All Designers articles – Page 32
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What is the likely effect of the emissions testing scandal on car designers?
Peter Stevens covers everything a designer needs to know about defeat devices, testing regulations and more
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Article'The design is in the detail' by Peter Stevens
A closer look at how well-resolved design details can make all the difference
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ArticleThe Lotus Elan from the Type 26 to the 2010 Paris Show concept by Peter Stevens Pt3
Bringing the Elan story up to date, from the late-80s to 2010's Paris Motor Show concept
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Who’s Where: J Mays joins Royal College of Art as visiting professor
Former design VP announces first appointment since leaving Ford in 2013
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ArticleLotus Elan from the Type 26 to the 2010 Paris Motor Show concept by Peter Stevens Pt2
'New Elan' finally reaches production, but not before yet more internal conflict
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ArticleThe Lotus Elan from the Type 26 to the 2010 Paris Motor Show concept by Peter Stevens
Part one of the history of Lotus' sports car from its beginnings to the most-recent Paris show concept
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Fiat Trepiùno concept - Design Review
Mar 26, 2004 – Fifty years ago in austere post war Europe there were four peoples’ cars, newly launched or about to be launched: Ferdinand Porsche’s Volkswagen Beetle of 1945, Pierre Boulanger’s Citroen 2CV of 1948, Dante Giacosa’s Fiat 500 Nuovo of 1957 and Alec Issigonis’s Austin Mini of 1959. ...
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Ford Focus - Design Review
Oct 20, 2004 – Car design, as everything, is relative. How we read a car's design is relative to the world that surrounds it - specifically other cars and in particular those of the same type, its siblings and predecessor. Seeing the new Ford Focus in the flesh at Paris ...
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Porsche Boxster - Design Review
Oct 28, 2004 – The Boxster has been a wonderful success story for Porsche since its introduction in 1996. No fewer than 160,000 have been sold in the intervening eight years and this second generation model aims to update the car in terms of both looks and technical features. The ...
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Design Review: Mercedes-Benz CST Vision B
Dec 13, 2004 – Nearly three years ago Mercedes presented the Vision R Grand Sports Tourer concept in Detroit which heralded a new direction for Mercedes production cars. The GST was a 'crossover' vehicle with the four wheel drive and muscular design identity of an SUV, the three rows of ...
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Ford SYNus Design Review
America is famous for its big cars. For a non-American, to think 'American car' is to think big finned late-fifties sedan, huge cop car or New York cab, or pick-ups that are longer than a long wheelbase Mercedes S-class. Big cars make sense in a country that takes four or ...
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ArticleDesigning the virtual car. A real or imagined product? By Peter Stevens
Reliving the process of creating a supercar for Captain Scarlet
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ArticleIcons or bygones, what is the case for new old cars? by Peter Stevens
Exploring the strengths and weaknesses of retro design, from the London taxi, to the BMW Hommage cars and more...
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ArticleWhen does a ‘New Car’ become an ‘Old Car’ and does it matter? By Peter Stevens
McLaren F1 designer looks back at the car's famous Le Mans win back in 1995
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ArticleAlfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale – 1967/69 by Peter Stevens
Exploring the work of one of Italy's most original car designers, Franco Scaglione
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The Designers Pt3 – Ian Callum, Jaguar
Callum on the rise of the importance of interior design at Jaguar
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ArticleThe celebrity railroad designers by Peter Stevens
How design defined the railroad expansion of the 1930s
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The Designers Pt5 – Aamer Mahmud, Coventry University
An educator's take on the current state of car design
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ArticlePatrick le Quément, 22 years at Renault by Peter Stevens
How le Quément revolutionized Renault design
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ArticleThe competition grows among the celebrity railroad designers by Peter Stevens
This post was re-published with the kind permission of Peter Stevens