Concept BMW GINA Light Vision
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coolraoul
Torque Titan
Re: Officiall: BMW GINA Light Vision
I don't like the look of the car...
But OMG
the skin thing is brilliant!!
... It's awesome!
Don't scratch it though...
A car that adapts itself to the environments, conditions, needs of the driver.. that is a hint of the future. That will be a revolution. MB also has a car with moving body parts from what I read, but nothing like that!
Kudos to BMW,. MB and Audi have to react if they don't want to badly loose the technology battle.
Retracting wings were the first step...that is something from another dimension!
I don't like the look of the car...
But OMG
the skin thing is brilliant!!... It's awesome!Don't scratch it though...
A car that adapts itself to the environments, conditions, needs of the driver.. that is a hint of the future. That will be a revolution. MB also has a car with moving body parts from what I read, but nothing like that!
Kudos to BMW,
. MB and Audi have to react if they don't want to badly loose the technology battle.Retracting wings were the first step...that is something from another dimension!
EnI
Piston Pioneer
Re: Officiall: BMW GINA Light Vision
Context over dogma!
A car with a flexible skin.
This is beyond brilliant.
This is pure Bangle.
I'm glad to see BMW are bold enough to materialize Chris' ideas.
The guy has utterly crazy ideas about automotive design, extremely radical & revolutionary. A completely new design paradigm.
I hope we'll ses some other Bangle's ideas materialized.
PS: I've been just informed GINA features design cues of all upcoming Z models: Z4, Z2 & Z8!!! It's a Z-preview in general! And finally the new upturned 3D kidney grilles are being presented!
Context over dogma!
A car with a flexible skin.
This is beyond brilliant.
This is pure Bangle.
I'm glad to see BMW are bold enough to materialize Chris' ideas.
The guy has utterly crazy ideas about automotive design, extremely radical & revolutionary. A completely new design paradigm.
I hope we'll ses some other Bangle's ideas materialized.
PS: I've been just informed GINA features design cues of all upcoming Z models: Z4, Z2 & Z8!!! It's a Z-preview in general! And finally the new upturned 3D kidney grilles are being presented!
Sunny
Premium
Re: Officiall: BMW GINA Light Vision
Not a fan of the way it looks, but the technology is freaking awesome - if it makes it to production. The possibility of being able to get rid of all the hinges alone is worth a $zillion for a designer. And if it does make it to production, it would put BMW far ahead of others in terms of design possibilities.
Not a fan of the way it looks, but the technology is freaking awesome - if it makes it to production. The possibility of being able to get rid of all the hinges alone is worth a $zillion for a designer. And if it does make it to production, it would put BMW far ahead of others in terms of design possibilities.
SDNR
Kraftwagen König
Re: Officiall: BMW GINA Light Vision
Well it is wonderful ....but these types of ideas have been happening in art and other areas of industrial design for some time ...but there is no doubt, this is a very exciting concept.Context over dogma!
A car with a flexible skin.
This is beyond brilliant.
This is pure Bangle.
I'm glad to see BMW are bold enough to materialize Chris' ideas.
The guy has utterly crazy ideas about automotive design, extremely radical & revolutionary. A completely new design paradigm.
I hope we'll ses some other Bangle's ideas materialized.
PS: I've been just informed GINA features design cues of all upcoming Z models: Z4, Z2 & Z8!!! It's a Z-preview in general! And finally the new upturned 3D kidney grilles are being presented!
EnI
Piston Pioneer
Re: Officiall: BMW GINA Light Vision
True. But in automotive design? That's a one crazy idea, you must admit.
I'm not saying Bangle is a pioneer in industrial design ... but he likes to think out of the (automotive) box - therefore pushing solutions & ideas from "outer world" into automotive design (eg. metal origami, layer-ness, mirrored 3D shapes, flexible skins, bone-like body structures etc) .
Changing the automotive design paradigm, not the design paradigm at all.
