Archive for June, 2007
100% Recyclable Car Concept
Mercedes’ “Recy” is a
California roadster made from wood, allows, glass, and metal, and is
100% recyclable. Other Design Challenge entrants, yet to be unveiled,
will come from Audi, Acura, Honda, Mini and yes, Hummer, so lots of eco
eye candy yet to behold. Last year’s Auto Show brought us such concept
vehicles as the GMC Pad. We’ll see what [...]
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Pedal Power…
Toyota
has designed a concept car for that time when we’ll all be towing our
Priuses with a team of horses, calling its creation a Renewable
Lifestyle Vehicle (RLV). It takes the word “hybrid” to the next level,
splitting its powertrain between pedal power and a battery-powered electric motor.
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Flandrien
picture taken by Stephan Vanfleteren
If you’re into cycling and know your classics (Paris-Roubaix, Tour of Flanders, Luik-Bastenaken-Luik,…) you’ll definitly love the work of Stephan Vanfleteren. His “Flandrien” series is great. Buy the book from his website!
For those who are unfamiliar with the word “Flandrien” this is what Wikipedia has to say (in Dutch): A [...]
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Flandrien
picture taken by Stephan Vanfleteren
If you’re into cycling and know your classics (Paris-Roubaix, Tour of Flanders, Luik-Bastenaken-Luik,…) you’ll definitly love the work of Stephan Vanfleteren. His “Flandrien” series is great. Buy the book from his website!
For those who are unfamiliar with the word “Flandrien” this is what Wikipedia has to say (in Dutch): A [...]
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Space Trike… (motoriced)
A trike found during a random google search… Don’t know what they are all saying about it since it’s in Finnish but I think it looks cool. Link here and more pictures after the jump.
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NIM City Bike
Another cool graduation project by Industrial Design students Jacob van Matern and Fredrik Hylten-Cavallius, students at the Lund University in Sweden. More information can be found on NIM Bikes. They have also posted their document and presentation online.
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NIM City Bike
Another cool graduation project by Industrial Design students Jacob van Matern and Fredrik Hylten-Cavallius, students at the Lund University in Sweden. More information can be found on NIM Bikes. They have also posted their document and presentation online.
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Jano – Dual Bike
From Core 77.com Blog — Roland Kaufmann’s goal for his graduate ID thesis project at the University of Applied Sciences, Joanneum in Graz, Austria was to develop a hybrid bicycle using wood as a main material–unexpected but sensible since wood is lightweight and incredibly strong, used for many kayaks and sailboats. Under the guidance of [...]
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