Polestar 4
Lundgren+Lindqvist
3.09.25
Over the course of a year and a half, Lundgren+Lindqvist has collaborated closely with Polestar’s internal team on Volume 4 in Polestar’s series of Design Books. The idea behind the series is to create a book for each of their cars, titled with a number indicating its place in the company’s production chronology. While adhering to the established brand guidelines and design frameworks from the first three volumes, this edition challenges these boundaries by taking an experimental approach to both form and structure.
Film is central to the concept of the book, merging the tangible experience of leafing through pages with the dynamic storytelling of moving images. Printed on glossy paper alluding to a screen, six narrative sections appear as breaks between the main chapters, each offering poetic glimpses that attempt to convey the car’s essence. The visual material is combined with text functioning as subtitles, immersing the reader in a cinematic journey and transporting them directly into the world of Polestar 4.
Transparency is a defining feature throughout the publication. Text pages are printed on a very thin paper stock, creating a subtle translucency that reveals hints of the content on the following pages and introduces a sense of discovery. In the image sections, overlays allow for a dialogue between images that unfold across the spreads.
The book is divided into five distinct chapters—Design, Testing, Innovation, UX, and Reveal. Each chapter includes a numerical interlude, followed by a text section featuring interviews and reflections, dedicated photographic spreads, and an image overview. For the UX chapter, the same thin paper is used to explore the layered components of the interface. When pages are overlaid, they reveal the complete screen layout in a blueprint-like composition.
