All articles by Karl Smith – Page 2
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ArticleMilan Design Week: A CMF sampler
Furniture, fashion, cars, make for a veritable feast of materials. Car Design News sampled the offerings at Milan Design Week 2024
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ArticleGenerations: looking back at the Dodge Charger
A look back of the history of the Dodge Charger reveals the good, the bad, and the plain awful
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ArticleOEMs bring cars and installations to Milan Design Week 2024
Auto manufacturers such as Bugatti, Bentley, Porsche, and BMW, increase their presence at the storied Milan Design Week with cars and art installations
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ArticleAn audience with celebrated designer Marc Newson
The celebrated designer Marc Newson discusses his beginnings, surf culture, a nomadic existence, the Ford O21C concept and more
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ArticleBentley and Bugatti show furniture game at Milan design week
The storied marques prove that they can be powerful players in a crowded furniture market
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ArticleReview: “Eyes on the Road” at the Petersen Museum
The Petersen’s new exhibit examines the artwork inspired by automotive culture
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ArticleBMW balances retro and future with Neue Klasse X
At the annual BMW Group conference, a new concept previews the marque’s SUVs of the future
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ArticleFlashback: Return to Geneva
After sixty years, an iconic sports car had a quiet homecoming to the show where it all began
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ArticleDodge introduces a new generation Charger
The storied Dodge Charger muscle car starts a new era as an all-electric with artificial sound and an ICE option
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ArticleFirst sight: the new Dacia Spring
The refreshed entry-level EV may be the electric car we need now
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ArticleGeneva Motor Show 2024: rating the stands
Architect and design historian Karl Smith reflects on the stands of the show floor at Geneva, designed as always to present the brand and its cars in the best possible light
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ArticleInterview: Jacques Flynn, Mazda Design Americas
The new senior director of design for Mazda North America shares some thoughts about the brand and where it is going under his leadership
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ArticleChrysler Halcyon concept: new American luxury
The heritage brand debuts a futuristic sedan with the stance of a sports car
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ArticleReport: ArtCenter fall/winter show 2023
Innovative monospace projects and a revival of a classic Jeep highlight the student show in Pasadena, California
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ArticleXiaomi enlists Bangle as ‘strategic design consultant’
Veteran designer Chris Bangle has been brought in as a consultant for Xiaomi’s venture into the automotive space
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ArticleFlashback: designing the car windscreen
Long used for protection and safety, the windscreen of the future could also become a field of information
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ArticleHonda reveals futuristic ‘0 Series’ concepts
Honda’s new Saloon and Space-Hub concepts preview a new line of electric vehicles
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ArticleXiaomi introduces its first car, the SU7
Has the mobile phone giant introduced the first truly 21st century car?
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ArticleFlashback: the origins of the speedometer
An instrument so ubiquitous we hardly notice it, the speedometer was once a marvel of the emerging automotive age
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ArticleFlashback: Hidden headlamps, the ‘sunglasses’ of car design
Once considered the ‘sunglasses’ of the automotive world, this seemingly forgotten technology faces an uncertain future