http://designblog.nzeldes.com/2008/06/mazda-3-evolution-take-1-sometimes-they-listen/ Nathan Zeldes blogs on everyday product design Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:26:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://designblog.nzeldes.com/2008/06/mazda-3-evolution-take-1-sometimes-they-listen/#comment-380 Nathan Zeldes Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:06:57 +0000 http://designblog.nzeldes.com/2008/06/mazda-3-evolution-take-1-sometimes-they-listen/#comment-380 Thanks Kevin for adding a piece to the puzzle! As I wrote, we can't talk to the designers, but we can deduce their thinking process from the glimpses we see in their output... Thanks Kevin for adding a piece to the puzzle! As I wrote, we can’t talk to the designers, but we can deduce their thinking process from the glimpses we see in their output…

]]> http://designblog.nzeldes.com/2008/06/mazda-3-evolution-take-1-sometimes-they-listen/#comment-378 Kevin Arthur Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:31:02 +0000 http://designblog.nzeldes.com/2008/06/mazda-3-evolution-take-1-sometimes-they-listen/#comment-378 That's funny. I used to have a Mazda 3 hatchback (from the first year of production) and if I remember right it had this bumper groove to help open the hatch. So the designers must have thought it was necessary for the hatch but not for the trunk on the 4-door, and later learned they were wrong. That’s funny. I used to have a Mazda 3 hatchback (from the first year of production) and if I remember right it had this bumper groove to help open the hatch. So the designers must have thought it was necessary for the hatch but not for the trunk on the 4-door, and later learned they were wrong.

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