カースタイリングは4月19日発売の196号をもって休刊いたします。いままでのご愛読、本当にありがとうございました。
これまでのような雑誌の出版はひとまず休止することとなりましたが、今後も私たちの活動は続きます。当ホームページでもさまざまな展開や告知を行なってゆく予定ですので、ぜひご注目ください。
いままでありがとうございました。そして、これからもよろしくお願いいたします。
・代表・藤本彰のメッセージ
・編集長・松永大演のメッセージ
・今後の展開予定について
・Message From Akira Fujimoto, CAR STYLING Representative
・Message From Hironobu Matsunaga, CAR STYLING Editor in Chief
・Our Plans for the Future
CAR STYLINGはこの196号で休刊します.1972年夏のプロトタイプ号(モーターファン臨時増刊)以来37年半,本当に長い間のご愛読ありがとうございました.別冊を含めて合計216冊のCAR STYLINGが発刊されました.まずはレギュラー号全冊取り揃えてくださっている方々に感謝とお詫びのご挨拶をさせてください.そして度重なる値上げにも関わらず買い支えてくださった世界の多くの読者の皆様にも.――胸が詰まって今の気持ちを表わす言葉がございません.
ヨーロッパとアメリカの素晴らしいカーデザインに学びながら,日本車のデザインを世界に通用するものにしたいという目標を掲げて出発した小誌でしたが,デザインという奥深い創造の仕事に魅せられ,これに携わる人々の人間性にも感銘を受けながら,編集者自身が学ばせられる貴重な30年余でした.自動車や乗り物の分野を超えて,カメラや時計などのプロダクト・デザインを紹介することの楽しさも知りました.
創刊2年目の石油危機と紙ショックで,いくつかの専門誌が消え去り,小誌も廃刊の危機に晒されたことがありました.立ち直れたのは日本の自動車産業が低燃費と排ガス浄化と安全の技術を世界のトップレヴェルに向上させ,輸出を伸ばし,自動車の世界に再び夢を取り戻せたからです.
1980年代は日本車の黄金期でした.企業は争って人材を求め,デザイナー育成のための専門学校が小誌の読者を増やしてくれました.1987年の60号で季刊から隔月刊になり,世界中に読者が増えました.しかしバブル経済の崩壊は再び企業の体力を奪い,学校経営まで危うくしました.読者の漸減は世界的な傾向になりました.これはインターネットの普及と同調しています.情報の高速度化と動画の閲覧は印刷媒体の決定的な弱点となりました.
今にして思えばCAR STYLINGを再構築するのはこの時期だったかもしれません.世界のいくつかの愛すべき車たちが同じ運命をたどったように,モデルチェインジの時期を失したのです.編集長が交代し,誌面が新しくなっても,基本的な編集コンセプトまで大手術できなかったことを猛反省しています.
熱烈に愛読されながらも消えていった世界の多くのマガジンと同じ運命をたどることになろうとは,夢にも思っていませんでしたが,現実は厳しく,求心力の衰退したメディアは存続の意義を問われます.版元のせいではありません.三栄書房は10年余の本誌の販売部数の低迷を温かく見守ってくれたのですが,1年ほど前からの不況で出版部門全体の収益性が悪化したのです.
皆様がお気づきのように,世界が変革し,自動車産業そのものが変質しようとしています.プリント主体のメディアが旧態のままでよいはずはありません.情報産業の世界も大きく変貌し,新しいコンテンツが求められていることを私たちは痛感しています.
CAR STYLINGはここで第1章を終えますが,次なる飛躍を期して再び皆様と親しく意見交換できる場を構築したいと願っています.
最後になりましたが,これまでCAR STYLINGの刊行を支援してくださった,執筆陣の方々,世界のデザイナーやモデラーの皆様,スポンサー各社にたいし心から御礼申上げます.個人的にもお付き合いくださった世界の著名なデザイナーやクリエイターの皆様に深く深く感謝しています.
しかしまだ私たちは希望を失なったわけではありません.ビートルやMINIやチンクェチェントがみごとに甦ったように,新しい感覚のメディアとして再生する可能性はあるのです.そのときにはこれまでにも増してお力添えをお願いいたします.
