1955年，雪铁龙DS一经推出，便引起了轰动，吸引了设计师、哲学家和政治家的目光。没有任何一款汽车能够将外形和技术如此一致地结合起来，而且看起来毫不费力。在舒适性和安全性方面，DS的实现方式非常激进，具有革命性的意义，它是二十世纪最具创新意义的设计偶像之一。瑞士建筑师Christian Sumi与Lars Muller出版社合作，于2001年出版了由Alison和Peter Smithson撰写的新版《AS in DS》。在这本新书中，他分析式地探讨了这款经典车型的特点，他用精心排列的图片系列和弗拉米尼奥·贝尔托尼（Flaminio Bertoni）与雪铁龙设计团队创作的素描，如车身、底盘或传说中的液压系统等记录了这款车。苏米利用雪铁龙DS的广告活动中的图片文章，批判性地审视了它的偶像化和接受度，以及在当代和哲学背景下讨论这一现象的理论。

At its presentation in 1955, the Citroen DS was a sensation and a magnet for designers, philosophers, and politicians alike. No other automobile was able to combine form and technology so coherently and seemingly effortlessly. Radical in its implementation and revolutionary in terms of comfort and safety, the DS is one of the most innovative design icons of the twentieth century. In collaboration with Lars Muller Publishers, the Swiss architect Christian Sumi published the new edition of AS in DS by Alison and Peter Smithson in 2001. In this new book, he now analytically examines the characteristics of this classic vehicle, which he documents in carefully arranged picture series and with drawings by Flaminio Bertoni and the Citroen design team, such as of the body, the chassis, or the legendary hydraulics. Using image essays from advertising campaigns for the Citroen DS, Sumi critically examines its iconization and reception, along with theories that discuss the phenomenon in both a contemporary and philosophical context.