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Quick Tour of Calty Design Research

The folks at Lexus UK had an opportunity to tour the Calty Design Research Studio in California, and shared some insights and photos from their experience.

Kevin · December 16th, 2012

Five Minutes with Lexus LF-LC Chief Designer

Road & Track sat down with Lexus LF-LC chief designer Ian Cartabiano and followed along while he creates (and destroys!) a hybrid targa sportscar in five minutes.

Kevin · July 25th, 2012

Calty Designers Share Favorite Lexus LF-LC Design Elements

Building on an earlier video featuring the Calty designers talking about the Lexus LF-LC, here’s another video interview with the team.

Kevin · January 26th, 2012

Designing the Lexus LF-LC: Behind-the-Scenes with Calty Design

Here’s a video that covers some of the design inspiration and detailed work that Calty Design put into creating the Lexus LF-LC concept.

Kevin · January 11th, 2012

Calty Designers Talk about Lexus LF-Ch

Hard to believe I never featured this before, but here’s an fascinating six-minute presentation by two people responsible for designing the Lexus LF-Ch concept: Tom Matsumoto, the design team leader, and Edward Lee, the creative designer: This presentation took place during a Pecha Kucha Night, a unique one-evening conference that only allows presenters 20 slides …

The Lexus LF-Ch Design Story

Also out today is a video from Toyota’s Calty Design Research on the design of the Lexus LF-Ch: Nice to see the people behind the designs, even if the video plays like an automotive design school advertisement. (A funny thought: even though the LF-Ch has taken a back seat to the LFA in recent days, …