AUTO & DESIGN

Auto & Design is a highly professional magazine and can be found all over the world in the design centres of car manufacturers, in the offices of independent designers, in the design centres of components companies and electronic and special materials manufacturers, in University libraries and in the libraries of specialised schools. Its contents mainly cover project analyses from drawing board to final product, illustrated with research drawings and style models. Specific sections are dedicated to industrial and product design, new materials and innovative technologies as applied to the automotive world and to a variety of design sectors.

AUTO & DESIGN

FRANKFURT IAA DESIGN AT THE CENTRE OF IT ALL

Past and present comparisons

“Capri c’est fini”

THE NEW FIAT 500 AND DE SILVA COMPASSI D’ORO 2011

APPOINTMENT AT SAN BENEDETTO PO

A Korean surprise for Ferrari

European reaction

Leaner and more sinuous

Two models from the future

Journey into terrestrial space

A styling and engineering exercise

If form reflects high-tech

A new dimension for the Suv

Shooting brake effect

Iseo, the Riva legend returns

American space, European versatility

The star’s take on passion

Muscular elegance

Stage, a bridge to work

Sport and comfort

Calendar

Books

“Strong design, strong brand”

“The world’s most recognisable image”

Operation friendliness • Having defined with the top management the three basic concepts of VW design – unique. timeless, universal –, it is now up to Walter de Silva, design chief for the entire Group, to develop a formal philosophy that will give the brand its unmistakable personality. As well as its friendly appeal, as embodied this year in three projects of noteworthy aesthetic and emotional content: the Beetle, the up! (as seen in the New Small Family concepts) and the prototype of the new Bulli./Definiti con il top management i tre concetti base del design Volkswagen, unico, senza tempo, universale, tocca al responsabile del Design del Gruppo, Walter de Silva, portare avanti una filosofia formale che assicuri al marchio la sua personalità inconfondibile. E la sua carica di simpatia, espressa quest’anno da tre progetti dal forte appeal estetico ed emotivo: Beetle, up! (già anticipata dai concept New Small Family) e il prototipo del nuovo Bulli.

Formal simplification, pure lines

The icons of the past

Volkswagen’s Dna

Architecture of the origins

Rationality and emotion

A baby in the family

Evolution of the microbus spirit

VW’s creative planet

Milan, 2015 horizon

Beyond the four wheels