Tag: interior motives

Keep it simple: can a mono-material strategy reshape interior design?

In this abridged feature from the Spring 2025 issue of Interior Motives, we consider how one material for key interior structures could boost recyclability and celebrate sculptural form over visual complexity

Interior Motives: why designers must bring emotion to technology

How to create tech products that customers love is the question designers must answer, writes Robert Forrest

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

Interior Motives: Cadillac Sollei

Interior Motives takes a deep dive into the interior of the Cadillac Sollei concept, and speaks with the design team behind it

Interior Motives: Volvo EX30

The EX30 might be Volvo’s smallest SUV to date, but its significance is mighty

Interior Motives: Aston Martin DB12

The interior of the new Aston Martin DB12 marks a revolution for the British marque and the start of a new journey (via Interior Motives Autumn 2024)

Interior Motives: Amy Frascella

CMF design has emerged from the shadow of interior and exterior design teams. Car Design News spoke to CMF expert Amy Frascella about the discipline’s quiet revolution

Interior Motives: Lancia Pu+Ra HPE

Lancia is back with a concept that promises a bright future for the beloved brand by pulling together Italian mastery of furniture design and domestic landscapes with simple shapes

Interior Motives: Tata Avinya

Taking its cues from catamaran design with a dollop of modernism, the Tata Avinya marks a sea-change for the Indian brand

Interior Motives: Dacia Manifesto

Dacia has torn up the rulebook with its latest concept. Originally a thought experiment for the company’s brand values, the Manifesto project quickly snowballed into concept that was driven from the inside out

Circularity in car design requires a culture shift

Sustainable car design is finally starting to gain speed but it needs to accelerate faster and more credibly than ever. Jonathan Bell gauges the state of the industry

Interior Motives Winter 2021 Digital Edition

The winter edition of Interior Motives features in depth coverage of the Range Rover MK5, BMW i VIsion Circular, Mullen Five and Hyundai Seven. Plus, we bring you the latest colour and trim trends and highlight the most significant latest launches

Interior Motives Autumn 2021 Digital Edition

The autumn edition of Interior Motives features in depth coverage of the Audi Grandsphere, Volkswagen ID.Life, Volvo Concept Recharge and the Mini Strip with Paul Smith. Plus, we bring you the latest colour and trim trends and highlight the most significant latest launches

Interior Motives Summer 2021: Mercedes Benz EQS

The Mercedes EQS’ mother of all screens polarised the design community between believers and sceptics. However, Guy Bird finds there is more to the German’s marque’s interior than its vaunted black mirror

Interior Motives Summer 2021: Lincoln Zephyr

New sedan designed in California for the Chinese market employs classic Lincoln design cues as well as the OEMs new concept of ‘quiet flight’ to target a young, progressive crowd

Interior Motives Summer 2021: SAIC IM Airo

Heatherwick Studio, which designed the revamped London Routemaster Bus and the 2012 Olympic Cauldron, has created the SAIC Airo – a living room on wheels that cleans the air as it moves

Interior Motives Summer 2021: GAC Enpulse

With a refulgent yellow interior, a structurally impressive IP and pop culture stylings, GAC’s Los Angeles team has designed a sportscar for the digital age with the Enpulse

Interior Motives Summer 2021 Digital Edition

The summer edition of Interior Motives has landed featuring exclusive coverage of the Lincoln Zephyr, GAC Enpulse, SAIC Airo and the Mercedes EQS. Plus we bring you the latest colour and trim trends

Interior Motives Spring 2021: Hyundai Ioniq 5

A calming colour palette, sliding centre console and fridge magnet style personalisation – Hyundai’s Ioniq borrows from domestic design to create a coherent, usable interior rather than ‘la la land’ concepts

Interior Motives: DS 4

With a serene interior that leans into the feeling of savoir faire, the DS 4 ushers in a new era for the aspiring premium brand

Interior Motives Spring 2021 Digital Edition

The spring edition of Interior Motives is out now featuring cutting edge design concepts and the newest production launches, with exclusive coverage of the Hyundai Ioniq 5, Nio ET7, DS4, Mini Vision Urbanaut plus a deep dive into the future of screens and the latest colour and trim trends

Interior Motives: Maserati MC20

The Maserati MC20 bolsters its technological simplicity with the addition of bespoke interior detailing. Throw in some inspiration via vintage Pininfarina and you have a compelling package

Interior Motives: Mercedes Maybach S-Class

Ambient lighting, a cocoon-like interior, and champagne flutes – the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class is a cut above its standard sibling and offers a strong alternative to British luxury marques such as Rolls-Royce and Bentley

Interior Motives: Hyundai Prophecy

Resolutely not a ‘show business’ car, the Prophecy contrasts analogue and digital worlds to create an original and unique car interior which, according to the design team, will soon be on our streets

Interior Motives: BMW iX

The latest all-electric Beamer has divided opinion thanks to its controversial styling, but the interiors team will have no such concerns with a striking, unconventional layout that allies boutique hotel design with hidden tech

