Leaving the house early on a cold morning brings me great pleasure when I see my car all ‘frosted’ up with condensation. As someone who likes a clean car, I am ashamed to say that I actually don’t clean it that often, so this frosted look temporarily hides the shame.
BMW have tried to embrace this feeling, by developing a paint that creates a similar effect, and aptly named it ‘Frozen Grey’. OK, honestly I don’t know if they went out to specifically capture that feeling, but that what it seemed like to me!
Nicely Frosted!
Another reason that I like looking at my frosted car in the morning is that from a design perspective, you are able to see the values and strength of shade/shadow compared to the light on the surfaces. This effect is actually used in a car design studio so the designers are able to view and understand the form and shape of the vehicle better without the distraction of glossy reflective surfaces.
Categories: BMW, Production, Twittique Tags: 2009, BMW, Car Design Review, Color, Design, Frozen, Grey, M3, Paint
This concept car by Honda opens an opportunity to test the reaction of the public towards a car idea and design. This retro inspired design will no doubt turn heads on the road, if it ever makes it. To me, the first thing I notice is its size – it is obvious that this is for the inner city. Within one of the door panels is an inbuilt Honda motorized unicycle. This feature enforces the EV-N as a complete transportation solution, and the image I have in my head is that of a revolutionized lifestyle in the way of getting around.
Exterior theme
There is a cheeky (and rather obvious) theme of oval shapes that feature on the exterior of the car, from the wheels, to the light design. More subtly, the gentle radius similarly echo this cheek from the outside and in. Just like the exterior, the key interactive areas of the car, such as the binnacle/panels and door clasps adopt ovals as their primary design influence. I think that even if it is obvious, it makes sense to keep the cheeky exterior ‘feeling’ on the inside of the car so the driver can feel like how they look!
Interior theme
One of the more interesting proposals in this concept, besides the solar panels, and clean simple design are the light weight mesh-like seats. I am curious to see how they would turn out in a production version from their comfort, material type and safety.
This could be a mother car for the future…
Exterior Features
Categories: Concept, Honda Tags: 2009, Cheeky, Concept, EV, EV-N, Honda, Mesh, Seats, Sketch, Two door