True. But in automotive design? That's a one crazy idea, you must admit.
I'm not saying Bangle is a pioneer in industrial design ... but he likes to think out of the (automotive) box - therefore pushing solutions & ideas from "outer world" into automotive design (eg. metal origami, layer-ness, mirrored 3D shapes, flexible skins, bone-like body structures etc) .
Changing the automotive design paradigm, not the design paradigm at all.
speed_kills
Diesel Dynamiker
Re: Officiall: BMW GINA Light Vision
Amazing!! What's the engine?
Amazing!! What's the engine?
klier
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Re: Officiall: BMW GINA Light Vision
I love how the backlights are invisible behind the skin!
LOL
I think it's pretty gorgeous
I love how the backlights are invisible behind the skin!
LOL
I think it's pretty gorgeous
klier
Premium
Re: Officiall: BMW GINA Light Vision
Yes, for sure. See for yourself:
Eni, has this front got similarities with new Z4 (lights...) ?
Thanx
Yes, for sure. See for yourself:
coolraoul
Torque Titan
Re: Officiall: BMW GINA Light Vision
Haha, priceless.
Anyway, I wonder if this could be implemented IRL. It would be too fragile for the hard city-life... However modern materials can be amazing, so a material soft enough to move like that but solid enough to resist minor schocks without damage could exist/be created. Maybe not for the hood (or not to replace the opening) or doors, but certainly for the kidneys and air intakes (evident aerodynamic advantages), bootlid, and some parts involved in aerodynamics.
The Japs already used movable wings and front spoilers (Mitsu 3000GT for instance), this is the next level. And it's way more impressive.
But some problems, like the impossibility to repair the car given the cost of replacement (panels, electric motors and movable structure , structure of the car, motor...)...
But as in the next future, the cars will avoid accidents themselves (they already park alone and brake in case of emergency) this won't be a problem any more.
I like this idea, this craziness.
I think, if Bangle is responsible for this, that he should be in the R&D of BMW (not in the design, he obviously doesn't master it).
Incredible Concept Car, really.
Haha, priceless.
Anyway, I wonder if this could be implemented IRL. It would be too fragile for the hard city-life... However modern materials can be amazing, so a material soft enough to move like that but solid enough to resist minor schocks without damage could exist/be created. Maybe not for the hood (or not to replace the opening) or doors, but certainly for the kidneys and air intakes (evident aerodynamic advantages), bootlid, and some parts involved in aerodynamics.
The Japs already used movable wings and front spoilers (Mitsu 3000GT for instance), this is the next level. And it's way more impressive.
But some problems, like the impossibility to repair the car given the cost of replacement (panels, electric motors and movable structure , structure of the car, motor...)...
But as in the next future, the cars will avoid accidents themselves (they already park alone and brake in case of emergency) this won't be a problem any more.
I like this idea, this craziness.
I think, if Bangle is responsible for this, that he should be in the R&D of BMW (not in the design, he obviously doesn't master it
).Incredible Concept Car, really.
EnI
Piston Pioneer
Re: Officiall: BMW GINA Light Vision
IMO this GINA car will cause a huge secondary (press) exposure for BMW.
It will be the "talk of the town" ... Just like the most controversy BMW Concept car was: the x-coupe.
These are the actions that put BMW AG on a pedestal of design leaders. Of course a great amount of self-promotion is needed to achieve that. And with Bangle as a design chief ... quite an easy task.
Btw, MB could have done much more with that bionic car if it hadn't been shaped like a beluga whale. A marketing failure? Imagine a super luxury bionic sedan ... That would be THE thing.
The point is that with Bangle the design department came alive again.
The paradigm "here you have a structure, now design the cloth" was terminated. Instead of that designers got the opportunity to come out with crazy ideas, and challenge the engineers to find the solutions. That moved the whole company on different level. Designers became a part of company's think-tank.
