Gorden Wagener, Chief Design Officer for Daimler AG, likes to say that he’s living in the future. “There’s a different time zone within our design department,” he explains. “You have to fast-forward ...

Anthony Lo, Ford’s new Chief Design Officer, explains where cars are going next: an upgradeable, aerodynamic living room on wheels. Electric. Self-driving. Rugged. Efficient. The car industry is amid ...

Imagine you've just been hired as a design engineer at a major automotive manufacturer. Your boss introduces himself and says "Hey, are you ready to design the most innovative, mind-blowing, original ...

The most intriguing developments in contemporary car design are happening in secure studios tucked away from the competition. In these guarded locations, designers are charged with anticipating what ...

Isack Hadjar races at the 2025 United States Grand Prix in Austin. Illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; David Buono / Icon Sportswire / Getty Images Between the Racing Lines | Formula One is ...

Car designers are a type. They stand out from the engineers, accountants and lawyers that populate the car business. By all accounts, Ed Welburn, General Motors' first global head of design, is quiet, ...

When Cesar Muntada joined Audi as a designer in 2007, the carmaker was on the verge of transforming the automotive industry. Audi’s next big production model, the 2008 R8, was getting its finishing ...

When Ed Welburn was about eight years old he old he saw a concept car – in those days they were called “dream cars” — at the Philadelphia Auto Show. It was called the Cadillac Cyclone. “I told my ...

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 ...

Women have become increasingly influential when it comes to the automotive world, in everything from car design to advertising campaigns to what happens when you show up at the dealership. So what do ...