tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158601016174103420.post5669840211524976046..comments2024-03-24T20:30:55.379-07:00Comments on Subcompact Culture - The small car blog: Automobile magazine names 2010 Nissan Cube 'Design of the Year'Andy Lilienthalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08962844660116593646noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4158601016174103420.post-72542950427748852372009-11-13T10:58:18.973-08:002009-11-13T10:58:18.973-08:00From Car and Driver: I asked the Cube's chi...From Car and Driver: I asked the Cube's chief designer, Yoshi Akiyama, 42, what cars influenced him as he sat at the drawing table. "No cars," he replied. "I'm not so much a car guy. I was looking at refrigerators from the '50s. I liked how the edges were rounded." Akiyama once styled an excavator for Caterpillar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com