Close-up on Sid Mead
03/30/2020
Syd Mead was unknown to the general public and yet at some stage all of us were transported into his imaginary world. He died a...
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Designer portrait
Close-up on Ian Callum, Looking back on his career
12/16/2019
Last July, Ian Callum left his position as head of design for Jaguar and handed over to Julian Thomson. We look back on his career...
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Close-up on Luigi Colani, 1928-2019
09/28/2019
He enlivened the 22nd edition of the Festival Automobile International, which was held in January 2007 for the second time at the Grand Palais; that...
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Close-up on Stefan SIELAFF, The face of Bentley
08/28/2019
The man who today presides over the fate of Bentley’s design is Stefan Sielaff. His tall and elegant figure has long been seen at international...
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Close-up on Marcello Gandini, portrait of a designer
07/29/2019
BMW sought to pay tribute to Marcello Gandini by producing a copy of the BMW Garmisch which he had designed for Bertone....
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CLOSE-UP ON Michael Mauer, From Porsche to Volkswagen
06/21/2019
The man who is today in charge of design for the Volkswagen group previously managed design at Porsche....
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Close-up on HENRIK FISKER AND HIS SUCCESSORS
05/16/2019
The architect of the BMW Z8 and the Aston Martin DB9, Henrik Fisker bequeathed an amazing creation to the history of design: the Karma. A...
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Close-up on JEAN BUGATTI’S LEGACY
04/23/2019
Through all the misadventures which have beset the Bugatti marque during its life, the shadow of Jean Bugatti has always loomed large, haunting the designers...
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Close-up on Thierry Metroz, Style Director of DS Automobiles
03/21/2019
Within the PSA group, Thierry Métroz is in charge of design for DS Automobiles alongside his colleagues Gilles Vidal at Peugeot and Pierre Leclercq at...
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CLOSE-UP ON Takumi Yamamoto, One step ahead
02/19/2019
One of the many events which marked the 34th Festival Automobile International and its exhibition of concept cars was the world-first presentation of the DB...
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