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Rolls-Royce Returns to Coachbuilding Roots with New Boat Tail

Eric Gallina — Fri, 28 May 2021 08:59:00 +0000

Coachbuilding has been around since the dawn of the automobile, even before. In the age of horse drawn carriages, wealthy clients would come to a carriage builder and specify what they wanted and craftsmen would set to work developing a vehicle that was tailored to their requests. The practice can be traced all the way back to the mid-1600s. Before mass market production, a car – then very much a luxury product – would be supplied as a rolling chassis, […]

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Anders Warming Returns to BMW Group as Rolls-Royce Design Director

Eric Gallina — Mon, 24 May 2021 09:54:00 +0000

Anders Warming will soon become Rolls-Royce Motor Cars’ new Director of Design, trading in his independent design consultancy Warming Design to return to the BMW Group, a company he resigned from six years ago. He will start his new role on July 1, 2021. The announcement is surprising as we all thought Warming was enjoying his time as a free agent. He has worked on a number of product design, concept and production car projects since establishing his eponymous design […]

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Transitional Forms: The Shape of Things to Come

Nicholas Stafford — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 09:01:00 +0000

The automotive industry is going through an evolutionary adjustment as we see the emergence of an industry-wide transition from investment in gasoline internal combustion engine (ICE) power to battery electric power and autonomous vehicles. The recent unveiling of the Renault 5 electric vehicle (EV) prototype, the rebranding of General Motors and the UK government’s plan to ban new diesel and gasoline-powered cars by 2030 are clear examples that a shift is happening. EVs are no longer niche futuristic visions held […]

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Finding a Balance: Self-Expression vs Maintaining Brand Values

Aysar Ghassan — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 09:00:00 +0000

Self-expression is an essential commodity for consumers. In the future, car companies will have to work very hard to help users have a voice while deciding how much control of brand values they want to keep. In the early part of the 20th Century, collaborations between luxury manufacturers and coachbuilders allowed customers to have a lot of control over the messages they sent out. This is because owners had a great deal of influence over how their vehicles looked. In […]

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Designer Henry Cloke on the ‘Post Opulent’ Rolls-Royce Ghost

Eric Gallina — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 08:30:00 +0000

Over the course of my career as an automotive design journalist, I’ve had the pleasure of covering college degree shows the world over. In 2012, that’s how I came to meet Henry Cloke. These days he’s still working as a designer for Rolls-Royce and presenting the new Ghost, the superluxury carmaker’s latest vehicle. It’s nice to see how far he’s come since that time we spoke about his final degree show project at the Royal College of Art. Visit this […]

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UMEA University 2019 Transportation Design Degree Show

Eric Gallina — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 07:59:00 +0000

Perched high in the Nordic country of Sweden, Umea Institute is Design has a reputation for being one of... LOGIN OR SUBSCRIBE TO VIEW

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Rolls-Royce Design Director Giles Taylor on the New Phantom

Eric Gallina — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 08:49:47 +0000

The new Rolls-Royce Phantom made its debut in London last night. It is only the eighth model to wear the nameplate, which made its debut in the early 1920s. Over the last 92 years, the Phantom has not only become the oldest car nameplate but evolved to suit the requirements of different generations of people. In the video above, Rolls-Royce design director Giles Taylor talks us through the design of the new Phantom while also citing aspects of its heritage. […]

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Rolls-Royce Sweptail: The Epitome of Bespoke Personalization

Eric Gallina — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 08:52:18 +0000

Unveiled at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, the Sweptail is a two-door coupe inspired by some of... LOGIN OR SUBSCRIBE TO VIEW

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Trends: One-Off Personalization is the Future of High-End

Eric Gallina — Mon, 29 May 2017 22:47:41 +0000

The automotive industry is experiencing a level of unprecedented polarization. On the one end of the spectrum is autonomous mobility... LOGIN OR SUBSCRIBE TO VIEW

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Rolls-Royce Reveals 103EX Vision Next 100 Concept

Eric Gallina — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 12:58:37 +0000

Rolls-Royce revealed its vision for the future at an event in London today. A proposal for a top-of-the range autonomous luxury product that comprises the company’s hallmarks in design, craftsmanship and technology, the Vision Next 100 concept responds to consumers’ growing desire to own personalized vehicles catering to their individual needs. Codenamed 103EX, the Rolls-Royce Vision Next 100 (which celebrates parent company BMW’s 100th anniversary) is the marque’s first ever pure ‘Vision Vehicle’. Looking far ahead into the future, the […]

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Automotive Artists: Reverend Adam Gompertz

Eric Gallina — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 09:00:17 +0000

Today is Christmas Day, and while the festive season is a time to kick back and enjoy the company of family and friends whilst unwrapping gifts, it’s also important to remember the religious significance of this day. And so we bring you the work of Adam Gompertz, who traded in a career in transportation design to become a minister for the Church of England… Adam Gompertz graduated from Coventry University’s transportation design program and immediately went to work for MG […]

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Daniel Starke to Head Rolls-Royce Interiors

Eric Gallina — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 13:07:41 +0000

Rolls-Royce has announced the appointment of Daniel Starke as Head of Interior Design with immediate effect. Starke, who joins exterior design director Marcus Syring, began his career as an exterior designer for Volkswagen in 1993. He later worked on interior and exterior projects at Audi before moving to the interior design team at BMW in 2001. In 2009 he was appointed head of interior design for BMW i, where he was responsible for the interior design of the BMW i3 […]

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