Fwd: Car-igami

Designers Ludovico Campana & Seunghun Jeong’s submission for the 2014 Michelin Challenge Design competition tackles the issues of spacial consciousness and multi-functionality with a transformable design, inside and out. To save valuable space, the carriage folds flat and turns vertically, making it easy to park and store. But what about the interior? Automatic inflating seats that are completely configurable to the user’s requirements. See another hidden feature —>

In its upright position, a digital screen is revealed and can be used for advertising, entertainment or an unlimited number of other applications!

Designers: Ludovico Campana & Seunghun Jeong

Incubator Concept Car

Just like its name suggests, Incubator concept car was inspired by the work of incubation that provides ideal environmental condition to protect and keep premature infants warm. It's been designed to help South Africa Wildlife Park's managers to take care injured animals easier. Currently, they use Safari car as main transportation to drive through the meadow, but this car is ineffective when it comes to carry injured animal for treatment.

Due to global warming, we need to maintain our ecosystem to keep ideal environment quality. Wild animals in Africa are dying from rapid desertification. Incubator concept car is a design study which has been proposed to move around through meadow faster and more effective, not to mention the incubation area at the backseat area which can be used to carry injured animals safely.

Designer : Dong-woo Nam

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AKA24 Maglev Concept

A winner of the 2014 Driven/Undriven Michelin Design Challenge, the AKA24 concept goes beyond the brief to design a vehicle that switches between user-control & autonomy; it reimagines the entire transportation system as we know it. Operating on a maglev-like system of tracks, the vehicle moves to the protected side walls vertically in "undriven" mode & back to the center lane for the user-controlled "driven" mode. Set your destination & kick back in the multi-position cabin or take the wheel to navigate your own way!

Designers: Chuang Dong, Zhen Qiu, Haowen Deng

BOT Autonomous Cab

BOT autonomous cab is an ideal transportation for areas with relatively low population. It's a future vision of a new transportation system that could replace cars since most people would prefer to use public transport for commuting. This concept car addresses the problem of lone car commuters, at the same time, it eliminates the waiting periods, last mile issues, and inflexibility. People will get to experience the same functionality of car without having to own one, it's relatively cheap and safe cab that they get to share with others to reduce cost/ride and traffic congestion. It's a perfect transportation for your daily rides to work. Everyone can access this vehicle, it offers door-to-door mobility for elderly people, children, and people with disabilities. Sharing the ride also means that you get to meet new people everyday, it strengthens the feeling of belonging to the society.

Designer : Chris Luchowiec

People can ask ride-request to these Bots, it can be easily done via a mobile device. This cab will pick up user at any location, just like a taxi will do and drive the user to the destination. A single cab that is shared, theoretically can replace 4 private cars, thus, making great contribution to reduce traffic congestion. Aside from that, since BOT autonomous cab doesn't require parking spaces, it allows more urban space given back to the people. Unlike buses or trains which operate even when they are empty, BOTs only operate when needed and where needed.

The design of this cab features friendliness, honesty, simplicity, and optimism, few aspects that often forgotten in automotive industry. It's not egocentric, it creates better connection between you and other people.

WaterWheel Water Carrier for Urban India

In India, collecting and carrying water is women's responsibility. In rural areas, they have to carry water from distant sources and most often than not, a day's supply of water means multiple trips to the local well. WaterWheel has been designed to help these women to improve the experience of collecting, storing and using the water. Do you know that women in India spend like 25% of their time each day just to collect water? Well, with this concept water carrier, they can transport 50L at once, this is 3-5 times more water compared to the traditional methods (buckets or jars). The cap-in-cap design prevents recontamination at the point of use, it's more hygienic, thus reducing the possibility of getting diarrhea disease which according to WHO is the second leading cause of death in children under 5 years old.

The high quality plastic material is human-safe, it's durable enough to handle even the roughest terrain, it will certainly last for a long period of time. The main form of this water carrier was inspired by the shape of traditional matka or jar which clearly indicates the main function of WaterWheel.

Designer : Welo Water

DESKA Board – Black Edition

The Black Edition of DESKA Board's three-wheeled hybrid rider is as artistic as it is thrilling. It features the same hand-brake controls, large go-anywhere wheels, and unique "FootBelt" system for jumps and high-speed turns… but with its carbon/kevlar sandwich structure and banded convex shape, it's more strong and versatile than ever. Get the new look here!

Designer: DESKA Board

Cross X Hybrid Bicycle by Mithun Darji

Cross X hybrid bicycle has been designed as personal mobility in urbanizing countries. Many people are getting aware of the benefits of cycling, it's an icon of sustainability and health. Other things that also play important parts in this phenomenon are the attractiveness of ergonomic and stylish bike design and infrastructure support from policy makers.

Based on research, there is 2-digit growth for bikes and scooters sales in emerging countries. This means there's a great demand for cost-effective, efficient personal mobility in crowded traffic. Unfortunately, current bicycle designs don't really address these demands, therefore, Cross X hybrid bicycle makes an attempt to bridge the gap. It's a bike which can be used for medical emergencies in secluded areas or browsing around large campuses.

Designer : Mithun Darji

There are still many cities in the every country that have narrow roads, lanes, or require heavy vehicles to go through. It takes a lot of time for an ambulance to drive through the traffic in order to give medical attention, this delay can also mean risk the safety of the patient. Paramedic can ride Cross X to reach the location faster and provide the first aid to the patient. The hybrid design of this bike allows paramedic to take advantage of the electric power, paramedic can keep essential medical emergency response kit inside the built-in storage compartment and use the battery power to operate communication devices.