Transcript Car design inspiration

History and future of car design
- an inspirational approach -
Joost Kuckartz
Formosun Advanced Power Research
National Taiwan University
December 2007
Overview
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How to design?
Designs in community / student projects
Designs in company projects
Comparison
How to design?
• What does the customer want?
– You’re designing a car for the world, not for
you personal
• What do you want to achieve?
– Set the goals of the project
• How are you going to do that?
– Set specifications: propulsion, performance,
vision
How to design?
• What does the customer want?
– Looks, safety, price, feeling, speed
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-buying.htm
How to design?
• Customer’s list
Price
Safety
Efficiency
Looks
Performance
Size
Capacity
Quality / Reliability
Model / Type
Design
Features
Feeling
Handling
Extra service
User reviews
How to design?
• What do you want to achieve and how?
– Give people a vision about your car
– The car specifications
• Engine, weight, efficiency, acceleration, topspeed,
capacity
How to design?
• The car classification (EuroNCAP):
Supermini
Small family car
Large family car
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_classification
How to design?
• The car classification (EuroNCAP):
Supermini
Small family car
Large family car
Executive car
Roadster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_classification
How to design?
• The car classification (EuroNCAP):
Supermini
Small family car
Large family car
Executive car
Roadster
Small MPV
MPV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_classification
How to design?
• The car classification (EuroNCAP):
Supermini
Small family car
Large family car
Executive car
Roadster
Small MPV
MPV
Small Off-Roader
Large Off-Roader
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_classification
How to design?
• Body styles
4x4
Semi-convertible
Convertible
Coupé
Coupé convertible
Coupe Utility (ute)
Crossover SUV
Fastback
Hardtop
Leisure activity vehicle
Limousine
Liftback
Limousine
Minibus
Minivan
MPV
Notchback
Pick-up
Roadster
Sedan
SUV
Spyder
Station wagon
Van
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_body_style
How to design?
• Why emphasize on body or interior?
How to design?
• Why emphasize on body or interior?
• Because people don’t see below
– But for safety and construction, this is important
Intermezzo
• How to use the rest of this presentation?
– Look
– Think
– Create ideas
– Write your opinions
– Be amazed
• And in the end
– Amaze others with your design
Community / student project design
• Vehicle Design Summit
http://www.vehicledesignsummit.org/
Community / student project design
• Solar challenge
Community / student project design
• Ecomarathon
Community / student project design
• OScar
http://www.theoscarproject.org/
Community / student project design
• Designs by only one person
Community / student project design
• Designs by student design classes
Community / student project design
• Designed and built
Designs in company projects
• From sketch to reality
Designs in company projects
• From sketch to reality
Designs in company projects
• Concepts of the past
Designs in company projects
• The future
Designs in company projects
• Showing the techniques
Designs in company projects
• Technical breakthroughs
Designs in company projects
• More recent breakthroughs
Designs in company projects
• The future is today
Designs in company projects
• Best sold
Designs in company projects
• Design variations
Designs in company projects
• What about the interior?
Designs in company projects
• From sketch to reality
Designs in company projects
• From sketch to reality
Designs in company projects
• Concept interior
Comparison
• Create the future
• Budget and time issue
• Knowledge limitation
Comparison
Comparison
• Looks similar?
Conclusion
• Look at the possibilities
Conclusion
• Think out of the box
Inspiration links
• http://www.carbodydesign.com/
Concept cars, production cars, research papers, explanations
• http://www.conceptcarz.com/
A very extensive list with photo’s of all produced cars and prototypes
• http://www.auta5p.eu/katalog/katalog.htm
(Czech) – HUGE category of cars
• http://www.doubleyoudigital.nl/
The place where you can download this presentation