Download the results of our CMF survey to understand what’s hot and what’s not

Live blog: Car Design Dialogues Milan 2025

Get all the highlights as they happen at Car Design Dialogues Milan

Car Design News

Composites in car design: new opportunities

Composites have been discussed for decades as the future of automotive bodies, chassis and other assemblies. But what really works? We ask an expert

Karl Smith

Traditional CMF: development, digitalisation and desirability

Designers describe the benefits of using traditional materials inside the cabin, but digitalisation and material development could change the game

Michael Nash

Innovation in CMF – new materials, challenges and changes

Carmakers and suppliers handpick a variety of new materials that could be used for interior design, discussing both the benefits and challenges of adoption

Michael Nash

Five new material trends: from apple pomace to optical fibre

CMF experts CnT Factory provides a valuable insight into five of the latest material trends

CnTFactory

March Focus: Materials

This month Car Design News will be exploring the current materials landscape across traditional and new materials

Lucy Abbott

Survey: Car Design News & Ultrafabrics Colour, Materials & Finish Trend Survey 2025

What’s hot and what’s not? Take the opportunity to share your take on the trends shaping tomorrow’s automotive aesthetics

Car Design News

CDN launches new CMF survey

What’s hot and what’s not? Take the opportunity to share your take on the trends shaping tomorrow’s automotive aesthetics

Car Design News

Achieving true sustainability: the questions designers should be asking

PARTNER CONTENTThis content was paid for by Bridge of Weir and produced in partnership with Car Design NewsWith designers under ever more time pressure, making sure that materials are sustainably sourced is a challenge and that means asking the right questions, says premium leather supplier Bridge of Weir

Car Design News

Interior Motives: the science of designing a colour

How do CMF teams tackle the design of a new interior colour? What are the starting points, and how is a material mastered for sign-off? Nick Hull investigates the approach of two brands in contrasting segments to find out more

Nick Hull

Interior Motives: materials strategy with Vicki von Holzhausen

Interior Motives interviewed CMF specialist Vicki von Holzhausen for the Autumn 2024 edition

Car Design News

Callum Designs predicts Aqua Mist as the colour for 2025

Aqua Mist, Midnight Tide and Neon Riot all come together to create a vibrant but calming colour palette in 2025. Mark Smyth spoke to the team at Callum Designs about their predictions

Mark Smyth

Colour trends to expect in car design

Car Design News investigates how Colour of the Year forecasts are playing out in the automotive space

Freddie Holmes

Designers have a “sea of opportunity in CMF,” says expert

Car Design News chats to ex-Volvo and Polestar CMF specialist Johanna Kaartinen who recently went freelance in a bid to bring fresh ideas to the field of CMF design

Freddie Holmes

Car design goes (sage) green

Sage green has become a popular colour palette for new cars, both production and concept

Freddie Holmes

BMW opens Materia exhibit on biomaterials

Sustainability is at the core of a new exhibition from BMW, highlighting potential uses for biomaterials in vehicles and beyond

Michael Nash

How Mazda matched colour with design

Mazda has developed paint coatings and application technology to fit with its vehicle design philosophy to both enhance the aesthetics and be environmentally sustainable

Nick Holt

Essay: Variable degrees of translucency

Exploring the potential of translucent materials in automotive design, this essay envisions a future where car exteriors blend opacity and transparency to redefine aesthetics and functionality

Sam Livingstone

Design Essay: The two-tone selector of style

This essay delves into the resurgence of two-tone black and white aesthetics in automotive design, tracing its roots from 2004 fashion catwalks to its modern-day revival

Car Design News

Gilles Vidal: innovative materials key to Peugeot’s future

Future Peugeots will be defined by their use of materials in a bid to shift the brand upmarket, according to design director Gilles Vidal. Raw, unprocessed materials, he says, will not only prove more ecologically sound, but also more engaging. And his plans don’t stop there.

Owen Ready