iSpace designers Workstation

Cool digital drawing board concept by Jameel Kamil.

iSpace designers Workstation merges the physical scale of the classic designer’s board with the functionality of a tablet into one unit. The iSpace Workstation is essentially an enormous flat screen computer monitor that stands on its sturdy tower and immediately digitizes everything that you draw.

iSpace designers Workstation

We really like Jameel Kamil's concept. It’s nice new wist on a classic drawing board.
We like the idea of working naturally, directly on the HD screen. Unfortunately it’s unrealistic and it will never happen. Also there is a problem with a modern software. You would still need keyboard and mouse.

 

iSpace designers Workstation

If you really want Interactive Pen Display, you might as well buy Wacom Cintiq. The best combination of touch display and digitizer pen on the market. 22” Wacom Cintiq is expensive ($2500) little quizmo, just imagine how much iSpace Workstation would be.

iSpace designers Workstation

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/ispace-designers-workstation/

The Rolling Mouse

The Rolling Mouse charges using electromagnetic induction.

The Rolling Mouse isn't just another cordless computer mouse. This good looking mouse doesn't require battery changes or a charger in order to juice up its battery. With the Rolling Mouse charging is done via short distance wireless charging using wireless Bluetooth technology through resonant inductive coupling - electromagnetic induction.

The Rolling Mouse

Because a large battery is not needed, the Rolling Mouse has a slim profile. Looks very elegant and slick. Unfortunately it looks there is a traditional scroll wheel and 2 buttons. Lack of Multi Touch technology is big minus. We would like to see ergonomically correct Magic Mouse (Apple).

The Rolling Mouse

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/rolling-mouse/

Cool 3d illustrations

Excellent work by Brazilian 3d designer.

Joao Ferraz aka Lightshock is a Brazilian designer, illustrator, and art director specialized in 3D and publicity campaigns. We really enjoy Joao’s work. Very well made, and really cool 3d illustrations.

IndyCar 300 - São Paulo

Cool 3d illustrations by Joao Ferraz

Proudly I present for you one of our more important illustrations!Well, the race of IndyCar will occur now in March, here in my city (São Paulo/Brazil). This illustration brought to us so much responsibility, pressure, with short deadlines as always. The final resolution has about 53 cm x 60 cm at 300 dpi, yes it is mega huge! Imagine that!Our entire team worked hardly during eight days to finish the job.

INTEL - Augmented Reality

Cool 3d illustrations by Joao Ferraz

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/cool-3d-illustrations/

Maxam Toothpaste

Awesome 3d illustrations will make you take better care of your teeth.

Maxam Toothpaste recently released a print campaign that’s sure to send people clambering to stores to buy toothpaste. Titled ‘Civilization Rome’ and ‘Civilization Egypt’ respectively, these two campaigns feature teeth that have been inhabited by some serious plaque. Rather than showing audiences nasty holes formed as a result of bacteria, the ad replicates historical monuments, leaving viewers in awe as to what plaque can potentially do to their teeth. The shock value of the graphics used will no doubt ensure Maxam Toiletries’ message is spread.

Maxam Toothpaste 3d illustration

This clever campaign was produced by JWT Shanghai. It’s already become such a hit that it won the Gold Outdoor and Gold Press Lions at Cannes International Festival of Creativity. The JWT team really outdid themselves on this one.

Maxam Toothpaste 3d illustration

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/maxam-toothpaste/

Amazing Photoshop Retouching

Stunning photo retouching by Michael Oswald

Full time, freelance movie poster designer, Michael Oswald has created very unique style. His artwork is a digital process that is best described as photo manipulation. He starts with a photograph, and digitally paints directly on top of the photo. It is a unique process which requires many hours of detailing.

Amazing Photo Retouching by Michael Oswald

Michael transforms the original female subjects into super stylish androids, robot pin-ups and sculptures.

Amazing Photo Retouching by Michael Oswald

Oswald is a true master of Photoshop and his work has been featured in many top art publications including Advanced Photoshop Magazine.

Amazing Photo Retouching by Michael Oswald

Workflow:

The first and most important step is coming up with a concept. I feel the best way to make interesting art is to have a good reason for making it. The next step is finding the right model and setting up a photo shoot. It is important to find the right model for an image and there have even been times when I have traveled to faraway places in order to find them.

