As a senior designer at G.M., he helped create the exuberant, elongated shape of 1960s and ’70s cars like the Pontiac GTO, the Bonneville and the Trans Am. By Adam Nossiter Jiro Katayama’s designs for ...

You know that feeling when you see a car and just know it's something special? Maybe it's the way the light hits the fender, or how the proportions just seem perfect from every angle. Throughout ...

An image can be a powerful influence. Go to any art museum and you’ll witness what artist have known for centuries—that a two-dimensional image can captivate a viewer. It can engage by the skill of ...

The automobile grille serves not only as a functional component but also as a defining feature of car design that mirrors the technological and aesthetic trends of its era. Over the decades, grille ...

Sasha Selipanov, renowned for his contributions to numerous automakers, including Genesis, Bugatti, Koenigsegg, Lamborghini, Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Bentley, Seat, Hyundai, and perhaps even a few ...

At the end of the 20th century, automotive design presented two distinct approaches for proceeding into the new millennium, a practical and philosophical fork in the road. One path, pioneered by BMW’s ...

If you’ve read this column in the past, you likely know it’s primarily about automotive design. But have you ever wondered how someone becomes a designer in the first place? It’s not like it’s a ...

It is very hard to think of an automotive design in recent memory so testosterone-fueled, so overtly male as Tesla’s Cybertruck. British car designer Adrian Clarke has described the EV’s styling as a ...

Jiro Katayama’s designs for his Otsuka Lotec brand take inspiration from hand-held movie cameras and speedometers. By David Belcher As luxury cars become rolling supercomputers, designers are ...