Graduating Transportation Design students at France's Strate College displayed their Diploma projects in the school's annual degree show, held at the central Paris school June 16-17.
A jury of design managers from major European and international manufacturers assessed the graduating student's work. There were 43 students graduating from the schools programs in Transportation Design, Product Design, Luxury Design, Services Design and Graphic Design. There were 16 graduates from the Transportation Design program. The degree projects included:
Roman Gauvin
Our cars are becoming more and more intelligent and autonomous. This project looks at the future of the automobile concerning technology, and the interaction of the vehicle with the people inside. This proposal is a much more sensitive man-machine interface, a new way to communicate, by forms, graphics, and body language, so that man and machine merge together. Conventional information interfaces are replaced by reconfigurable displays, and the steering wheel is replaced by a controller that responds in different ways depending on the way the driver interacts with various parts in different situations. The drivers seat features pressure sensitive zones to allow for a more subtle reading of the drivers intent, similar to the way a horse is controlled.
Sebastien Criquet
The automobile has always been a mythic object for modern society. The boat industry like the automotive industry has to be aware of aspects like security, comfort, recreational uses. For people cars are synonymous with dreams, pleasure and freedom. This project explores a concept for a closed, car-like boat used for commuting, and seeks to break from traditional perceptions of the role of a personal boat.
Philippe Martinez
Beyond their association in the collective consciousness, the automobile and cinema have deep links and mutual influences. 'Action!' is a vehicle aimed for Generation Y (the 'visual generation'), that 'frames' the lansdcape and materializes the three theorical acts and two major steps of the movie scenario, based on 'The Writer's Journey' by Christopher Vogler. The first act (presentation act and 'Call To Adventure' in a movie) is an intriguing and sporty asymetrical exterior. The second act (the Adventure itself) is a unique interior with touch screens to choose and edit the streams from the sixteen video cameras placed in and outside of the car, plus those from streets and highways webcams, promoted as a part of the ownership experience of this vehicle. The third act (the Return, when the Hero takes stock of his journey and tells his story), is the movie you've made, that can be shared on a dedicated website for owners of this vehicle, to share stories and maybe win an award!
Anemos
Gregory Vera
What is the future of the automobile? From now until 2050, oil resources will be diminished. Wind is an energy that could relied upon for the future as part of a large city.
Anemos uses electric engines inside each wheel for small distances and a retractable sail for use inside the 'wind networks' of a large future city, where closed tunnel freeways drive vehicles forward without the use of an internal power source. The novel concept sees wind energyy as a spin-off of the ventilation systems of a future 'megastructure' city. An original design element of the vehicle is the concave windshield. Sculptured by airflow the upper part is a skin evoking lightness, in harmony with the wind-power theme.
Alexandre Chevaux
The TWIN concept addresses the surface area the vehicle occupies in order to decrease the unused space as much as possible. The concept consists of two urban vehicles used especialy for small weekday tasks such as work, school, shopping, and when the weekend arrives, the two small vehicles combine into a larger family vehicle. The rear wheels retract within the structure, and the rear windows can be opened to form an unbroken interior space.
