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Drew Smith: design strategist, journalist and host of CreativeMornings/London

Mar 3, 2010 1

Drinking the Kool-aid Pt. 1: Seat loves Audi

Something odd happened at the Geneva Motorshow today: Seat’s little IBe inherited some LED-powered glitz and glamour from big-sister brand Audi.

The question is, if these headlamps were behind you, could you tell which one was your granny in the Seat and which one was your Daddy in the Audi?

No, thought not.

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Jan 13, 2010 11

Quick Thoughts: A small car in a big car’s pants: the new Ford Focus

Ford’s new Focus has been unleashed a full year ahead of it’s European on-sale date and it’s already generating substantial comment in the sphere of the blogs. Ed Stubbs and Dustin Shedlarski have both written interesting critiques of a design that I, personally, find a little schizophrenic. But let’s face it: when you’re trying to design one C-Segment product for two markets – one that’s been downsized for decades and another that’s only just coming to terms with the concept – things are bound to get a little hectic. Read the rest of this entry »

About DownSideUp Design

I'm Drew Smith and I'm a design strategist and journalist. By day I'm an Executive Partner at Truth (no joke). By night I sleep (mostly). And once a month, I host an event called CreativeMornings/London.

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