Amazing Photo Retouching by Michael Oswald

Amazing Photo Retouching by Michael Oswald

Find out more:

http://cool3dconcepts.com/amazing-photoshop-retouching/

Toyota Motor Triathlon Race Car MTRC

The 2004 Toyota MTRC, an electric & hydrogen off-road sports concept.

Toyota  Motor Triathlon Race Car MTRC is Toyota's response to future customer demands. A tandem two-seater that combines off-road ability, sports car performance and motor sport derived technology, the MTRC shows that Toyota is now targeting not only the customers of today, but also tapped into what will appeal to future generations.

2004 Toyota MTRC

The Toyota Motor Triathlon Race Car MTRC, first seen at the 2004 Geneva International Motorshow, is Toyotas idea of a tandem two seat race car of the future.

2004 Toyota MTRC

The MTRC was designed and built at Toyota's European design studio, ED2. It is propelled by four in-wheel electric motors powered by a Toyota fuel cell stack, enabling the stylists much more freedom when designing the shape of the car than a conventional internal combustion engine and four-wheel drive transmission would allow.

2004 Toyota MTRC

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/toyota-motor-triathlon-race-car-mtrc/

Renault Frendzy Concept

Renault Frendzy Concept is work and family EV car.

The Renault Frendzy is a concept car designed by Renault for the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show and is a similar size to the production Renault Kangoo.

The car can be used both as a modern office on wheels and as a passenger cars.

Renault Frendzy Concept - work & family EV car

Concept was designed by Renault's design chief Laurens Van den Acker with the exterior design accredited to Deyan Denkov.
The Frendzy is based on the Kangoo ZE . It is powered by an electric motor developing 59 bhp (44 kW; 60 PS) and is equipped with a lithium-ion battery pack.

Renault Frendzy Concept - work & family EV car

Frendzy is both proud of its split personality and not ashamed of how awful it looks. Examples of this duality of purpose begin at the exterior. The “work” side features a sliding door, while the “family” side has conventional doors. A modular interior allows for storage or a comfy bench seat in the rear.

Renault Frendzy Concept - work & family EV car

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/renault-frendzy-concept/

Taku Tanku mobile shelter

Bicycle towable floating mobile shelter made from rainwater tanks.

New York-based architects Stereotank in collaboration with Japanese designer Takahiro Fukuda created a mobile shelter made from two 3,000 liter water tanks.

Taku Tanku is very light. Carried by one or two persons or by a bicycle, by a car or potentially even by a boat, Taku Tanku is made out of recycled water tanks and can travel through many landscapes to serve as companion and shelter.

Taku Tanku mobile shelter by Stereotank & Takahiro Fukuda.

Taku Tanku is an eco-friendly project that can be easily assembled, built with off-the-shelf and re-purposed materials. The structure is composed by two 3,000 liter water tanks connected by a ring of wood that frames the entrance and rests on a two wheeled base.

Taku Tanku mobile shelter by Stereotank & Takahiro Fukuda.

Find out more:

http://cool3dconcepts.com/taku-tanku-mobile-shelter/

Ferrari F80

Ferrari F80 Supercar Concept by Adriano Raeli.

Very cool design by Italian designer Adriano Raeli. He studied Transportation Design at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena California. This car is absolutely stunning, wide swooping bodywork and an aggressively look. Ferrari F80 is essentially a road-legal F1 car.

Ferrari F80 Supercar Concept by Adriano Raeli.

The designer modeled his F80 on stealth fighter jets and draws plenty of inspiration from the Enzo as well (Enzo of the future). Larger air intakes, a raked windshield and over-sized rear diffuser is slathered in the famed Ferrari red.

Ferrari F80 Supercar Concept by Adriano Raeli.

The Ferrari F80 concept has a hybrid drivetrain. An internal combustion engine and a KERS system combine to produce 1,200 horsepower.Proposed weight is 800 kg and top speed 500km/h, and 0-100 km/h in just 2.2 secs. This is as good as Formula 1.

 

Ferrari F80 Supercar Concept by Adriano Raeli.

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/ferrari-f80/

iControl

iControl is the Missing piece in Apple’s HomeKit.

Designer Peter Zigich, has come up with device that controls Smart Home using upcoming Apple’s HomeKit. It’s a cross between a universal remote control and an iDevice with lots of connectivity options. He calls this device iControl.
At Apple’s recent Worldwide Developers Conference HomeKit, a suite of tools for controlling devices such as lights, locks, garage doors, alarms, thermostats and more using iOS device was announced.

iControl 3d concept by Peter Zigich

Current iOS devices (iPhone & iPad), are not well suited for Apples HomeKit & Home Automation for a number of key reasons:

• The lack of ZigBee, Z-Wave, IR prevents compatibility with hundreds of existing Home Automation devices.


