Analysis and perspective on automotive design, mobility strategy, and the cultural forces that shape what we make and why. Published in Car Design News and Classic Driver, and on LinkedIn.
The autonomous future is arriving just not on carmakers’ terms. A report from Las Vegas on who is now setting the pace, and what it means for how vehicles are designed, sold and experienced.
Read on Car Design News →China’s industrial strategy versus the West’s tech bets. As autonomy, ownership and identity are all up for grabs, the race to define the future of mobility has a new and unexpected cast of characters.
Read on Car Design News →A strategic perspective on how the evolution of the city is reshaping automotive retail and what brands need to understand about changing consumer behaviour before it’s too late.
Read on LinkedIn →On the things the automotive industry keeps missing not because they are hidden, but because they are hiding in plain view. A provocation on selective attention and the cost of industry insularity.
Read on LinkedIn →A long-form conversation with John Heffernan the designer behind two of the most quietly influential British cars of the modern era, and what his work reveals about restraint, identity and lasting design.
Read on Classic Driver →What made one car define an entire decade’s visual language and what it reveals about the moment when design stops being functional and starts being cultural.
Read on Classic Driver →