BMW

Architect Dayong Sun designs Mini Living’s fourth urban cabin in Beijing

Continuing its exploration into residential architecture and urban living, BMW’s Mini Living concept has just launched its fourth edition; an urban cabin in Beijing, designed by local architect Dayong Sun in cooperation with the Mini Living Design Team. The...

Lifestyle / 6 Sep 2018

BMW i8 Roadster is a genuinely innovative take on electric transport

BMW’s original i8 study car was an exciting proposition. Teased first as Concept Vision EfficientDynamics in 2009, then three years later as the i8 Concept Spyder, this performance hybrid-electric was fresh, exploratory, a touch avant-garde. It previewed fresh possibilities in...

Lifestyle / 6 Jun 2018

La dolce vita: the best cars in show at Villa d’Este Concorso d’Eleganza 2018

The sun blessed all three days of Villa d’Este Concorso d’Eleganza this year – despite the threat of looming nearby thunderstorms – helping to make the 2018 edition of the elite classic car and bike show held on the shores...

Lifestyle / 19 Mar 2018

Germany is leading the charge to create the world’s most innovative supercar

From hybrid supercars to hi-tech campervans, Germany is pushing auto innovation into top gear. Think AI dashboards, pure electric ideals and cult concept hits. Here’s all you need to know about the very best in German motor manufacturing and design...

Lifestyle / 13 Mar 2018

The best new cars launched at Geneva Motor Show 2018

Geneva used to be a place for imagining wondrous and not-so-real motor cars. The annual motor show was a stage for fictional products and fantastical scenarios. Nowadays realism appears to have taken hold. Most show cars are previewed under embargo...

Lifestyle / 11 Oct 2017

The top 10 concept cars unveiled at Frankfurt Motor Show 2017

The Frankfurt Motor Show is traditionally a time for the big three German car marques to flex their muscles – their respective oversized pavilions bursting with shinny products. It can be a bit of a spectacle, overshadowing others, certainly smaller...

Art / 13 Jun 2017

Back to the future: Cao Fei brings the BMW Art Car into the digital age

A time-travelling monk leaves a dramatic mountainous setting in what appears to be ancient China. He sets off by foot, walking through time toward a nameless megacity. With a composed expression and dressed in traditional costume, we see him pass...

Lifestyle / 25 Apr 2017

Bahn storming: Germany’s industrial landscapes are still shaped by the automobile

The country’s big players are racing to stay ahead of the pack

Lifestyle / 6 Jan 2017

BMW cultural manager Thomas Girst on Baldessari’s Art Car and challenging perceptions

This year two very different BMW Art Cars will be presented side-by-side. The second of the two, Art Car #19 by Los Angeles conceptual artist John Baldessari was previewed at the end of last year at Art Basel Miami Beach...

Art / 8 Dec 2016

Top speed: John Baldessari creates his fastest ever artwork for BMW

During this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach, BMW unveiled the latest instalment of its Art Car collection, this time created in collaboration with American artist John Baldessari. It’s the 19th in a series of vehicles (or ‘rolling sculptures’) created by visual...

Lifestyle / 28 Oct 2016

Clean concepts and notable no-shows abound at the 2016 Paris Motor Show

‘Ready for change’ read a sign on the Mercedes-Benz pavilion. It signifies the marque’s new electric mobility sub-brand, yet unknowingly it also highlights another fundamental shift. From the hundreds of cars on exhibit at Mondial de l’Automobile, many will never...

Lifestyle / 11 Jul 2016

Toiletpaper builds car for BMW

BMW’s Art Car series encompasses a forty-year history of collaborations with blue chip artists, who have designed and decorated versions of the Bavarian brand’s iconic vehicles, from Alexander Calder’s vibrant color collage ‘Batmobile’ BMW CSL in 1975, to Jeff Koons’ polychromatic...