for_fun
Not really sure that this was all that fun, but I needed a mental break from the degree project.
renault_r30_take_two
Of course, the year that Kubica pops over to Renault F1 they decided to make their cars the ugliest ones on the lot. So, since I have to follow the team I thought it would be nice to sketch out something (hopefully) nicer. Can’t wait for this season.
veedub
Just for fun. I spent half the day looking up vw’s for the degree and land on the VWvortex Forums looking through MK1 pics.
lonely_volvo
I was in Stockholm last weekend and had to park in an underground parking lot that was completely empty, except for this worn out, broken down Volvo p1800. I snapped some pics and threw on some retro flare to them.
dashing_drama
The past two weeks we’ve been working on kinetic movements and learning how to create drama or ‘wow’ factor around vehicles while, of course, considering ‘engineering.’ My idea revolved around the vehicle’s interior and when you pull the steering wheel towards you, the car would turn on and all the information and controls needed for operation would present themselves. For this exercise we had to test different movements, sketch them out, find an application then test the animations in CAD and finally present. These are some sketches and a teaser render. I might take this one in alias and finalize it a more….or just keep it loose and focus on degree.
happy_new_year
Here’s the first post of the new year…of course it’s a sketch from a couple weeks ago. Just remembered I forgot to post it.
santa_
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, all that fun stuff. Some of the guys were doing these sleighs and I could not resist doing one myself.
interior_
Ahh…feels good having a little break from school and slowly getting into portfolio and degree, of course. Here’s a little interior render, not sure for what yet.
goodbye_saab
Today we all learned that Sweden’s Saab brand is dead. It’s only fitting to post some of the pics from the Saab museum in Trollhättan we visited this past week.
volvo_142_retro_render
We just got back from a class trip to Goteborg to visit some Volvo and Saab museums, some assembly plants and to do some presentations to the design staff at Volvo. Awesome times. I was inspired by a race-spec Volvo 142 to do this render. I actually used an old race photo and sketched over it. The original can be viewed here.
c30_something
I’m not sure why I’m sketching these volvo c30 type cars, but I’ll just continue on doing so
lightcraft_update
Today we had our internal mid review presentation for the lightcraft. It went quite well and I’m stoked with the progress being made so far. I can’t wait to start designing the final interior and really making those details pop. Here is a slide from today.
unwaste_space
My friend Yongbang Ho and I entered the Designboom / Nissan “Think Outside the Parking Box” design competition. I’m proud to say that out of 3059 designers from 96 different countries that participated, we won second place. Yesterday evening they posted the results which means I can start posting it as well. It was fun playing part city planner and part architect and coming up with something totally different. To see the results, check out the coverage on Designboom.com
This concept ties the Nissan Qashqai closer to nature and toward an ecological contribution. A parked vehicle is wasting city space. This concept gives the car a conscience, it can contribute back and have more purpose throughout it’s daily use. Solasis is a solar light tower that generates electric power from sunlight by focusing concentrated solar radiation reflected from the Qashqai’s photovoltaic panels and mirrors onto a heat exchanger mounted in the tower. That energy is then fed back into the grid powering vehicles and buildings.
volvo_sketch
Yeah…this is the last thing I should be doing but just wanted to hope on photoshop and sketch something out.
wheelin_n_dealing
Here’s a proposal and revision for a Ford steering wheel, perhaps something that would go on an electric Fusion or Focus. This was done for an interior workshop here at UID. We started off by designing a steering wheel for an assigned brand, presented the original concepts in a 2-day workshop, then revised the wheel according to the feedback. In my case I had to move the buttons up to make them more accessible which subsequently placed the text on a horizontal line. Good exercise.
car_girls
Thought these were kind of cool and website could use some girls on it. The last one is especially awesome.
lightcraft_sketches
Here are some more interior development sketches. The photoshop render is just a test, nothing is even close to being final, but thought I should post something on here.
fire_in_the_sky
It’s 5:30pm in Umea and the sky is on fire. Had to take a sketch break and step out of the classroom to snap these.