• Many members of a household still do not own their iOS device (small children, grandparents, ……).


• Limited battery life for Home Automation.

iControl 3d concept by Peter Zigich

A crucial hardware piece that is missing in the Apple Home Automation ecosystem, is a device / hub that would be in the centre of the living room, to control “Smart Home”. The simplest way to describe this gizmo is that it is a cross between a universal remote control and an iPod Touch with lots of connectivity options and sensors built into it.

iControl 3d concept by Peter Zigich

Features:

• metal body


• 4” touch screen


• Touch ID


• Connectivity – Bluetooth BLE, WiFi, ZigBee, Z-Wave, IR infrared


• Front & back camera


• Siri, AirPlay, AirPlay Mirroring. Facetime, VoIP phone….


• Significantly larger battery (possible solar or wireless charging)


• Built in sensors to assist Smart devices (motion, temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, light etc).

iControl 3d concept by Peter Zigich

Find out more:

http://cool3dconcepts.com/icontrol/

IXION windowless jet

IXION windowless jet with 360 degree panoramic views and solar panels.

International agency Technicon Design has created a concept for a private jet that replaces windows with screens. Technicon Design has a lot of experience working in the commercial aviation sector.

IXION windowless jet by Technicon Design.

IXION’s windowless jet uses external cameras to capture a full 360-degree panoramic view of the exterior of the plane, which is then adjusted for perspective and displayed on the cabin’s interior display panels that cover most of the cabin. This gives the passenger the illusion of transparency, albeit a 2-dimensional one. The displays could also be customized to show any other animated wallpaper you so chose, such as a beach scene or outer space. In order to drive low voltage systems on-board, a series of amorphous solar panels are placed on the upper front half of the exterior

IXION windowless jet by Technicon Design.

"The ethos of the project is simple, to challenge current thinking, and propose something a little different, but not just a fantasy," said Technicon design director Gareth Davies. "It has to be credible and relevant, yet provoke discussion."
"We quickly settled on the controversial yet interesting idea of removing the windows from the cabin and using existing or very near future technology to display the exterior environment to the inside surfaces of the cabin via external cameras."

[ IXION windowless jet by Technicon Design.

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/ixion-windowless-jet/

iPro 3d concept

iPro 3d concept is a mix between a Mac Pro and an iMac.

Swiss designer Kurt Merki Jr. has mixed the iMac with the Mac Pro into one product called the iPro. This device completes with a 35-inch display and integrated sound bar and it's looking good.

iPro 3d concept by Kurt Merki Jr.

The Apple iPro computer is a very nice looking concept that looks just like a Lenovo Yoga Tablet, with that circular tube at the bottom. It’s supposed to be a combo between a Mac Pro and an iMac. It features a glass OLED display with unibody design and relies on a flexible architecture. The unibody takes the shape of a tube and components can be lined up inside in order to fit the user’s needs.

iPro 3d concept by Kurt Merki Jr.

Apple iPro features a 35 inch Retina Cinema Display, with a resolution of 3382 x 1964 pixels. The device comes with front facing stereo speakers, 10 of them actually and dual microphones too. This model has a 20 degree tilt function and comes in 3 colors: gold, black and silver. There are actually two Mac Pros worth of hardware inside and the two computers are cooled down separately with a fan on either sides of the tube.

iPro 3d concept by Kurt Merki Jr.

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/ipro-3d-concept/

Citroën retro concepts

Citroën cars have always been quirky and interesting to look at, never dull. What would these iconic cars look today?

Look at these Citroën retro concepts - old is new again.

Citroën is a major French automobile manufacturer earned a reputation for innovation and revolutionary engineering, which is reflected in the company's slogan "Creative Technologie". Some of the most legionary Citroen models are Citroën 2CV and Citroën DS.

Citroën 2CV

Economy car manufactured for over 40 years 1948-1990. Quirky looking and iconic French car. Often described as a “car like no other”.

Citroën 2CV

French designer David Portela released some new CG images of his proposal for the redesign of the iconic Citroën 2CV. Portela took clues from the original grill, floating headlights, and fenders and merged them with a more avant-garde silhouette.

Citroën 2CV retro concept

Citroën 2CV retro concept

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/citroen-retro-concepts/

Milky PinUps

No 3d, just milk, high speed photography and bit of Photoshop.

