NOTHING NEW_

The last two weeks I was on a kind of "standby" modus. CRAZY!!
This image I just found on my "digital-sketchbook" _ A one of image. I´d love to
dig deeper in this direction_

"RusteeU", hope the next weeks get better!

It`s all about the little positive vs.YOU virus in keeping your system active_

bizi-bizi-bizi.

School - puh. "dunkeldeutschland" - puh. Hard to keep awake and try to rock a nice project this semester. On top they say it’s gonna be great winter _ you know what that means for me_ Anyway, here are visualisations of the three characters for the ongoing AUDI project. I haven’t drawn figures for a long time so this was a nice practice.
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The finally chosen one was THE FAMILY HERO.

Bunch of accessories and future material thinking I had for the scenario of 2038.
The women friendly "H2-RS " (high-heel-race-sneaker) is one of my personal favourite, while the others are more advanced material and future product appearance related.
The interior itself is getting along and tomorrow I’ll (hopefully) start tape drawing.
By the way, sorry for my English_ but this is for my friends out there who wouldn’t understand a word German. ( besides my german is not better .) )

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The image above was the first direction I hav thought of for the BIZ.
You see, I have also adjusted her appearance a bit. Fresher includeing expensiv sleeves (tatoos)
if you look closer.
She`s a really fresh personality and has a sensible taste.
The car is completly out of recycled materials and is on purpose as narrow as it´s original Monza. (...actually there is more to tell, but I´m tired of hitting keys , especially on the "e" a billion times .)) It´s broken. A regular txt would rady lik this if I would just not car about th eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!


ovr`n´out

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The sideview above carries a funny aproach for ThePRINCESS.
Trough diversity of new technologies great packages can be developet, BUT_
the society will not exept any different appearance of a car if we allways show them the
same image. So the idea here is, to work with the traditional proportions but develope a whole
new concept.
The Princess can walk into this car from the front_on her catwalk_ on it`s end ther is a cosy seating lounge waiting for her girltalks or lovely twosome moments _


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The Intercity Transportation above, kind of luxury sculptural public transportation, where commuters have to be members and get recognized for a ride via identificational scan.

The idea of the "catamaran-seating" areas for the Quattrostack was born here.

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WOW. These colour Bug is strange!
I´ve actually got a couple more images to share but while they upload here they change colour mood .) )
However, the essence still comes along somehow _ just put on your shades .)

potential of accidents

Somehow this is the part I have the most fun during design process_ "abstract -research“as I call it.
I’d love to fill galleries with this stuff_ but the aim at the moment is a different.
In this process I try to hit unexpected shapes, proportions and yes even new materials and combinations. These "splashes" are sometimes even the spark for me to research unknown technologies.
The image above is pure accident in first place,
But maybe you can see the pope in his white coat sitting in the arriving rocket chair,
just enfolding the landing foot and opening the protective membrane for meeting ceremony.

From here on a mostly hard and very rocky period in design begins, extremely limited to
time is _ working the stuff out!
Talking now about creating NEW things_ not just changing some lines…
It can be so frustrating that I question myself, why don’t I just stay at where I have just been in and do gallery art.
Maybe the answer for me is _ easy way = boring way.
LET`S ROCKCLIMB!

(click it and print it if you want_ it`s big enough!)

Thumbnail painting

I badly need practice again in this! The view out of my window here in Pforzheim where I sit all day long and try to revolution the car industry_ this Semester for AUDI.
By the time I finished the thumb sketch it was totally dark 17.45 _ so 10min sketch is way too slow for this time. I like the reflection of my screen. Who recognizes the robots on the right?

TOOLBOX* (asIstillcallit.)

..Or also known as NV200, show car for the Tokyo auto salon, has just been released.
If I wouldn’t have spent the money on my V8 (which should come on 27.Nov-YEAH!)_
I’d definitely be in Tokyo now having great fun with some of the NDE team members.
Now here in Pforzheim, back on a sponsor project with AUDI, the time at NISSAN was rich of
Unforgettable experiences and amazing new friendships. No words to capture this time_ pure emotion! The most wonderful might be_ to really see something becoming touchable, useable just from a white peace of paper (or an empty file...), shown to the public and not like mostly locked away.
The feeling is kind like "illegal graffiti"_ only the ones who should know, know who did what.
Doing a car is like being in a "writers-crew"_ each member has a unique style and skill and supports one vision. In the end, the car is like a panel on a train _ done within a deadline, so compromises are standard.

Design is not always what you want.(butalwayswhatIwant.)

foglights in the exterior are flashlights to take out_

see thE smileies above with the beard_

whoever still hasn`t got enough should check here for a clip. Music is great ,) I still miss the A-TEAM version!!

Bertrand_ what are you doing??

Finally, never forget_ ITZ ALL ABOUT THE FUN* THNX LÖNDÖN

FIRST IMAGES OF THE CONCEPTCAR

The showcar "NV200", I´ve worked on during my time at Nissan is already shown online,

before the Tokyo autoshow.

Great to see all the work come so far and been released now to the public and NOT locked away,

or like in the graff-scene "buffed of in the yard".

Have a look to youtube and get a first impression of the TOOLBOX, as I liked to call it.

I love the Music they`ve choosed_ like in the 80ies when diving was really big!

