For the annual Steel Wheel Design Competition with the Steel Market Development Institute, we had our first review today with our friends in the industry who come each year to direct and judge our work. This year's theme is "Hollywood Steel," and I chose to design for the production version of the Transformers Edition Camaro. This is my development so far.
A practice we do is finding forms by folding paper, because abilities with paper theoretically correlate with those of steel.
I discovered this design and made one. It's really cool alone and happens to correlate with the shapes and modular theme of my ideas.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=360373827390453&set=a.101099153317923.1595.100002535151950&type=3&theater
I was also introduced to this idea beforehand and realized it was similar.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=360382780722891&set=a.101099153317923.1595.100002535151950&type=3&theater
Some suggestions I received from today's review were to eliminate the fictional customer, as I have enough convincing structure with the Camaro and Bumblebee Transformer, and one of the movie characters would be more convincing and relatable anyway; drive forward with my selling concept of manipulation of moving parts via controls inside the car; and consider the use of memory steel, which can change form with electric influx.
- Fall 2012