株式会社カースタイリング出版・代表 藤本彰
CAR STYLING will be suspending publication with its 196th issue. It has been 37 and a half years since the prototype issue in the summer of 1972 (an extra edition of Motor Fan magazine), and I am truly grateful to our readers for their many years of loyalty. Including extra editions, a total of 216 volumes of CAR STYLING were published. I must first express my thanks and apologies to those of you who have collected all our regular issues, as well as the many readers around the world who have stayed with us despite the repeated increases in price. There are no words to express just what I am feeling now.
CAR STYLING was started up with the aim of learning from outstanding European and American car designs and contributing to enriching the designs of Japanese cars so that they would be acknowledged throughout the world. Designing is a profound and creative activity, and we have been deeply impressed by the human qualities of those involved in design as well as their work itself, making these thirty-some years a valuable learning experience for the editors as well. We also discovered the pleasure of introducing not only automobiles and other vehicles but also the designs of such products as cameras and watches.
With the oil crisis and paper shortage that struck two years after the first issue, many specialized magazines disappeared and CAR STYLING was threatened with extinction as well. We were able to recover thanks to fact that the Japanese auto industry boosted its fuel economy, emissions and safety technologies to top international levels and expanded imports, bringing back hopes to the automobile world.
The 1980s were the golden years for Japanese cars. Companies competed to hire the best human resources and specialized schools for training designers helped increase the number of CAR STYLING readers. With issue 60 in 1987, CAR STYLING switched from being a quarterly to a bimonthly publication, and our worldwide readership grew. With the burst of the economic bubble, however, companies were once again weakened and schools also faced financial difficulties. There was a global trend towards dwindling magazine readership. This was further spurred by the spread of the Internet. The faster speeds of information dissemination and the availability of video images became a decisive weak point of printed media.
In hindsight, it was probably at this time that CAR STYLING could have been restructured. Imitating the fate of a number of much-loved cars around the world, CAR STYLING missed its timing for a model change. While a new editor in chief was named and the pages of the magazine were renovated, we now keenly regret that we were not able to give our basic editing concept a major surgery.
We did not even dream that we would face the same fate of the many magazines in the world that have gone out of publication despite avid readership. But reality is cruel, and a medium whose centripetal force has weakened must ask itself whether or not it should continue to exist. It is not the fault of the publisher. San-ei Shobo has for over ten years patiently been watching as CAR STYLING's readership dropped, but with the recession that started a year or so ago, the profit performance of the publishing division as a whole has degenerated.
As you have all noticed, the world is changing and the auto industry itself is also transforming. Printed media must also change. The world of the information industry is going through major transformations as well, and we strongly feel the demand for new content.
While this marks the end of the first chapter of CAR STYLING, we are determined to develop in new ways and we hope for the occasion to again exchange opinions with you.
Finally, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the writers, the designers and modelers around the world and the sponsors who have all supported the publication of CAR STYLING. I would also like to give my very deepest thanks to the distinguished designers and creators from all over the world who have also offered me their personal friendship.
But we have not lost hope. Just as the Beetle, MINI and Cinquecento have made brilliant comebacks, there is the possibility that we will also be reborn as a new type of medium. And when that happens we hope you will grant us even more cooperation than before.
Akira Fujimoto
CAR STYLING Publishing Company representative
私が編集長となって,1年という短い期間で休刊とせざるを得なくなりました.休刊をここで宣言しなければならないことを,深くお詫びいたします.これまで,ご尽力をいただきました各分野の皆様におかれましても,期待にそぐわぬ結果となってしまいましたことをお詫びいたします.
自分なりに夢を描いて,藤本より編集長の任を引き継いだのですが,販売部数と広告の減少は抑えられませんでした.また雑誌の本質は,興味深い内容,そしてページ・デザインも含めた適切な表現方法にあると考え,期待される雑誌づくりを心掛けてきましたが,結果を好転させることはできませんでした.
休刊せざるを得ない事実と直面したとき,そこには多くの選択肢が頭をよぎりました.タイトルだけを持って,日本に限らず世界のどこかの出版社による刊行はできないか.あるいは,インターネットのサイトでの継続はどうだろうか? iPadに対応した電子ブックはどうか? CAR STYLINGというタイトルの重みを考えると,その価値と責任を失ってしまうことは,あまりに大きな損失です.できれば何とか延命させる方法はないか? そんなことばかりが,頭の中にうずまいていたのです.
