Tag: bad design

• BMW iX Sketch vs Production.

  

  Remember when designers had to draw a side view over a package? The actual production vehicle package? It seems designers no longer do this. Obviously at sketch phase, character is key- but eventually… surely…. one MUST draw the same design over a package? This is what I was taught, but I guess design schools stopped,…

  Lee

  November 18, 2020

  design analysis

  bad design, bmw, BMWdesign, car design, crossover, electric cars, ev, German car design, iX, new car, packaging

• car design fraud

  By the time you read this maybe this car has actually been launched, or maybe not. I suspect not. It’s vapor in my opinion, which will never be put into production (mostly because it can’t be engineered as it is). The design is a mess, poorly photoshopped together based on other mid-engined designs (Bugatti) and…

  Lee

  March 31, 2015

  news

  1700bhp New York, automotive design, bad design, car design, design language, hypercar, LM2, Lyons Motor Car, New York Auto Show, NYIAS, Streamliner, Vapor

• audi vs austin

  Currently, the world of car design is being wowed by the concepts and cars at the Geneva Motor Show 2013. So far, I’m really very excited by the new Ferrari LaFerrari, it’s simply stunning. Other highlights are the VW XL1, and the concepts from ItalDesign and Pininfarina. We also have one of the blog contributors…

  Lee

  March 6, 2013

  design analysis, news

  a1, allegro, audi, audi A1 sportback, austin, bad design, brand, British Leyland, downsizing, photocopy design, two-tone