We tour this year’s Paris Motor Show with Chris Cermak and Chloé Nakao-Pélata. Renault Clio and Alfa Romeo’s chief designers detail the road ahead for mobility. Plus: Why EV design might finally be turning a corner.

We tour this year&rsquo;s Paris Motor Show with Chris Cermak and Chlo&eacute; Nakao-P&eacute;lata. Renault Clio and Alfa Romeo&rsquo;s chief designers detail the road ahead for mobility. Plus: Why EV design might finally be turning a corner.

Everything you need to know about the world of design, from furniture to fashion and craft to architecture. Expect fresh stories, new finds and designers and all the latest news from the world’s most exciting studios.

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The future of car design at the Paris Motor Show

What impact can a sense of place have on what we make – and how we live? Join us for a discussion examining how a sense of place can combine with cultural DNA to create everything from distinct neighbourhoods to rugged four-wheel drives.

What impact can a sense of place have on what we make &ndash; and how we live? Join us for a discussion examining how a sense of place can combine with cultural DNA to create everything from distinct neighbourhoods to rugged four-wheel drives.

Sense of place

Live from Frieze London: We’re joined by JLR’s Nick Rolls and Collect’s fair director, TF Chan, to ask where art ends and design begins – and whether that line still matters. We discuss working between the two disciplines, collecting and making, as well as the rising market for functional objects.

Live from Frieze London: We&rsquo;re joined by JLR&rsquo;s Nick Rolls and Collect&rsquo;s fair director, TF Chan, to ask where art ends and design begins &ndash; and whether that line still matters. We discuss working between the two disciplines, collecting and making, as well as the rising market for functional objects.

Art and design

Grace Charlton speaks with the founders of Studio Boum about design and fashion. Then: Lorenza Luti of pioneering Italian furniture brand Kartell explains why physical retail still reigns supreme. 

Grace Charlton speaks with the founders of Studio Boum about design and fashion. Then: Lorenza Luti of pioneering Italian furniture brand Kartell explains why physical retail still reigns supreme.&nbsp;

The future of car design at the Paris Motor Show

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