Interiors Archives https://www.formtrends.com/category/cars/interiors/ The premier vehicle design website Mon, 03 May 2021 12:04:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/www.formtrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cropped-FT-trans_600-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Interiors Archives https://www.formtrends.com/category/cars/interiors/ 32 32 112948072 Mercedes MBUX Hyperscreen – Good or Bad? https://www.formtrends.com/mercedes-mbux-hyperscreen-good-or-bad/ https://www.formtrends.com/mercedes-mbux-hyperscreen-good-or-bad/#respond Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:03:00 +0000 https://www.formtrends.com/?p=10020430 Mercedes-Benz has revealed the Hyperscreen, the latest version of the company’s MBUX human-machine interface that will feature in the upcoming EQS flagship. The MBUX Hyperscreen is a collection of three screens wrapped in a 56-inch long panel. Is it necessary in a car application? Sam Livingstone of Car Design Research and Eric Gallina of Form Trends discuss the merits of this new device.

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]]> https://www.formtrends.com/mercedes-mbux-hyperscreen-good-or-bad/feed/ 0 10020430 How Car Makers Are Transforming Their Logo Designs for the Electric Era https://www.formtrends.com/how-car-makers-are-transforming-their-logo-designs-for-the-electric-era/ https://www.formtrends.com/how-car-makers-are-transforming-their-logo-designs-for-the-electric-era/#respond Tue, 26 Jan 2021 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.formtrends.com/?p=10019233 When the electrification trend exploded, it knocked down more than just combustion engines. It drove a stake right through OEMs’ brand identities, forcing them to review their image. Inevitably, this dramatic change led carmakers to reassess their logos ­– core symbols of a company’s identity – not just in their design, but also on their treatments. I’ll be citing some recent changes as well as examples of carmakers who haven’t stopped at the blue lines=electric design cliché. Here’s an overview of the most […]

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]]> https://www.formtrends.com/how-car-makers-are-transforming-their-logo-designs-for-the-electric-era/feed/ 0 10019233 Interior Sanctuary Will Emphasize Health and Safety https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-23/invisibility-cloaks-and-air-purifiers-how-covid-will-change-cars#new_tab https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-23/invisibility-cloaks-and-air-purifiers-how-covid-will-change-cars#new_tab#respond Fri, 24 Apr 2020 08:00:17 +0000 https://www.formtrends.com/?p=10010999 The global pandemic will influence the future of automotive design in many ways. There will certainly be a greater emphasis on health and personal safety moving forward, and the interior ‘sanctuary’ will take on a whole new meaning.

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]]> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-23/invisibility-cloaks-and-air-purifiers-how-covid-will-change-cars#new_tab/feed/ 0 10010999 Espousing the Values of Traditional Leather in Vehicle Interiors https://www.formtrends.com/espousing-the-values-of-traditional-leather-in-vehicle-interiors/ https://www.formtrends.com/espousing-the-values-of-traditional-leather-in-vehicle-interiors/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2019 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.formtrends.com/?p=10004220 The leather industry is experiencing a challenging time. One of the biggest challenges we currently face is to ensure that consumers and designers choose materials for vehicles based on facts and understanding.  Vehicle manufacturers are eager to transform and increasingly focus on marketing the interior of the car. We have seen a trend for replacing leather, an organic material, with oil-based plastics and synthetics, somehow conflating ‘vegan’ with ‘sustainable’, which when the stated objective is sustainability, is a misrepresentation of […]

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]]> https://www.formtrends.com/espousing-the-values-of-traditional-leather-in-vehicle-interiors/feed/ 0 10004220 LX-GO Autonomous Sharing Concept https://www.formtrends.com/lx-go-autonomous-sharing-concept/ https://www.formtrends.com/lx-go-autonomous-sharing-concept/#respond Tue, 07 May 2019 10:57:11 +0000 https://www.formtrends.com/?p=10001670 Reutlingen University has a focus on interior design, which in this day and age is critical in the car design industry. This year, graduate Zhesheng Li developed the LX-GO vehicle concept, an interior project for an autonomous vehicle that aims to meet the user’s needs for communication, information and privacy through maximum flexibility. Developed as part of the thesis ‘Investigation and Design Concept Development for an Autonomous Sharing Vehicle Interior as a Basis for Future City Traffic’, the LX-GO vehicle […]

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]]> https://www.formtrends.com/lx-go-autonomous-sharing-concept/feed/ 0 10001670 Renault Designers on the 5th Generation Clio Interior https://www.formtrends.com/renault-designers-on-the-5th-generation-clio-interior/ Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:57:46 +0000 https://www.formtrends.com/?p=10000512 The Renault Clio is the second best-selling car in Europe, and an important car for the French carmaker. “The interior has undergone a true revolution,” says Laurens van den Acker, Senior Vice President, Corporate Design. “With a considerable improvement in perceived quality, greater sophistication and technology. It is the best Clio ever.” 

