Infiniti Carries Kyoto’s Bamboo Forests Into the Design of the 2027 QX80
Design Milk | 22.10.2026 02:19
The bamboo groves of Kyoto are built on repetition, with segmented stalks rising in close-set ranks as filtered light falls through the canopy overhead. A similar rhythm resurfaces on the front of the 2027 QX80, Infiniti’s full-size flagship SUV, recast as a cubic motif within its double-arch grille. Water and the four seasons follow, inspiring a full-width rear lamp and an ambient palette keyed to spring, summer, autumn, and winter, while omotenashi—Japan’s tradition of anticipatory hospitality—guides the cabin itself.
