Massimo Frascella on the role of the automotive designer As part of Car Design News' design talent focus, CDN speaks to Audi design boss Massimo Frascella on the evolving role of the designer James McLachlan
Nicholas David on Karma’s vision for the Kaveya At Goodwood 2025, Karma Automotive’s Design VP, Nicholas David, revealed how the forthcoming Kaveya aims to rewrite the rulebook for electric performance vehicles — from proportion-driven aesthetics to theatrical lighting and hidden mechanism James McLachlan
Designer Interviews: Amko Leenarts, Ford’s global director of interior design Ford’s global interiors director talks design from the comforts of a deli in downtown Detroit Bart Laenarts
Martin Longmore on the life of a contract designer, the challenge of motorcycle design and the real story behind the Audi TT We talk to one of the most experienced, yet unrecognised, freelance designers Owen Ready
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
‘Don’t call it retirement’ – Ed Welburn on life after GM’s top design job Q&A with the outgoing vice president of design at General Motors 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
Q&A: Sonja Vandenberk, Ford Europe’s chief colour and materials designer, on how Vignale will evolve Executing Vignale: How Ford intends to take its premium sub-brand forward 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
Designer Interviews: Continental AG’s HMI design team Automotive supplier designers on how good design is essential when introducing new tech Bart Laenarts
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
Design Development: Klaus Tritschler on how the Icon A5 was designed like a car VP of design on how car design processes were used to create Icon’s new plane Tom Phillips
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
Designer Interview: Kazuo Suyama, Toyota Kikai project manager Getting under the skin of Toyota’s sci-fi, steampunk show car Jon Winding-Sorensen
Designer Interviews: Sally Erickson Wilson, College for Creative Studies Chair of colour and materials design programme at CCS talks the future of the automotive interior Karl Smith
Designer Interviews: Taru Lahti The Ghia Focus concept designer talks about his career at Ford, and a gift from grandma that started it all Karl Smith
Q&A with Joel Piaskowski, Ford of Europe’s director of design Ford designer Joel Piaskowski talks millennials, bringing a little of the US to Europe, and filling some big shoes Nick Hull
The Designers Pt13 – Laurens van den Acker, Renault Group Renault’s VP of design discusses the process of rethinking design icons, and introducing a new lifecycle of concepts Guy Bird
Q&A with Giorgetto Giugiaro on his lifetime of design Car Design News’ Lifetime Achievement Award winner talks us through his illustrious and lengthy career Guy Bird
Designer Interviews: Chris Bangle on his work with Sanlorenzo super yachts Chris Bangle discusses how boat design is “the last bastion of having the freedom to do what you want” Ryan Borroff
Designer Interview: Julian Thomson and his ‘Super Elise’ Jaguar designer Julian Thomson talks us through his plans for a reimagined Series 1 Elise