AurumLight Studio, a London-based conceptual photography business, is making a splash with its fresh take on old pin-up photos. Pouring milk on models.

Milky PinUps, Jaroslav Wieczorkiewicz

Photographer Jaroslav Wieczorkiewicz, has created a 12 month calendar inspired by 1940′s pin-ups but has added a twist!

Each girl in the calendar isn’t wearing real clothing, but MILK.

Wieczorkiewicz used high-speed cameras to capture milk as it was poured on each model’s body to create the illusion of clothing. Over 200 frames are used to complete each image!

Milky PinUps, Jaroslav Wieczorkiewicz

Jaroslav is a Polish photographer that hails from London. He has a Fine Arts background with a degree is Architecture–which taught him how to solve lots of complex problems. That problem solving helped with the founding of this studio: AurumLight. The studio specializes in limited calendars, advertising, and conceptual photography; and they’ve had many campaigns in Europe and the US.
So when we found Jaroslav’s Milk PinUps, we were very intrigued as to how they were done.

Milky PinUps, Jaroslav Wieczorkiewicz

The style and look of the photography brings you back to the pin-ups that proliferated in
mid last century, with such iconic stars like of Marylin Monroe, Betty Grable, Jane Russell, Rita Hayworth and countless other timeless beauties.

Milky Pinups, aims at replicating those popular pin-ups of that bygone era, and does so quite convincingly, adding an original element through milk in place of clothes.

Milky PinUps, Jaroslav Wieczorkiewicz

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/milky-pinups/

Dieselpunk awesome and bizarre World

Dieselpunk is a genre that combines the aesthetics of diesel-based technology influenced by the interwar period to the 1950s with futurist postmodern technology. First coined in 2001 by game designer Lewis Pollak to describe his role-playing game Children of the Sun,[4] the term has since been applied to a variety of visual art, music, motion pictures, fiction, and engineering.
Dieselpunk draws its inspiration from two related sources: the diesel era and a characteristic referred to as "decodence. The term "diesel era" is a period of time that begins with the start of the interbellum era, which covers the time between the end of World War I and the start of World War II. Dieselpunk awesome and bizarre World.

 Scouting Dieselpunk machine by Cutangus (Jose Garcia)

Scouting Dieselpunk machine by CUTANGUS (Jose Garcia)

In the deep forests of remote future, other eyes would see you through the eyepieces of unsophisticated opticas. At the right moment, a rain of steel will chase you and ruin completely your armored vehicle. Maybe you have not heard the Diesel engine noise of the legged machine that is camouflaged in the dense forest.

Luftwaffe flight, 1948 by Cutangus (Jose Garcia)

Yellow 6 and 5 flight over North Africa, 1948

Luftwaffe flight, 1948 by CUTANGUS (Jose Garcia)

Nose air intake feed the big turboshaft engine whose exhaust can be seen below the forward fuselage. The 7,800 shp shaft drive the rear-mounted contra-rotating propeller (100% power transmission for full speed flight), or also mid-fuselage lift fan (78% power) for vertical take-off and landing.
Like a missile, part of lift during high speed flight is created by the fuselage, and the rest by the fins. Rear upper fins are all-moving control surfaces.

 Fiat 126p Diesel by pkowal

Fiat 126p Diesel by pkowal

 Chibi Tank by Moran Goldstein

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/dieselpunk-awesome-and-bizarre-world/

White House 3d model

White House 3d model by 3d Artist André Cantarel.

Absolutely amazing detailing and quality! We can’t believe one person is doing all the work. Secret Service can’t be too pleased with such detailed and accurate model of the White House.

White House 3d model by André Cantarel

Description:

A very detailed and accurate model of the White House residence. An insane amount of time went into research as a lot of areas aren’t accessible to the public and therefore information is hard to come by. I just became interested in the architecture due to previous movie work featuring this building. The East- and West-Wing will follow when I have the time for it - and patience. Actual renderings of the White House in an environment will follow. Right now the actual renderings only show the asset by itself.

White House 3d model by André Cantarel

White House 3d model by André Cantarel

About Artist:

André Cantarel is a Los Angeles based 3D generalist who works in vfx for film and commercial and is very passionate about visual effects and aviation related topics.

Right now, working on “White House Down” at Uncharted Territory / Sony Pictures.

White House 3d model by André Cantarel

Find out more:

http://cool3dconcepts.com/white-house-3d-model/