Since we’re fans of concept drawings, sketches and illustrations, we decided to talk about a great magazine for anyone like us: CARR Magazine.

Founded in 2007, CARR Magazine is the world´s first magazine dedicated to car drawing and is at the forefront of car design illustration and paves the way for fresh young talents to prove themselves among the huge designer masses leaving design schools every year. It has also featured work from renowned industry professionals working for some of the most important car manufacturers in the market.

They released their 3rd issue last December and it consisted of 34 pages of fresh car sketches and interviews, each one in A3 format with the possibility of being pinned up as A2 poster individually and also included an A4 sized editorial folder with interviews in German. This mag concept/format is definitely desirable for illustration fans with the intent of decorate their walls with huge prints of great illustrations.

The Staff

Marek Simko
Designer for Porsche Design Studio, Zell/See, Austria

Jan Kirsten Biener
Editor for Nansen & Piccard, Munich

Daniel Pietsch
Art Director for Agentur AWR, Munich

CARR Magazine was put together by the team above listed with the following positions: Marek Simko (Publisher), Jan Kirsten Biener (Editor-in-Chief) and Daniel Pietsch (Art Director). Their experience, knowledge and the know how within the fields of car design, editorial and graphic design made this project a reality.

Recently they have collaborated on new editorial features with Roderick Aichinger, a skilled photographer for magazines such as Monocle or Neon, with the goal of entering into new territories.

On the Web

You can visit their website at www.carrmagazine.com to check out latest news and even buy their latest issue.

Another enhancement of the CARR Magazine is the sketchsite www.simkom.com/sketchsite. It is some kind of hall of fame or illustration wall with some of the most interesting illustrations of production and concept vehicles. So make sure to check it out!

Where to get it?

CARR Magazine Website (obviously)
Sodabooks in Munich
do you read me? in Berlin
Papercut in Stockholm

The content

Here are some examples of what you’ll find in the latest issue of CARR Magazine:

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