しかし,それでは問題は解決しないことに気がつきました.当たり前のことですが,今求められているものを雑誌として提供できなければ,読者の方々に受け入れてもらえないのだということです.
大きく変わろうとする時代のなかで,車の置かれる立場はこれまでとは違ったものになっていきます.車のありかた自体が,大きく考えなおされる時代となります.その意味では,コンセプトや設計までをも含む,真の意味でのユニークなカーデザインの必要性はこれまで以上に高まるものと思われます.
そんななかで,CAR STYLINGは本当に必要な存在であったのか? という事態を招いた結果が示すのは,必要ではなかったということです.正確には役目は終わった,ということかと思います.
1973年の創刊当初は,極めて斬新な雑誌だったと思います.とりわけ海外からの情報が乏しい時代に,日本だけでなく海外でも同じ目線で読める雑誌を作るというのは,編集者にとっても恐ろしいほどに刺激的だったはずです.日本にいても,世界の最先端を見ることができるのですから.また,このCAR STYLINGの特殊とも思われる版型も,Z折りという製本手法によるもので,最大の特徴はA4ワイドなどとは違い,製作時に裁断して捨てる部分のないエコな版型です.あと1cm横を裁断すれば正方形になったのですが,横に長い車を掲載するには都合がよいとして,敢えてそれをしなかったと聞いています.刊行当時の話を聞くと非常に情熱的な、そして考え抜かれた雑誌としての実像が浮かび上がるものでした.
これからの未来に向けて,カーデザインという視野の中で,私たちが必要とされる役目はどこにあるのか? あるいはどうあるべきか? もしくは,カーデザインというカテゴライズ自体が適切なのか? 私たちが未来に向けて貢献できる手法を,現在再び練り上げているところです.
この後,CAR STYLINGという名前そのものが復活するかどうかは分かりませんが,生まれ変わる際にはCAR STYLINGの創刊当初以上の情熱が注ぎ込まれたものでなければならないと考えています.紙媒体なのか電子媒体なのかなどよりも,今は何をどう伝えるべきなのか,それが確立されなければ魅力あるメディアとはなりません。まずは魅力ある,そして価値あるテーマづくり,その大きな宿題を与えられたと思っています.必要とされれば,道は自ずと開けます.今を嘆くよりも,前に進むことにご期待いただければと思います.
長い間,ご愛顧いただき,ありがとうございました.皆様に感謝です.そして,また会いましょう.
CAR STYLING編集長 松永大演
Just one year after I became Editor in Chief, CAR STYLING is forced to suspend publication. I am truly sorry to have to announce this here. I apologize for not being able to achieve the results expected of me by the many people in different areas who have offered us their valuable efforts.
I had my own dreams when I took over from Mr. Fujimoto as Editor in Chief, but I was not able to stem the drop in circulation and advertising. I believe that the essence of a magazine is to provide interesting content with the appropriate means of expression, including in page design, and I have tried to build a magazine meeting expectations, but I was not able to turn our fortunes around.
When I realized the magazine would be forced to discontinue publication, I imagined a number of options. Could we keep our title and be issued by another publisher somewhere in the world, not necessarily in Japan? Or could we continue on our Internet site? What about an iPad compatible electronic book? Given the weight of the CAR STYLING title, it would be a true shame for it to lose its worth and responsibilities. Wasn't there some way to prolong our life? These were the sort of questions spinning in my mind.
But I realized that these ideas would not solve the problem. It is a matter of common sense that if we as a magazine cannot provide what our readers want, we will not be accepted by our readers.
The times are changing greatly these days, and the position of the automobile is different from before. It is time for a major reevaluation of the very role of the automobile. In this sense, I believe there is a greater need than ever before for truly unique car design encompassing concept and engineering as well.
With this, does CAR STYLING truly need to exist? The very fact that we ask this question points to the answer: that it is not necessary. More accurately speaking, in my opinion, its role is perhaps finished.
