About Citroën DS
The Citroën DS, unveiled at the 1955 Paris Salon, was the most futuristic production car of its age — Flaminio Bertoni's flowing aluminium-grey "Déesse" riding on Paul Magès's hydropneumatic suspension. Roland Barthes wrote that it seemed to have "fallen from the sky."
This system translates that car into an interface language: long horizontal teardrop lines, fine chrome hairlines, a cool restrained metal palette, and the calm of a gliding profile. Nothing is loud; everything sweeps.
- Origin
- Paris & Javel, France
- Era
- 1955–1975 launch & production; visual reference DS19/DS21
- Key figures
- Flaminio Bertoni · André Lefèbvre · Paul Magès · Roland Barthes
- Movements
- French modernism · aerodynamic streamlining · mid-century industrial design
Citroën DS design spec
Colors
Background
Surface
Primary
Secondary
Accent
Text
Typography
Antique OliveHeadings
QuestrialBody
IBM Plex MonoMono
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