Visualizing Smart Cars
I couldn’t resist posting this link pointed out to me by my colleague Gabe Trionfi. These are a delightful example of the power of visualization to explore new possibilities. None of these famous car brands would necessarily think of themselves as likely sellers of micro-cars but these images show that perhaps they are not so unlikely after all. Plus they are kind of cute.
14/05/2009 at 8:34 pm Permalink
Brilliant!!!
Today i spent 2h10min to drive 15km. I live in São Paulo/Brasil and is visual that the others millions of cars stucked in the in the traffic carried others lonely drivers.
this cars would be a huge success in here. if they could fly too…
22/05/2009 at 9:27 am Permalink
Funny thing is, the first reaction I have is “I wouldn’t want to be in an accident in one of these!”
09/06/2009 at 9:55 pm Permalink
I fear you’ve been in the US a bit too long Tim.
Not sure about “possibilities”, but it would be interesting to to see the same Photoshop guy bloat say a VW Polo, or a Citroedn C1, or Fiat Punto to the scale of a Ford Explorer. Might say something about US vs Euro perceptions of cars, scale, utility, road environmental footprint, and yes maybe “cuteness”.
09/06/2009 at 9:59 pm Permalink
damn: *”road, AND environmental footprint”
03/08/2009 at 10:18 pm Permalink
Haven’t we seen this kind of design for years and years from Hot Wheels?
Sometimes, toys precede real world innovation. Movies tend to do that even better.
19/08/2010 at 7:21 am Permalink
ha, this looks so much fun!