Interior Motives Winter 2020 Digital Edition

The winter edition of Interior Motives is out now featuring cutting edge design and high-end materials, with exclusive coverage of the Mercedes Maybach S-Class, BMW iX, Maserati MC20, Hyundai Prophecy and more

Interior Motives Autumn 2020 Digital Edition

Check out the autumn digital edition of Interior Motives, featuring in-depth interior design trends, interviews, sketches and galleries featuring Rolls-Royce Ghost, Volkswagen ID.4, Jeep Grand Wagoneer, Buick Elektra and more

Car Design Review 7: Klaus Busse, FCA

FCA’s Klaus Busse talks about the significance of the Fiat Centoventi and Alfa Romeo concepts, as well as the new Fiat 500

Renault reveals two new electric vehicles

The new Renault Megane eVision and Dacia Spring show two different design approaches to electric vehicles

Hyundai’s design chief talks new Tucson

Sharp lines and geometric patterns characterise Hyundai’s new Tucson. SangYup Lee, head of Hyundai’s design team, gives us the lowdown

Interior Motives Summer 2020 Digital Edition

Check out the summer digital edition of Interior Motives, featuring in-depth interior design trends, interviews, sketches and galleries featuring Renault, Polestar, Tata, Ford and more

Interior Motives Spring 2020 Digital Edition

Check out the spring digital edition of Interior Motives, featuring in-depth interior design trends, interviews, sketches and galleries featuring Lexus, GMC, BMW, GAC and more

Lexus LF-30 - interior design development

Big, electric, luxurious and driver-focussed, this concept explores what a future Lexus should be

Top 5 colour and trim trends by CnT Factory

The CnT Factory team provide a detailed examination of current colour and trim trends and their impact on the auto industry

2021 GMC Yukon Denali - interior story

What is quintessential American luxury? The Denali interior is a good place to start

BMW i Interaction Ease - interior only concept

The monolithic presence of the Interaction Ease belies the intuitive user interface within

Technology focus - interior story

A look back to the interior developments at CES 2020 including the Mercedes Vision AVTR and Sony’s Vision S concept

GAC ENO.146 Concept - the interior story

The idea behind the GAC ENO.146 concept was to demonstrate the company’s engineering capabilities while showcasing a unique interior layout

Volkswagen ID.3 - the interior story

It’s easy to see why Volkswagen says that the ID.3 is as important to its history as the original Beetle and Golf…

Karma SC1 Vision & SC2 - interior design development

On a conceptual level, the SC1 is organised around three ‘reads’: firstly, all about its (exterior) proportions, the dramatic length and simple massing, reinforced by large wheels and strong graphics. The second ‘read’ is of the complex interior, with the third revealing more and more details within the closer one looks.

Seating Trends: Increased integration and biometric systems

Biometric technology is providing another layer to safety and infotainment, and is another challenge for car design

Seating Trends: Driver centred solutions

Designing the cabin to allow the driver to sit in the centre and the development of lighter, more sustainable seats

Seating Trends: Lounge formats and reconfigurable solutions

Car designers have been exploring different seating configurations in expectation of self-driving technology

2020 Trend Report by CnTFactory

Trends forecasters CnTFactory catalogue the interesting trends for automotive designers

The inside story of Land Rover’s new Defender

Respectful of its past but not harnessed by it – the new Defender

Interior Motives: Honda E

First there was the Urban EV concept, then the e Prototype. Now, we get under the skin of the finished car…

Interior Motives: Geometry A

The first car from the new Geely sub-brand Geometry is a confident start

Focus: Interior Lighting

Expectations of a journey-making experience are changing, and so vehicle interiors must evolve too. Lighting is playing an important role in this reimagining of the car cabin

Interior Motives: Lincoln Corsair

A luxurious Lincoln, in spite of its compact dimensions

Interior Motives: Lotus Evija

“It’s not a false dawn, there’s substance. Not only in terms of our ability to engineer a product, but to actually engineer a product with new technology. It really showcases what Lotus could be, will be; and how much support we have from Geely.”

Interior Motives: Bentley EXP 100 GT

“Everything had to have a sustainable approach and an engineering roadmap to support it. Our engineering director said, ‘if we can’t make that by 2035, it’s not going in’.

Interior Motives: Genesis Mint

“A reduction is always a victory, and here again, if simplicity is perceived, it means that it was worth the efforts. Going back to purism is the most difficult process.”

Interior Focus: Trim & Materials

We take a look at the new materials, textiles and techniques enabling greater experimentation and creativity in the automotive sector

Interior Motives – Spring 2019

Interior Motives – Autumn 2018

In this issue: BMW 3-Series, Lada 4x4 Vision, DS 3 Crossback, Opel GT X Experimental, Peugeot e-Legend, Focus on Autonomy and more

Design Development: Volkswagen Arteon

Volkswagen’s luxury sport coupé takes 2014’s Sport Coupé Concept GTE and pushes it to production (the exterior at least)

Interior trends: Pedal power

We trace an interior design detail theme under-foot

Design Development: Volkswagen Sport Coupé Concept GTE

The Volkswagen CC’s upmarket, grown-up, powerful and quick sibling