Wallpaper’s Jonathan Bell reveals his top 10 transport stories of the year, from Virgil Abloh’s Project Maybach toNot only did car sales take a dive during the pandemic, but the traditional motor show faded almost to oblivion over the course of 2021. Neither of these things slowed down the inexorable switch to electric vehicles, something that has been many years in the making and will continue to blossom throughout the decade.
, the one-off G-Class created in a previous Abloh/Mercedes collaboration, Project Maybach, as it is tagged, plays with the trappings of luxury and luxury travel in the tricky space where they meet the quieter language of function and utility.David Vultaggio’s winning Polestar H_UB concept Concept designs are a good way of exploring a company’s mindset. For the second annual Polestar Design Contest 2021, the EV company continued to push the idea of ‘progress’, inviting professionals and design students to ‘showcase innovative thinking that encourages positive change in society, including responses to the ongoing climate crisis’. 03.