Auto & Design is a highly professional magazine and can be found all over the world in the design centres of car manufacturers, in the offices of independent designers, in the design centres of components companies and electronic and special materials manufacturers, in University libraries and in the libraries of specialised schools. Its contents mainly cover project analyses from drawing board to final product, illustrated with research drawings and style models. Specific sections are dedicated to industrial and product design, new materials and innovative technologies as applied to the automotive world and to a variety of design sectors.
AUTO & DESIGN
AUDI CENTENARY DESIGN AS PROTAGONIST
American doubts and certainties/Dubbi e certezze degli americani
A RETURN TO PRESTIGE/Ritorno al prestigio
The tribute of Giugiaro and Mantovani’s son Marco/Nel ricordo di Giugiaro e del figlio Marco
ANDREA PININFARINA AWARD • Promoted by Milan Polytechnic
TOYOTA DESIGN • New Global Manager
RENDEZ-VOUS IN MANTUA • Autostyle and Auto & Design’s thirtieth
Renewal in continuity/Rinnovamento nella continuità
THE SECRETS OF SEDUCTION/I segreti della seduzione
ASTRA, THE INVERTED BLADE/Astra, una lama rovesciata
THE ASTRA’S DESIGN PEOPLE
LAKESIDE INSPIRATION/Ispirazione lacustre
THE HYDROGEN-POWERED TRACTOR/Nasce il trattore a idrogeno
EVOCATIVE NATURE/Indole evocativa
AN INTRIGUING HI-TECH MIX/Un intrigrante mix hi-tech
INTUITION IN LAMBORGHINI GENES/Intuizioni nel DNA Lamborghini
ASTON MARTIN SCENARIOS/Scenari Aston Martin
STREET “CREATURES”/“Creature” da strada
ECOLOGICAL MICROFIBRE/Microfibra ecologica
FROM BALL BEARINGS TO DRIVE BY WIRE/Dai cuscinetti al drive by wire
PLASTIC ECO-COMPATIBILITY/Ecocompatibilità plastica
Calendar
Books
LED, THE NEW FRONTIER / LED, NUOVA FRONTIERA
EUROLUCE 2009 ILLUMINATING PROSPECTS / ILLUMINANTI PROSPETTIVE
NEW GLOBAL JAPANESE DESIGN / NEW JAPAN DESIGN DIFFUSO
MARTIN WINTERKORN • Precision, style and refinement
RUPERT STADLER AND MICHAEL DICK • “An investment for the future”
WALTER DE’ SILVA / Walter de’ Silva l’uomo della svolta • The man of the turnaround
WOLFGANG EGGER AND STEFAN SIELAFF / Nel segno della continuità • Under the banner of continuity
DESIGN CRITERIA • Architecture, form, detail
E-TRON, ELECTRIC LANGUAGE / Coupé E-tron linguaggio elettrico • The Frankfurt sports coupé
THE ROOTS OF AUDI’S IMAGE / Le radici dell’immagine Audi
INGOLSTADT AND MUNICH / Dove nascono idee e modelli • Where ideas and models are born
Concepts & Cars
NUVOLARI
A6
A5&A5 SPORTBACK
PIKES PEAK&Q7
LE MANS
R8
RSQ
A3
ROADJET
SHOOTING BRAKE
TT
A4&A4 AVANT
A4 ALLROAD
Q5
R8 SPYDER AND THE OTHERS / Il cielo sopra le Audi • The sky above the Audis
FUTURE A1s
CROSS COUPE Q3 HYPOTHESIS
SPORT BACK CONCEPT A7 COMING SOON
YOUNG PROPULSIVE FORCE / La connessione con le scuole • The connection with schools
INNOVATION AND EMOTION / Dal pianoforte al Tachoscope • From piano to Tachoscope
ALL AUDI DESIGN’S MEN