Scion Project week 8

Last week was midterms and the second presentation to Calty. Its nice to finally have a solid direction and a second wind of motivation for this project. From here on out Ill be focusing on the frame. Since my concept is based on such a quick life change its possible I could do all 3 at the same level. Well see. Time to learn Maya...

Scion Project week 6

I'm still struggling a little on simplifying my concept and communicating it through my sketches by next week's meeting with Calty. Its coming along but far away form being a fully developed concept. So far the it is still based on changing he buyer experience, with a central frame and interchangeable panels based on 3 themes ; sustainability, technology, and fashion, varying from a more exoskeletal design to flush panels.

Scion Project

Week 5 of the Scion project and the design phase begins. In an attempt to please the requirements of having a car that "lives" 3 times, I've been trying to change the buying experience in relating it to renting a apartment, manly because the life of a 20 year old is unstable and one less long term commitment is favorable. Customization will be treated like buying furniture. So far the ideation phase has been slow and I'm struggling to find a way to convey my concept. For form language I'm really interested in simple modular shapes merging to produce a more complex object, such as legos, or fish scales. Maybe next week Ill have some sketches that say that, but for now I'm just placing fashion graphics on surfaces.

Cuda!

Pre show jitters

So its 2:30 am and Calty presentations begin at 8:30...of course I can't sleep.

It still amazes me how the internet works. Early this morning I got a call from a guy from the Sci-Fi channel who saw my Nasa moonrover on car design news and wanted higher quality pictures to put on their tech blogger site Dvice.com, which I did. 12 hours later the pictures could be found on nearly 20 other gadget websites like gizmodo. Some were in Spanish and Russian. It amazes me how even ten years ago this would have been impossible, much less the rest of human history.

It was amusing to see some of the commentary, especially the Gizmodo columnist who photoshopped "gas guzzler" onto my rendering and claimed it was the SUV of moon rovers. Most of the comments shot it down as an impossible engineering feat, but I must say, so was flying at one time...if we don't dream about it, we'll never get there.












Dvice Article (courtesy Kevin Hall)
Gizmodo Article

I've been addicted to TED lectures by BMW the past few weeks. A friend from CCS sent me this lecture by Ross Lovegrove. I have to say I've always been drawn to nature as inspirations for my designs and this lecture brings it to the next level.

All the technical jargon equals a new future for manufacturing products...and his studio, amazing!

Classics

M1








Amazing bike at the El Mirage land speed races.

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My 1st Painter Sketch... this program is awesome!