I believe that CAR STYLING was an extremely innovative magazine when the first issue was published in 1973. At a time when information from other countries was particularly hard to come by, creating a magazine that could be read on an equal level in Japan and overseas was no doubt an extremely stimulating challenge for the editors. CAR STYLING let readers in Japan see the cutting edge of the entire world. Furthermore, the page size unique to CAR STYLING was achieved through a binding method called "Z folding" whose major feature is that, unlike with A4 Wide and other sizes, no parts are cut and thrown out in the production process, making this size economical and ecological. Cutting the width by just 1 cm would result in a square, but the longer width was more appropriate for printing images of cars considering their proportions, and this is apparently why the publishers decided to stick with this size. Hearing stories about when the magazine was first issued I realize the great passion of the editors and how carefully thought out the magazine was.
With the future in front of us, just what role should we play from the perspective of car design? Is the very category of "car design" really appropriate? We are now working out how we can make our contribution for the future.
I do not know if one day the name CAR STYLING will be revived, but I believe if it is, we must put into it as much or even more of the passion involved when the magazine was originally established. More than the question of whether it should be a paper or electronic medium, we must think of what we want to communicate and how. Without this we cannot expect to be an attractive medium. I believe our first major task is to discover appealing, valuable themes. If these themes are necessary ones, the road will reveal itself on its own. I hope that rather than mourn the present, you will place your expectations in the path we have before us.
Thank you for your patronage over the years, I am grateful to you all. And I hope we will meet again.
Hironobu Matsunaga
CAR STYLING Editor in Chief
株式会社カースタイリング出版代表・藤本 彰
■"Smart Life, Smart Mobility"
100年余り親しまれてきた内燃機関搭載の自動車が,新しい電気動力の乗り物(EV)に取って代わられようとしています.人々の生活も押し寄せる電子社会の波と地球環境保全という大命題によって変革を迫られています.スマートグリッドによるスマートライフ(賢い生活),スマートモビリティ(賢い移動)をめざす賢い人々が徐々に増えつつあるのです.
それらに背を向けて原始的生活こそエコロジーだと信じる人々もいるでしょう.しかし私たちはすべての地球人が明るい未来と便利な暮らしを手に入れられる社会をめざしたい.手始めにEVによるスマートな移動を課題として,EV社会の得失やグリッド全体像,EVに求められるデザイン,EVがもたらす生活の変化などについて考えてみるのはいかがでしょうか?
■オープンソース型の編集
インターネットを活用したオープンソース型の編集会議を開きます.年齢・性別・国籍を問わず,大勢の人々の参加によるフォーラム的な意見交換によって編集テーマを策定,共通の問題点を探り出します.当面はモビリティ主体ですが,子供,高齢者,デザイン教育など,時勢に応じたテーマで意見を集約,特集を組むことも出来ます.それぞれの課題に準じて専門家に参画してもらいます.ここでの言語は和英両文がよいでしょう.
■印刷媒体も併用します
ウェブサイトでの特集やインタヴューとは別に,最も普遍的でユビキタスな手段である雑誌形式も重視します.読者の皆様の記憶の整理に役立ちます.テキストは和英両文.将来は必要に応じて他の言語を取り入れましょう.発行タームは月刊もしくは隔月刊.社会貢献型企業を広く募り,印刷媒体の購読料は無料とすることが望ましいと考えます.
■楽しいメディアで社会に貢献
このような論調で事を進めると,堅苦しくて楽しさ半減という印象をもたれるかもしれません.私たちの本当の狙いは楽しく生きることにあるのです.未来を語り,モビリティを楽しみ,エンターテインメントな提案もどんどん採りいれながら,明るい地球社会をみんなで築くことが最終目標です.
■ご意見ご提案をお待ちしています
このような動きに興味を持たれ,参加してみようと思われる方は私たちのウェブサイトを訪問してください.そして気軽に伝言板に書き込んでください.あなたの意見を世界に伝え,何かが起きるきっかけになるかもしれません.とはいえオンライン・メディアを維持するにはそれなりの費用がかかります.当面は会員の年会費で賄えないかと考えています.このことについてもご意見をお寄せください.
