• We were extremely saddened to hear of the passing of revered English musician David Bowie, who passed away aged 69 on January 10 following an 18-month battle with cancer. Bowie could include being a singer, song-writer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, painter and actor amongst his many talents, and even made an impact on the Mini scene, designing a mirror-finish ‘art car’ ahead of the Mini 40 celebrations in 1999. When asked what inspired the design, he was reported to have said: “I wanted to make something that could not be distinguished from its surroundings.”
The other two participants were fashion industry superstars Kate Moss and Paul Smith, with a fourth design, the ‘Mini Time Machine’, as displayed at the 2015 IMM in Lithuania, the work of Mark Ward from Hounslow.…