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Chris Bangle: The future of auto design; the purpose of life

As part of the recent graduation exhibition at Umea Institute of Design, Chris Bangle was invited to give the keynote address. Given that the theme for the event was change, it’s difficult to think of a speaker better qualified to pass on their insights to a new generation of designers

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Chris Bangle gives his keynote speech at UID’s Design Talks 2010 under the topic of ‘Change’. Click for larger images
Bangle and fellow PiNk! contributors – in collaboration with the SENSEable City lab – resolve the purpose of life
BMW’s GINA Light Visionary concept explored design and engineering solutions outside of the auto industry to tackle issues such as the relationship between sustainability and aesthetics
Building surfaces with fractals – in doing so building structure into it and facilitating mass reduction – was one of the susthetics solutions
The ex-BMW Chief of Design gives invaluable feedback to Umea Institute’s class of 2010
BMW X-Coupe concept (2001) was the first car to display Bangle’s (in)famous ‘flame surfacing’ design language
Video: Bangle introduces BMW GINA Light Visionary Model
Anna Forscher’s Lovos (Pforzheim, 2009) takes obvious inspiration from her involvement in ‘susthetics’ during her internship at BMW
This BMW project visually acknowledges optimal ‘soft-front-hard-back’ aerodynamics
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