ニューモビリティ・ライフ暫定事務局: c-s@carstyling.co.jpまたは fujimoto@carstyling.co.jp
■次なる飛躍のための出版物について
マルティメディアの"New Mobility Life"構想とは別に,38年間の歴史を持つCAR STYLINGというブランドを消滅させてはいけないと,多くの方々からお叱りと励ましのお言葉をいただきました.学生時代から憧れていた職業に就き,カーデザイナーとしての人生の大部分をCAR STYLINGと共に過ごしたのだといってくださった方もいます.編集者冥利に尽きるお言葉です.
そこでモデルチェインジの可能性を検討しました.現状ではビジネスとして成立させにくいので, どうすれば再生できるのか考えました.世界中でよい本だと認められながら, デザイン・ステュディオや学校の図書室に1冊あればよく,個人で買ってくださる人々はさほど多くはない現状をどう克服するのかが課題です.デザイナーではない一般の人々は自動車に関心が薄くなっているのだから専門雑誌が売れないのは当たり前だと批評する声もあります.
これまでにいただいた貴重なご助言を活かし,これからも皆様の声を積極的に取り入れながら,従来のメディアとは大きく異なるコンテンツで存在価値のあるデザイン誌を創造したいと願っています.自分ならこうするというアイデアがありましたら,どうかお気軽にご意見をお寄せください.
E-mail: c-s@carstyling.co.jpまたは fujimoto@carstyling.co.jp
Fax: 03-5155-1967でお待ちしています.
■当面の課題はEV系のデザイン
将来のカーデザインはどう変るのか? 世界中のカーデザイナーたちが模索している大きな命題です.化石燃料からクリーンエネルギーへ.自動車の動力が変り,自動車のプラットフォームそのものが変革されつつあるとき,そのパッケージと内外装のデザインはどうあるべきか? たとえばEVテクノロジーがもたらすアンダーフロア型プラットフォームにはどのようなボディがふさわしいのか? まだ誰も模範解答を提示していないのです.テクノロジーがまだ確立されていないだけに,これからがデザイナーとエンジニアの腕の見せ所です.
そのための情報誌として貢献することは,私たちが構築しようとしているメディアの大きな使命です.むろんそれはハイブリッドや燃料電池車にもいえることです.車体ばかりでなく内装部部品や補機類のデザインにも革新が必要です.素材の進化は画期的なアイデアを誘発するかもしれません.
■新しいモビリティ・ライフ
人々の生活と自動車あるいはヴィークルの関わり方にも変化が見え始めています.自動車をステイタス・シンボルとして憧れた時代は遠く過ぎ去り,生活の道具として認識され,社会全体の交通システムの一部分としての移動手段という見方も出てきました.カーシェアリングの普及はその一端です.さらに遠い将来は遠隔操作による自動運転やロボット化をめざすようになると断言する識者もいます.
いっぽうで今後しばらくは既存技術の洗練の時代が続くと予測する声もあります.省資源・省エネ・低公害を内燃機関の技術革新で克服し,CO2の排出は地球全体の緑化運動で相殺するという構想です.否定できない考えであり,そのための魅力あるデザインも探りたいものです.そして安全交通のための道路システムやITシステムが確立され,新しいモビリティ・ライフをもたらすことでしょう.
自動車をあるいはヴィークルを作る側にも使う側にも求められる新しいメディアは必ず存在しうると私たちは信じています.どうか建設的なご意見をお寄せください.あるいはビジネスとして参画したいと考えられる方も,歓迎です.
Akira Fujimoto, Car Styling Publishing Company representative
■"Smart Life, Smart Mobility"
The automobiles with internal combustion engines we have known and loved for over a hundred years are on the verge of being replaced with new electrically-powered vehicles (EVs). The surging waves of the electronic society and the great mission to preserve the Earth's environment will force us to make changes to our lifestyles. The number of smart people aiming at a smart life and smart mobility through smart grids is gradually increasing. Others turn their backs, believing that true ecology means to lead a primitive mode of life.
We, however, are aiming at a society in which all people of the world will have a bright future and a convenient life. Why not start off on the theme of smart mobility thanks to the EV and examine the merits and drawbacks of an EV society, an overall view of the grid, what types of designs EVs should have and how EVs will change our lives?
■Open source editing
We will hold an open source editorial conference using the Internet. Through an exchange of opinions in forum style between many people of all ages, genders and nationalities we will establish the editing theme and search for common problems. At first the discussions will focus on mobility, but it will also be possible to gather opinions on current issues, such as children, the elderly, design education and so on and to put together special editions.
