Guy Bird
Guy Bird is a London-based freelance writer, editor and consultant specialising in cars and design. He has written for Car Design News for more than a decade and also for a wide variety of global magazines, websites and books, including CAR, Wallpaper* and the Car Design Review yearbook. He regularly interviews senior car designers at the world’s major auto shows from Paris to Tokyo and has road-tested the vast majority of vehicles available in the UK (and beyond) since the mid-90s. Beyond cars and car design he also enjoys writing about product design, art, aircraft and music and sits on several judging panels, most notably the UK Car of the Year awards.
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ArticleVidal on the Renault 5 reborn electric
As the all-electric Renault 5 E-Tech breaks cover at the 2024 Geneva Show today, we can share details from our private visit to Renault’s Technocentre design studio in early February, with head of design Gilles Vidal in charge of the show-and-tell
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Interior Motives: Lancia Pu+Ra HPE
Interior Motives magazine takes a deep dive into the interior of the Pu+Ra HPE
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Dacia design boss on new Duster: “Don’t touch too much”
Exclusive: Dacia design director David Durand chats about the brand-new Dacia, with unseen and exclusive images taken for Car Design News
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Car Design Review X yearbook launches
Car Design News is delighted to announce the tenth-anniversary edition of the Car Design Review yearbook
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Exclusive: Lexus design boss shuns over-styling for ‘the basics’
In this exclusive interview, Toyota and Lexus head of design Simon Humphries tells Car Design News about an active decision to go “back to basics” with the design process
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The Tokyo Motor Show is dead, long live the Japan Mobility Show
Car Design News reviews the rebranded Tokyo Motor Show, which this year made a strong case for the conventional auto show format with numerous concepts on display
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In memoriam: Peter Horbury (1950-2023)
One of the world’s best car designers, Peter Horbury, passed away last week in China, aged 73
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Feature: Car Design and Fashion
Fashion has always had an influence on car design and collaborations between the two are nothing new. But when individuals within those industries work together, with equal input and interest, the results can be spectacular. Interior Motives investigates a few recent high-profile examples…
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Ousted from Volvo, Page bounces back to Bentley
Ex-Volvo design director Robin Page takes Bentley’s top design job
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Exclusive interview: Karim Habib, EVP and head of Kia design
Kia is on an undoubted roll at present and head of design Karim Habib has been instrumental in its latest phase
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Bentley’s new design boss jumps ship to McLaren (inside three months)
After only three months as Bentley’s design director Tobias Sühlmann has joined McLaren as chief design officer
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First Sight: Kia EV9 heralds Habib’s new design strategy
Car Design News visited Kia in Seoul earlier in February to preview the new EV9 full-size SUV ahead of its official launch
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Designer interview: Iris van Herpen on Rolls-Royce collaboration
Car Design News speaks with fashion designer Iris van Herpen about the collaboration with Rolls-Royce on a new special edition Phantom
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Exclusive interview: Alex Shen – Lexus Calty chief designer
Car Design News collared Alex Shen, chief designer at Toyota’s Californian design studio, to talk Lexus, mousepads, new battery tech and the end of MPVs
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Jozef Kabaň shuffles to VW mobility role as Mindt fills brand hole
A shakeup at Volkswagen Group will see Bentley’s former design boss Andreas Mindt replace Jozef Kabaň who will move to a VW mobility role
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Zyciora out, Mauer in (again)
Michael Mauer will replace Klaus Zyciora as Volkswagen Group design boss from 1st January 2023
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World exclusive: Alfonso Albaisa, Nissan global design boss
Nissan design boss Alfonso Albaisa speaks to Car Design News during a tour of the carmaker’s European design studio
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JP Gregory leaves Aston for Lotus
John Paul “JP” Gregory (pictured above right) has joined Lotus Tech Creative Centre (LTCC) in Coventry as head of exterior design, leaving a similar role at Aston Martin in mid-June, after only a few months
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First Sight: SangYup Lee dreams big with Hyundai N Vision 74
It is fair to say SangYup Lee is pretty excited about his latest concept. Car Design News spoke to Hyundai’s design boss about the N Vision 74 and why he dreams big
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First Sight: Hyundai’s Donckerwolke reveals flying taxi
Car Design News caught up with Hyundai’s chief creative officer at the reveal of Supernal’s aerial taxi
