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Killer student work for BMW, from Turin

By Rain Noe - August 14, 2008

in Object Culture

Now that's a fresh-looking auto concept. Jai Ho Yoo and Lukas Vanek, two third-year design students at the Istituto Europeo di Design, came up with this design for the BMW ZX-6, under the following brief:

[Design] the BMW of 2015, [interpret] the language evolution and the trademark essence, in view of the company's future perspectives.

Vanek and Yoo are students at the Turin branch of the unfortunately-acronym'd I.E.D., which also has locations in Milan, Rome, Venice, Florence, Barcelona, Madrid, Sao Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro.

More concepts from the kids from Turin can be seen here.

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Oluseyi

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Okay, the vehicle is not salable right now, but there are some interesting ideas in it. For instance, instead of the conventional design where the seats are placed on the car cabin floor and the doors are portals into that cabin, this concept has the seats on the doors. Because they are rear hinged, the entire seat swings out and makes ingress much easier - no leaning in, no watching your head: door swings out presenting seat, you sit.

There is a subtle creased flare along the A-pillar that could have interesting implications on windows-down driving, subject to aerodynamic performance. Does that crease decrease (sorry) wind turbulence at the windows, reducing noise?

Yes, the packaging is fantastic and impractical, the car can't climb a speed bump, parking would be hell with those fore flares, but cut the body at the waistline and imagine a conventional hatchback lower body. Suddenly, it's not so far out, is it?
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You all

16 years ago

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jealousy.. meaningless and non-relevant comments on a purely conceptual and evoking design..
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MisterSmith

16 years ago

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huh? might look pretty to some people, but it totally not functional.
'Company's future perspectives' I think the still want to make money. doubt with this design.
Need some major structural and mechanical engineering involvement.
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Me

16 years ago

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I thought it was a shoe. Very interesting forms though.
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Rosy

16 years ago

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I thought it was a stapler, but I had just come from looking at sewing scissors on a different site....the driver's side door is open, yes? Wouldn't the pointed thing in the front smack speed bumps etc. ?
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PaulW

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Car name: Blade XS
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SimonMc

16 years ago

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Killer.... only if one of those big fenders hits you in a road traffic accident. Imagine being spiked by one of those. OWCH.
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bock

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yikes...fresh-looking? Killer? Not exactly what came to my mind...nice renderings though!
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