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Fiat Osca
Citroen CX
Budget Airline Car
Car as place
As we become citizens of anywhere, the car may assume some of the old role of place.
2021 Munich Auto Show
The IAA (International Automobile Exhibition) Mobility was held in Munich on the second week of September this year; replacing the bi-annual Frankfurt based event for the first time (although until 1950 the event had been mostly held in Berlin). A new location, and a new identity and format:...
Hudson ‘step-down’
Toyota GR Yaris GR
Design shyness; how the many designs from the Shanghai Auto Show were wasting the value of design by being shy
The Shanghai auto show is still very much at the front of our minds; we are still in the midst of presenting our synthesis of what was important from the show to clients. There was one huge, but quiet, design trend to have emerged that we will likely publish an article on soon, but Shanghai 2021 ...
2021 Shanghai Auto Show
The 2021 Shanghai auto show had the dubious honour of being the only international auto show in the 2021 international show calendar to-date. There has been no Geneva, New York is delayed, Frankfurt has gone, and it seems doubtful that Munich will be fully realised given the status of the pandem...
Bentley by F&F
Why the tech design message is failing. And the 4 steps to make it work
BMW Z4
Fiat Tipo interior
The COVID cyclist is a different type of bike customer
The pandemic has shone a light on many ‘latent cyclists’ unseen by the bicycle industry; parallel learning from the SUV in the automotive sector is a key way to see how they might be reached.
Lotus Esprit
Auburn speedster
We need a new design approach for shared autonomous cars
One of the things we often hear about autonomous shared cars, is how they will reduce the number of cars needed. But this doesn't make sense. It sounds simple — having less cars being used more often sounds like less environmental impact — but unless cars are designed to last longer then it won't...
Peugeot 204
Nissan Cube
Porsche 944
2020 Beijing Auto Show
Beijing auto show was originally scheduled for April this year, but it was delayed by COVID-19 and related travel and social-distancing restrictions. It finally took place in September, but travelling in and out off China for the show wasn’t possible, so we used China based associates and a vari...
Alfa Romeo SZ
Shaking hands with your car is becoming a thing
How today’s leading cars shake hands with their users as part of a fast emergent area of Behavioural Design for vehicles
Lotus Elite
Mercedes Simplex
Chevrolet Corvair
MG BGT
BMW M2
Less is going to be more
Why not looking stupid is behind the coming trend for simpler, smaller cars
Mazda MX-5
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