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]]> 10000512 Mini Interior Design Boss Christian Bauer on the Future https://www.formtrends.com/mini-interior-design-boss-christian-bauer-future/ https://www.formtrends.com/mini-interior-design-boss-christian-bauer-future/#respond Tue, 20 Feb 2018 08:31:28 +0000 https://www.formtrends.com/?p=31234 Last year saw a series of changes to the design team at Mini. Following Anders Warming’s resignation to take on a new role as VP of design at Borgward, the brand was without a design director until Oliver Heilmer was appointed to head the BMW Group brand. Shortly thereafter, longtime Mini interior design director Oliver Siegert left to become global director for advanced and automotive design at BMW Group DesignworksUSA, opening the role to Christian Bauer. Bauer was appointed to […]

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]]> https://www.formtrends.com/mini-interior-design-boss-christian-bauer-future/feed/ 0 31234 Yanfeng Interiors Showcases Innovations in XiM18 Concept https://www.formtrends.com/yanfeng-xim18-concept/ https://www.formtrends.com/yanfeng-xim18-concept/#respond Wed, 09 Aug 2017 10:23:33 +0000 https://www.formtrends.com/?p=28948 Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI), the company that brought the XiM17 Experience in Motion autonomous interior concept to the 2017 Detroit auto show, will reveal a new concept in Frankfurt. Following the same nomenclature as the previous interior concept, the XiM18 features more than 30 product and process solutions for the next generation of electric and autonomous driving cars. Increasing connectivity and new forms of car ownership and mobility such as electric cars, autonomous driving and car sharing are rapidly changing […]

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]]> https://www.formtrends.com/yanfeng-xim18-concept/feed/ 0 28948 Art Center Graduate Gary Chu’s Infiniti, FCA and Lincoln Interior Concepts https://www.formtrends.com/art-center-gary-chu-interior-concepts/ https://www.formtrends.com/art-center-gary-chu-interior-concepts/#respond Thu, 27 Apr 2017 11:46:01 +0000 https://www.formtrends.com/?p=27517 Art Center graduate Gary Chu presented his Infiniti Overture interior thesis, his future vision for a Lincoln interior and FCA internship projects for the Jeep and Chrysler brands. We caught up with him at Art Center’s 2016 Transportation Design summer show to find out a bit more about all of them. SUBSCRIBE TO FORM TRENDS ON YOUTUBE

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]]> https://www.formtrends.com/art-center-gary-chu-interior-concepts/feed/ 0 27517 Art Center Graduate Tarek Ashour’s Automotive Interior Concepts https://www.formtrends.com/interior-concept-art-center-tarek-ashour/ https://www.formtrends.com/interior-concept-art-center-tarek-ashour/#respond Wed, 26 Apr 2017 11:47:14 +0000 https://www.formtrends.com/?p=27503 Art Center graduate Tarek Ashour presented three interior design projects at the 2016 Art Center Summer degree show. One of these was his Mazda MX-5 final thesis concept, which looked at the future of the Japanese company’s current sports car, the other was a proposal for a future Audi A7 sized interior design and a third examined the potential for Citroen to explored the Cactus through a unique, standalone range of vehicles that cater to a younger demographic. Watch the […]

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]]> https://www.formtrends.com/interior-concept-art-center-tarek-ashour/feed/ 0 27503 Meet the Designers: An In-Depth Look at the Design of the Aston Martin DB11 https://www.formtrends.com/in-depth-look-aston-martin-db11-design/ https://www.formtrends.com/in-depth-look-aston-martin-db11-design/#respond Mon, 13 Mar 2017 15:43:29 +0000 https://www.formtrends.com/?p=26881 I’ve previously shared my opinion on the design of the Aston Martin DB11, which, as the replacement for the gorgeous (if a bit long in the tooth) DB9 was always going to have its work cut out for it. Aston Martin’s designers, however, have successfully managed to create a vehicle that caters to ever-growing trends in personalization while simultaneously bringing historic design cues forward into the modern era. The result is a massive step change in design for the low-volume […]

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]]> https://www.formtrends.com/in-depth-look-aston-martin-db11-design/feed/ 0 26881 Yangfeng Automotive Interiors XiM17 Autonomous Concept https://www.formtrends.com/yangfeng-automotive-interiors-xim17/ https://www.formtrends.com/yangfeng-automotive-interiors-xim17/#respond Thu, 19 Jan 2017 09:33:41 +0000 https://www.formtrends.com/?p=26453 The automotive industry’s focus on autonomous vehicles is getting more prevalent with each passing day. Fresh off the 2017 CES event, the Detroit auto show was a welcome distraction to the technology saturation of Las Vegas, but Yanfeng Automotive Interiors’ XiM17 concept was still one of the highlights of the show. While autonomous vehicles weren’t taking center stage in Detroit (which proved more of a showcase for traditional truck and sedan typologies), nestled in a corner away from the main […]

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