The A-team sound wouldn`t be a bad decission eather... I think I should mail Bertrand, my little french friend and do a version .)

I guess there will always be components and corners you will never stop to complain about _

while they are limited to the budget,time or just the decission of the authority you can`t run over .)

The various experience in designprocess I have made during this project,the people I have met and friends I have made not to forget the trust the whole team,company had put into me and my work is a very nice gift!

I hope we get another chanche in the future...

AVALANCHE.

Just found this little animation again. It was done for the 4th semester project,"XGR -xtreme gravity racer". To see the process of the project from sketches,paintings,concepts to the final CAD-renderings _ check mywebsite and go to Private/Transportation/Avalanche.

" C.Falkenhagen send me this image, he was able to shoot_

while I had to stop the downhill for a sprint behind the bush. "

YES, I have to transform everything into a toy!

I was thinking durig the whole semester_ ANTIGRAVITATION,IS THE KEY! But nobody believed in it(why-O-why),

besides my old fellow A.ZAJAC!

He build these turbines, in the end crazy realistic looking,with every screw_ but I had never time to support these modells with doing nice renderings.... maybe when I`m retired one day and this data is still alive!

SanDiego ComicCon*07

The first resampling Prototypes of my original vs.YOU had arrived to the ComicCon and sneaked into three different booths. As I am personally very stuck to do the vs.YOU in Resin and not in Vinyl _ a lot of things are not as easy as thought.

The last weeks during the Internship at BMW where very rough, so there was not any time to progress. BUT I´m very optimistic that this toy will be availible in a very limited edition in the end of THIS YEAR! Finally, it`s called vs.YOU_ isn´t it?

100% FOR NICK MANNION

Nick Mannion is a friend I made during the time in London. When the San Diego Comic-Con was about to start, Nick came over to LA to prepare his booth he had at the show to preview his Robots .

As Nick does a lot of work for LEGO, we where able to use the Lego-Loft in Hollywood,
as Marty, theBOSS was on travel again, we had CNTRL!

I was asked to do a costume for the show, so we went to hunt and Nick got me a couple Star-Wars kits!

YES!

Recognize some famous parts?

Topview.
I called it "MUC_ " as I was inspired by my former mentor Z-ROC who had
build amazing Graffiti-Styles while useing similar modell-kits.

NEW mechanix BUDY _ ARON!

Robots in the back of the DW building_ too bad I had no cans, just a bit tape...

ROBOTS ROCK

Aron in his famous ROD.

BENZIN!

Aron is one of the guys who helped me out with the buick...

Carl was the other car-geek.

Their help and knowledge saved myself in the end a couple hundred bucks!

Thanks again!

(Adrian, NO WORRIES _ he´s just doing the things you`re not able to,YET! )

BMW´s _ RED TONGUEs

The ONLY image I have from my time at Designworks, Thanks to "Fi.Di." fruitphone .)

Lä ägain.

Daniel made me eat this 6Dollar CarlsJr. Burger _ "to get me down to earth" he said....

(OK,I did enjoy.)

...BEFORE checking into the SOFITEL on Beverly!

OH-YES, it´s good to have friends .)

OXNARDwithDG

right around the corner there was this tiny breakfast spot... damn, what was the name,Daniel?

GIGANTIC SEAWEED _ just perfect to snatch Daniel... CHO-PTSCHOU!

OXNARD, or better "FOGNARD" as this was one of the sunny days in the old surfer-community,steps from the beach.

As the weekend was over once again, and Daniel and I left BeverlyHills to head Oxnard _ where I lived for 4month while working at DesignworksUSA in the automotive department.

I had a very interesting time at BMW and got kind of comfortable with the California kind of livin`.

Too bad that the work I´ve done in the time there is all confidential again, but maybe I can release it someday .)

DanielGrund in LÄ

Daniel on Melrose_ UrbanOutfit.

TheStandard rooftop

DG in his working enviornment_ RB-Airrace SanDiego _ "endless smoke" what a view

MY V8 in LÄ _ NOW IN MUNICH!

THNX for the contract NDE!

LÄ says: "around here you got to love what you ride_"

magichour in MALIBU
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This rendering is from Ernest Tsarukian ___

15min. okey underlay from above, BUT he promised me a better one as soon I went to theTüv and we take the beast out so he can take some fotos.I´m looking forward!By the way, Ernest is one of the best harted and inspired car designer I have met so far.

Ernie - YOU RULE!

BACK IN LONDON*07

YEAH! Back to NissanDesignEurope for two weeks to continue the work on the Showcar (before leaving to LA). The hard work during the internship seemd to pay off! THENEXTLEVEL.

>>FASTFORWARD

I think the only style I´ve done since I started to study.. NO, there was

one at Nissan, a "NSV" style for the exterior of the concept car_ but I think they did something

different. We`ll see after Tokyo...

This vs.YOU sketch also belongs to the 3panels for Kai.

The last "canvas" I did since January07. It was for Mr.Heuserkampf who did my website,
too bad that the cms is still missing _ .(
BUT HEY, that`s why there are blogs! NOT?

LAST HIT BEFORE LA

Was a long time since I´ve had done a wall. So before I left to California to start my 3rd
internship, this wall was created together with Christian Hundertmark (C100).
When are we gonna do the next?