what makes a MINI: MINI design icons

In the earlier question-and-answer article Anders Warming on Design and MINI, Warming talked about the essential elements of MINI design.  BMW and MINI have explicitly stated what the iconic MINI design elements are in a press release today:

MINI design icons.

Over the years, the styling of MINI cars has produced a host of design [...]

Anders Warming on design and MINI

Anders Warming, Head of MINI Design, answered questions on design, his inspirations, and the iconic MINI elements.  The full Q and A follows.

From BMW Group PressClub USA:

Design in general.

Q: What importance does our society attach to design today? How do you see the development of design as an economic factor?

A: As [...]

collectible of the day: MINI The Book.

In December 2006, BMW (and MINI Brand Management) published this first official book about the MINI.  Filling the hardcover book’s 190 pages are numerous photos and illustrations of good design; people who inspired, and were inspired by, the Mini and MINI; and stories of the people who created the Mini legend and then the [...]

book: MINI Design

Wickenheiser, Othmar and Gert Hildebrand

MINI Design: Past Present Future

Stuttgart: Motorbuch, 2009

400 p.

ISBN-10: 361303123X

ISBN-13: 978-3613031234

What will certainly be considered the definitive MINI book to date, MINI Design: Past Present Future by Othmar Wickenheiser and Gert Hildebrand traces the design of the MINI back to its early days.  The large [...]