Thoughts and musings after an amazing Goodwood Festival of Speed 2022 Goodwood, on a sunny Friday, is possibly the best way to end a week. Aside from seeing Wayne Rainey ride again (that in itself was worth the ticket price) this year’s Goodwood was a marvellous celebration of the past, the present and the future. […]
The Goodwood Member’s Meetings are enjoyable for all the usual reasons associated with this famous venue, getting close to exotic and rare cars, interesting characters both behind the wheel and on the banks at Lavant, and very expensive cars being pushed to their limits. A mix of cars and memories – Goodwood, Touring Cars and […]
New Design magazine editor, Alistair Welch, visited automotive design company drive to write a piece for their consultancy feature in the automotive design edition. The article records his conversation with drive directors Chris Longmore and Mark Pritchard and looks at some recent milestone projects in the company’s 20 year history and thoughts on both the […]
SAIC have an advanced design studio on prime Maryleborne real estate in the middle of London. The open plan arrangement with designers’ zones, review areas, chill out space and groovy chairs provides a creative environment with which to attract design talent to define the future SAIC Group products. When I started Drive and was shown […]
The Design Museum played host to a fascinating evening where Italy’s famous Italian Carrozzerias discussed Italian tradition and creativity in car and industrial design, before a private view of the inspiring Ferrari: Under the Skin Exhibition. The discussion, extremely well chaired by Richard Charlesworth, felt like you were eavesdropping on a friends’ private evening, with the […]