Specialists on the issues being studied will be invited to participate. The languages used will be both Japanese and English.
■Using printed media as well
In addition to special editions and interviews on the website, we will also favor the magazine format as the most universal and ubiquitous means. This will help put the memories of readers in order. The text will be in Japanese and English. If necessary, other languages can be added in the future. The publication will come out either monthly or bi-monthly. We believe that subscription to the printed medium should be free of charge, with extensive assistance from companies of the type that contribute to society.
■Contributing to society through enjoyable media
Continuing on in this tone seems too rigid and might not be as pleasant as we might want. Our real aim is for an enjoyable life. The final goal is to talk about the future, to enjoy mobility, to adopt any number of entertaining proposals and together to build a bright global society.
■We want your opinions
We invite all of you who might be interested in this sort of adventure and would like to participate to visit our website. Feel free to add your comments to the message board. Your opinions will be conveyed around the world, and who knows, they may serve to spark a new movement. But some expenses are involved in maintaining online media, and we are thinking of covering them for the time being through an annual membership fee. Please also give us your thoughts about this.
New Mobility Life Provisional Secretariat:
c-s@carstyling.co.jp or fujimoto@carstyling.co.jp
■A publication for a new leap forward
In addition to this "New Mobility Life" multimedia concept, many people have scolded or encouraged us by saying we should not let the CAR STYLING brand with its 38-year history die out. Some car designers have even told us that they had spent the greatest part of their years as designers with CAR STYLING, from when they were in school dreaming of becoming a designer through their years as professional car designers. As an editor, no words could please us more.
With this, we considered the possibilities for a model change. Under current circumstances it is difficult to set up a new business on these lines, but we wanted to find a way to regenerate our name. Though CAR STYLING is considered a quality magazine throughout the world, one copy is enough per design studio or school library, and not that many people purchase their own individual copy. The issue is how to overcome this situation. It is true that there are those who say the interest in cars among the general public of non-designers is diminishing, so it is natural that magazines specializing in cars do not sell.
We hope to create a worthwhile design magazine with very different content from what is found in the conventional media, making use of the valuable advice we have received thus far and actively absorbing your opinions as we go. And please feel free to contact us if you have any ideas on how you would do things.
e-mail: c-s@carstyling.co.jp or fujimoto@carstyling.co.jp
Fax: +81-3-5115-1967
■The first issue to be addressed - the design of EVs and related systems
How will car design change in the future? This is a major proposition that car designers around the world are exploring. From fossil fuels to clean energy ... At a time when the power source of cars is changing and the very platforms of cars are undergoing transformations, how should car packages, interiors and exteriors be designed? For example, what sort of bodies are appropriate for the under-floor type platforms prompted by EV technology? No one has yet produced a model answer. Given that the technology itself is not yet firmly established, designers and engineers have their work cut out for them.
The mission of the medium we are hoping to formulate is to contribute to this effort as an information magazine. This could of course be applied to hybrids and fuel cell vehicles as well. There is a need for innovation not only in car bodies but also their interior parts and accessories. The progress of materials may trigger groundbreaking ideas.
■A new mobility life
We are starting to see signs of change in the relationship between people's lifestyles and the automobile or vehicles in general. The time when people yearned of owning a car as a status symbol is far behind us. Cars are seen as a tool of daily life, as one means of transportation forming a part of the traffic system in society as a whole. One manifestation of this is the spread of car sharing. And there are knowledgeable people who assert that in the distant future we will aim at automated, remote-controlled or robotic cars.
On the other hand, there are also those who predict that for some time we will continue to refine existing technologies. The idea is that the issues of saving resources and energy and reducing pollution will be overcome through technological innovation to internal combustion engines, and that CO2 emissions will be balanced by global efforts at planting trees. This idea should not be disclaimed, and we should also explore attractive designs to this end. And IT systems and road systems for ensuring traffic safety will be established, bringing about a new mobility life.
I believe firmly that a new media that will be wanted by both those who build vehicles and those who use them must surely exist. I sincerely hope you will offer us your constructive opinions. We also welcome any of you who feel you would like to participate in this effort on a business basis.


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