And concepts like x-coupe or GINA are products of such philosophy: designers come out with an idea, engineers materializes it (in cooperation with designers). The revived design department has a task to push design (not just styling!) boundaries further, and than approach to the R&D to work with them materializing the craziest ideas.
Eg. the E92 low & straight shoulder line : designers persisted on such solution although engineers had second thoughts, wanting higher rear (with higher shoulder line) to easier implement the folding metal roof. But designers "won" - and engineers were challenged to find proper solution to fit into that design. It's all about possibilities, arguments, compromises, challenges ... Sometimes designers prevail, sometimes engineers do, and often sometimes marketing & financial guys (R&D budget!) do. But they are equal today ... all arguments are heard, and the Board decides in the end if compromise can't be reached.
Much more dynamic, innovative & challenging environment.
IMO this GINA car will cause a huge secondary (press) exposure for BMW.
It will be the "talk of the town" ... Just like the most controversy BMW Concept car was: the x-coupe.
These are the actions that put BMW AG on a pedestal of design leaders. Of course a great amount of self-promotion is needed to achieve that. And with Bangle as a design chief ... quite an easy task.
Btw, MB could have done much more with that bionic car if it hadn't been shaped like a beluga whale. A marketing failure? Imagine a super luxury bionic sedan ... That would be THE thing.
The point is that with Bangle the design department came alive again.
The paradigm "here you have a structure, now design the cloth" was terminated. Instead of that designers got the opportunity to come out with crazy ideas, and challenge the engineers to find the solutions. That moved the whole company on different level. Designers became a part of company's think-tank.
And concepts like x-coupe or GINA are products of such philosophy: designers come out with an idea, engineers materializes it (in cooperation with designers). The revived design department has a task to push design (not just styling!) boundaries further, and than approach to the R&D to work with them materializing the craziest ideas.
Eg. the E92 low & straight shoulder line : designers persisted on such solution although engineers had second thoughts, wanting higher rear (with higher shoulder line) to easier implement the folding metal roof. But designers "won" - and engineers were challenged to find proper solution to fit into that design. It's all about possibilities, arguments, compromises, challenges ... Sometimes designers prevail, sometimes engineers do, and often sometimes marketing & financial guys (R&D budget!) do. But they are equal today ... all arguments are heard, and the Board decides in the end if compromise can't be reached.
Much more dynamic, innovative & challenging environment.
SDNR
Kraftwagen König
Re: Officiall: BMW GINA Light Vision
The styling of the car is also beautiful ......pure Futurism.
Giacomo Balla, Plastic Construction of Noise and Speed, 1915
What do you mean? ....this is what design, in its purist sense, is all about ....experimenting with, and exploiting, new materials and technologies; finding solutions to technical problems, and contributing to the expression of human creativity and civilization in our time.I think, if Bangle is responsible for this, that he should be in the R&D of BMW (not in the design, he obviously doesn't master it
Incredible Concept Car, really.
The styling of the car is also beautiful ......pure Futurism.
Giacomo Balla, Plastic Construction of Noise and Speed, 1915
EnI
Piston Pioneer
Re: Officiall: BMW GINA Light Vision
Btw, GINA also showcases flame surfacing is here to stay!
Even more prominent than ever before.
Yet the lines are more Zen-like & harmonious. Not as much "coincidental" & "chaotic" any more. Here the design is "reduced" ... Although the luxury segment cars (eg. 7er) will be more Zen-like than the sporty ones (eg. Z-series).
Btw, GINA also showcases flame surfacing is here to stay!
Even more prominent than ever before.
Yet the lines are more Zen-like & harmonious. Not as much "coincidental" & "chaotic" any more. Here the design is "reduced" ... Although the luxury segment cars (eg. 7er) will be more Zen-like than the sporty ones (eg. Z-series).
VroomVroom
Autotechnik Ace
Re: Officiall: BMW GINA Light Vision
I wonder what would happen to it at high speeds
(que Audi S4 commerical)
I wonder what would happen to it at high speeds
(que Audi S4 commerical)
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