Concept Design

SAAB 92010 Sixten

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When Sixten Sason drafted the lines for the original 92001 Saab, he created an icon that would engage the emotions, and in doing so created a tradition that would carry the brand into the future. The "92010 Sixten" concept echoes these legendary lines and reinterperets them in a design language that is both modern and familiar to the Saab brand.

SAAB Spyker 9+ Tribute

Saab Spyker 9+ Tribute

A tribute to the newly formed SAAB Spyker Automobiles.
A quick model and render of a mid-engined SAAB with Spyker architecture.

The union of Saab and Spyker presents a unique opportunity to create a design that takes the best of each brand and distills their qualities into a single product.

Creating a Troll Car

Working on the Holly animated film project, we had to design every prop that would be placed in this fantasy world. The design of their transportation was an exciting challenge that led to some fun creations.

Being trolls, that in folklore are forest dwelling creatures, the vehicles had to look like they were built from natural materials and blend into the stylized look from the rest of the film.

Designing the MagLev

This article will take you through some of the design sketches and reasoning that has gone into the final concept of the MagLev project. I make these available because I enjoy looking at other designers sketches and thought it only fair to share alike. The quality is not of the highest quality, being a project done on the side and drawn mostly on the sofa, but gives some kind of idea how I put together an idea for modeling.

Variable Profile Tyres

Low friction, High traction A system to reduce friction in straight line driving whilst increasing traction in cornering and braking. Revolutionary in it's simplicity.

MagLev Features

Convoy Mode
By coupling vehicles together in transit reduces the total drag of each vehicle and therefore increases the efficiency of the journey. It also has the benefit of being allowed to designate a driver to drive home after parties and dropping the tailing vehicles off at their respective homes.

Streamlined Design
Aerodynamics has long been the focus of the car industry's efforts to cut down on drag and increase the mileage of their products. This trend will never reverse and the technology and and instruments used to improve the aerodynamics of vehicles will of course advance in parallel to the efforts to find alternative sources of energy to power them.

Holographic Display
The holosphere traffic display system was a concept developed for the Peugeot MagLev Design competition entry. In essence the holosphere display units are capable of displaying various types of information of a 3d nature, for example a holographic conversation while on autopilot or a 3d map of the area. In this instance it is used as a traffic indicator giving the driver awareness of the surrounding traffic and eliminating the need for mirrors and cameras.

Variable Profile Tyres
Low friction, High traction A system to reduce friction in straight line driving whilst increasing traction in cornering and braking. Revolutionary in it's simplicity.
The system works by adding an extra linkage into the wheels and allowing a servo to adjust the camber while driving. Central to the functioning of the concept is the tyres profile as you can see below. The asymmetric design allows for the tyres to roll on the harder, narrow central part of the trye in straight line travel and lay down lots of rubber for cornering and braking.

WIP : Batmobile

Imagination needs an outlet sometimes, and this is the current deviation from reality. An about-the-town car for a superhero.

Troll Film Design

Troll Design

These are some of the design sketches created for the Holly Animated feature film project.