Design
via autoblog.com In a stunning turn of events, Porsche has unveiled a lovely hybrid sportscar at the Geneva Motor Show today. Dubbed the 918 Spyder, the car claims all sorts of ludicrous fuel-efficiency and CO2 figures, but is most notable for its “917 meets VW Bluesport” styling. For those of us who thought that Porsche [...]
via carmagazine.co.uk JaguarRSR has has announced that they’re bringing the XKR GT2 (that they’ve been campaigning in ALMS) to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year and let’s just say that perhaps nobody informed the American team that Brits are known for their restraint. Although I’m excited to see a Jag back [...]
via flickr.com If you think that car models are for kids, think again. These photos are taken by setting up stunningly detailed models of cars and environments in the real world and snapping incredibly realistic moments in time. Check out his flickr page for behind the scenes views and descriptions. Posted via web from The [...]
via carmagazine.co.uk Renault released some pics today of a new concept that will be unveiled at Geneva. Looking something like a mini Honda Del Sol with a Twingo nose, the little targa-topped car looks like it’d be a blast to cruise around the French countryside in, but shows how far Renault has fallen in design [...]
Flavio Manzoni. Ferrari named on Thursday Flavio Manzoni as the new chief of design, who last served as the head of creative design of the Volkswagen Group, an appointment that could signal a dramatic change in how Ferrari designs its cars. News of Mr. Manzoni’s appointment had been floating around since last September, and Ferrari [...]
Ok, I’ve been critical in this blog and on Twitter for a while now about what I perceive as Ford’s missed opportunity with the Fiesta Movement. I’ve said that they dragged their feet too long with the US-spec car and lost their momentum. I’ve said they put too much chrome on the US-spec car (I [...]
Ok, so this is really just a repeat of my Jalopnik comments from last week, but I wanted a chance to reiterate in public what I see as the clear vision for where FIAT and Sergio Marchionne are planning on taking Chrysler in Wednesday’s announcement. I may be completely wrong, but that’s what blogs nobody [...]
I’ve been watching Apple’s design for a long time. Besides being the products that I personally choose to interact with the world on (desktop/laptop/phone), they have obviously been trend-setters in industrial and consumer electronics design since possibly the launch of the original transparent iMac in 1998. And although I love their products for many reasons, [...]
I’ve been following Ford’s Fiesta Movement from the beginning. In fact, not only did I consider putting my name in the hat to participate, I was already directly or indirectly following several of the final 100 chosen via blogs or Twitter. For me, Fiesta Movement was not about raising awareness of the car, but rather [...]
I’ve been playing with it for months on my iPhone, but now it’s gone public – Autodesk’s Sketchbook Mobile is coming to the app store. A fantastic addition to the digital designer’s workflow, this is the drawing app you’ve been waiting for if you’re a professional designer or digital artist. Check out Carl Alviani’s article [...]
Autodesk sent out a press release yesterday about all the love it’s getting in the Mac community, and guess what? They quoted me. As “a creator of iconic technical illustrations” Nice. Thanks Autodesk.
Car magazine has long been one of my most cherished and revered sources of car news, photographic inspiration and cutting-edge design. Published in the UK, I have been spending my hard-earned cash on the import-priced glossy loveliness for almost 20 years now. Not anymore. Car has gone and done the unthinkable—they’ve dumbed down the design [...]
Just jealous. One of my former classmates at Art Center, Karim Habib, just jumped ship from BMW to Mercedes to “oversee” their Advanced Studio in Stuttgart. Karim’s a great guy (or was anyway, might be a d-bag after years with Chris Bangle), but it hurts me every time I see someone I was in class [...]
A commendable car blog called The Truth About Cars has asked its readership to submit logo designs for the site. Typically, I would consider this an affront to designers (and maybe it is), but I have a lot of respect for them and what they stand for (completely unbiased and brutally honest auto reviews and [...]
It seems that the new and not-quite-mediocre pepsi redesign cost almost as much as the stimulus package. This is exactly the kind of crap that gives designers a bad name. Click here to read the article.
I’m going to start this blog up again and see if anyone notices. Doubt it, but then again, yelling into the void helps you release stress just as well as yelling at your wife, without the consequences. I’ll be adding current projects, twits, insights and anything else that comes to mind in shorter, more concise [...]
Thank God WordPress has finally brought their dashboard into the 21st century. Using the old one was one of the main reasons I wasn’t blogging.
I’ve always said that you can tell a lot about a person by the car they drive. Whether you like it or not, even the blandest car makes a statement about who you are and how you live. Very rarely would you be surprised by a slick salesman in a Honda Civic or a hippy [...]
At first glance it looks like a Murcielago that’s been made-up by NBC to be KITT on the new Knight Rider series (they’re really doing that). But it’s not. So maybe some tacky one-off designed for the Sultan of Brunei? Close. It’s the Reventón, Lamborghini’s newest trick to separate attention seeking rich men from their [...]
For years Apple has been leading the consumer electronics industry around by its design nose. When Apple unveiled the original iMac, immediately our digital accessories started turning transparent teal. When they unveiled the Titanium PowerBooks, all of our hard drives and DVD players were encased in brushed metal (although even at Apple the titanium didn’t [...]
Ok, I know, I should get over it. It’s been almost 15 years since Ford showed the Ghia Focus concept car at the Turin auto show and stunned the auto design world (at least us students). The question is, for all of its kudos and popularity, why did we never see its design style translate [...]
Ok, so it’s more marketing than design, but I think someone needs to put it out there – the reason GM is hemoraging money is that they simply don’t understand the market, and in my mind, it all starts with Cadillac. In the past few years Cadillac has been on a push to compete with [...]