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
High expectations are reached on this Bugatti 16 C Galibier. Unique features like the crease along the roof that ‘themes’ off into a feature on the interior as the rear vision mirror, and as a spinal brake light along the rear backlight. From what I can see the bonnet opens as an old-style cabinet (not that you would use it if you owned one!)
Although initially thinking it would be cheesy, this car does pull off the intense chrome affect. It’s only applied to the clean surfaces so it doesn’t look messy and complicated. This way, the purity in the surfaces can be fully appreciated in such a sensitive finish.
The front and rear ends tell the story of the overall design language of the Bugatti, a clean and simple refined style, with lines that have been struck over the surfaces. This clean style is followed up in the interior, which provides a great platform to accentuate the natural qualities of the timber that is unsurprisingly framed with chrome.
Refined details - pinched crease that creates a spine from front to rear
Simple: chrome surfaces and lines struck across the rear
Same themes from the outside are portrayed inside.
