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I.D. Magazine July-Aug. 2003
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Honorable Mention - Page 78 "It has an expressive form for something that could be mundane," ..."The use of color in this domain is an amazing achievement." [Read More] |
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I.D. Magazine July-Aug. 1999
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Page 215 "...Chan saw something admirable in its curves. 'They had the courage to challenge the geometric mass. The concept is right; there's a friendliness and openness to it.'" [Read More] |
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I.D. Magazine July-Aug. 1996
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Page 187 "...Its chief designer, Alex Padwa... set out to create a form that was "unmistakable" from every angle, and distinct from its "boxlike" highway counterparts... the resulting aerodynamic form has high road stability and passenger comfort yet low fuel consumption. 'It's not a static design, it has a speed to it that is appropriate for a bus. it's a very advanced design'...." [Read More] |
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I.D. Magazine Nov. 1995
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Page 83 - "...Created for Israeli and European tourist and private markets, the Meteor is a luxury coach that marks a significant break from the standard box like appearance of most buses..." [Read More] |
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Axis Vol. 57 Oct. 1995
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Page 13 - "The Meteor was designed by Alex Padwa. He graduated from the Royal College of Art, London. The larges bus-body manufacturer in Israel Merckavim Ltd. Approached him in 1993 to design a completely new coach, directed specifically for the luxury tourist and private markets in Israel and Europe. The busses are to be built on chassis manufactured by Volvo, Mercedes and M.A.N." [Read More] |
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Abitare No. 344 Oct. 1995
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Page 100 - "Traveling in 'Meteor'. The Extremely compact, rounded design of 'Meteor', the new 55-seater luxury bus recently launched on the Israeli and European markets is the work of an Israeli designer (Alex Padwa) and body maker (Merkavim), while the chassis is Swedish (Volvo)..." [Read More] |
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Newsweek Oct. 2 1995
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Page 23 "...After several years of doing business together, Gaon talked up the idea of the Swedish company buying a 50% stake in Koor's bus-making company, Merkavim. He must have been convincing. two weeks later, Koor and Volvo signed a preliminary agreement. Making deals with global players is a key part of Gaon's strategy to turn the $3 billion Koor into Israel's first multinational..." [Read More] |
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Auto&Design Aug.-Sep. 1995
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Page 70-71 - "...Meteor is not Padwa's first experience of the bus sector...The project developed for Merkavim was total although completed in only eighteen months departing form the from the initial hand-drawing stage, moving on to the transportation into 3D with a 1:10 model and then execution of the full size model… " [Read More] |
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Approche No.7 Nov. 1992
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Page 18-19, 22-23 - "From the Trocadero Esplenade to Tienanmen Square. An adventure packed 16,000-kilomitre trip. A handful of memories from the first edition of an outsize auto rally." [Read More] |
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Axis Vol. 106
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"...The challenge was to create a clear visual identity for a complex and pioneering product. We tried to establish a subtle balance between a desirable hi-tech object and a sophisticated medical device..." [Read More] |
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Axis Vol. 30 1989
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Page 12-13 "...Padwa has announced a dynamic prototype for a one-man high-performance car which throws doubt on accepted assumptions of automobile design such as symmetry, shiny finish on the external surfaces, and decorations." [Read More] |
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Auto&Design Feb.-Mar. 1989
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Page 82-83 - "...after getting his second diploma from at the Royal College of art in London, he joined the design team of the Citroen Exterior Style Center, in Paris. There, together with Dan Abramson's group he worked on the design and construction of the Activa prototype exhibited at the Paris Motor Show. On the occasion of the Royal College course-end show, Padwa presented a project a one-seater vehicle that was extremely imaginative, both in the design of its shapes and in its conceptual premises..." [Read More] |
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Auto&Design Oct.-Nov. 1988
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Page 40-43 "...On opening the doors you'll discover an environment with four comfortable seats. The Steering wheel is an attention getter with its non-circular but aeronautical cloche-like shape closed at the top. The "chevron" concept exudes from a number of details, from the shape of the dashboard to the arrangement of the push-buttons on the console and the fairing of the rear headrests..." [Read More] |
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Advanced Marker Techniques
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Mcdonald & Co. - London - Page 112-115, 124 - "Alex Padwa, the designer whose project is illustrated on the following four pages, has taken the idea of the motorcycle and sidecar and reworked it. This is a 'dream bike', but it is also a perfectly feasible project. It could be built tomorrow..." [Read More] |
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Motor July 1987
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Pagr 26-27 "...Padwa's concern with what he calls "pure form" is obviously influenced by his training as an industrial designer. His use of fluid and asymmetrical shapes portray the excitement he feels for speed and movement and this shows through in his project, even when stationary..." [Read More] |
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Autocar July 22nd 1987
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Page 40-41 - "Karen felt Alex Padwa's driver-only hi-tech three-wheeler also bucks normality. 'I think all his drawings are very exciting. He's a great thinker. It is refreshing to see his work.' Padwa's three-wheeler follows the Reliant layout with a single front wheel.... He was looking to produce a vehicle which has a 'human' element in it rather than being another tin box." [Read More] |
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Car Dec. 1986
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Page 126-127, 130-131 "It takes skill and luck to lead the market in such areas: if the styling is too radical it can be a severe handicap, at least early on in a model's life: if it is too conservative, the car will be harder to sell later. Recent design trends have favored highly aerodynamic shapes. The car being made to work within those parameters. Hence the complaint that so many cars look alike." [Read More] |
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