What happens when you hand an electric Mini to fashion designer Paul Smith and ask him to shine a spotlight on sustainability issues in automotive manufacturing? The answer is what you see in this ...

When European car brand MINI asked fashion designer Paul Smith to collaborate on a one-off version of the Cooper SE to celebrate the release of the new electric model, they received an unexpectedly ...

A one-off Mini Concept that made its debut on Thursday explores an idea that cars, especially small urban electric cars like the Cooper SE, could be a lot simpler and thus more sustainable. Called the ...

The Mini Strip is a one-of-a-kind Mini EV in collaboration with British fashion designer Paul Smith. It might not look loud and flashy, and that's the point — it's a stripped-down car. Transparent ...

The Mini Strip is a custom-made one-off Cooper SE created by fashion designer Paul Smith with a focus on sustainable design. First announced in November 2020, the unique car debuted last week in ...

Teased since last fall, the custom MINI STRIP is finally here, a fresh, minimalist take on the iconic car. The one-off, custom-made vehicle is a classic with a twist. MINI turned to designer Paul ...

BMW's reinvented Mini was always larger and more luxurious than the classic original, but the Mini Strip co-created by designer Paul Smith pares the car back to the bare necessities. In the process, ...

With a focus on the future of sustainability in automotive design, the MINI Strip is a one-off car that resulted from a collaboration between two British brands. MINI and Paul Smith custom-made the ...

One-off cars developed as collaborations between fashion designers and automakers are usually eye-roll affairs that present little beyond loud, questionable graphics, custom embroidery and maybe some ...

Sometimes when a brand goes out and creates a concept vehicle, there's only the loosest connection between the designer's inspiration and the end result, and the brand needs a few hundred words worth ...

MINI teamed up with renowned fashion designer Paul Smith to create the MINI STRIP concept car, focusing on sustainable design but not at the expense of style. The one-off MINI STRIP is based on a ...

Paul Smith reimagines the iconic MINI Cooper SE in line with the collaboration’s theme of “Simplicity, Transparency, Sustainability” — creating a sustainable approach to automotive design. For the one ...