X2 Concept Car

X2 is Car with a perfectly symmetric layout.

X2 Concept Car by Yeon Wu Seong is a futuristic Coupe Car with a perfectly symmetric layout Can be driven in either directions by changing seat and rotating the outside cameras. The four in wheel electric motors allows it to rotate in place.

Design Brief

There will be several advantages since it was manufactured because of its symmetric structure.

Also in using, it can more easily control cars in the complicated city by relieving directivity, and several accidents and traffic congestions will decrease very much. It will be a car for those who find convenience of operating, who find 2 cars, ad who wish for a specially balance shape.

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Strati 3d printed electric car

Electric 3D printed car has just 49 parts.

The Strati, which is Italian for “layers,” is a small, electric two seater roadster with a top speed of 40 mph and a 120 mile range.

Phoenix, Arizona based Local Motors rolled out its first 3D printed car at the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago.

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Luna 3d printed bike

Luna 3D Printed Concept Bicycle

Designed by Omer Sagiv. The idea behind it is to utilize 3d print SLS technology. The ability to customize and make design changes without a tooling investment is a big advantage with 3d printed bike frames. Luna features a unique form that uses the strength and durability of nylon. The hexagon frame allows minimal surface area for a strong light structure. Bike is printed on demand.

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KLM futuristic Airplane

KLM WB-1010 promises to revolutionize flight travel in 85 years.

Designer Reindy Allendra has envisioned a brilliant new aircraft that, if proven flight-worthy, could revolutionize travel. Inspired by a blue whale, the KLM WB-1010 looks like a giant blimp with supersonic engines in the back. Capable of carrying 1500 people at a max speed of 620mph, the futuristic aircraft comes with “smart glass” windows and a helium-injected body to maintain a light weight factor.

KLM futuristic Airplane 

The WB-1010 (stands for Wright Brothers) is an official entry into the current KLM Indonesia aircraft design competition. It’s purely a concept plane using technology that might be feasible in the future, but still doesn’t exist.

KLM futuristic Airplane

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Underwater Luxury Yacht concept

U-010 is a submarine and yacht wrapped into one original design.

The yacht has a double-skinned hull with a high-modulus steel outer shell lined with an inner aluminum layer.

U-010 is a submarine and yacht wrapped into one original design. With two 800-hp electric motors, the vessel moves under water at 10 knots and dives to a maximum depth of 190′ to 200′. When it re-emerges, the craft’s two 1,800-hp diesel engines take over for surface cruising.

Underwater Luxury Yacht

The U-010 boasts comfortable interiors with astonishing underwater and sea-surface views through round windows. With large living spaces (about 7,530 square feet) and three decks, the yacht offers ample space for the owner’s suite plus four guest cabins, a fully equipped spa center, an open-air deck and a pressured chamber housing a mini-submarine for deeper undersea exploration.

Underwater Luxury Yacht

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VW Aqua Hovercraft concept

VW Aqua, great concept, if you need a hovercraft.

The Aqua Concept is a futuristic hovercraft (ACV – Air Cushion Vehicle) powered by Hydrogen and propelled by impellers. Looks great and futuristic, but something that VW will never make. The project was presented CDN  Awards and was conceived as an off-road vehicle targeted to Chinese customers.

The hovercraft was chosen for its ability to travel equally well over land, ice, and water, thus resulting quite suitable for China’s wide landform range of wetlands. Aqua features a powertrain with several engines, the main one is located under the chassis, which and is responsible for lifting the vehicle by forcing high pressure air under the craft.

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/vw-aqua-hovercraft-concept

Floating luxury Yacht Island

Tropical Island Paradise – the new concept in luxury yachting

The brief for this concept was to create an idyllic, floating island, with all the features of a tropical island getaway built into the design. Key elements of the exterior main deck include the swimming pool, guest cabanas, the bar and outdoor dining. The waterfall can quite clearly been seen running from the volcano and feeding into the swimming pool.

Floating luxury yacht Island. 

Forward 3/4 View

This view shows the guest cabanas nestled around the pool and highlights the two deck owners’ suites carved out of the front of the volcano and looking out across the bow. The interior features an owners suite located inside the volcano and spread over two decks. The living room balcony affords views out over the front of the yacht from behind the waterfall. Located behind the bedroom is the owners private spa.

Floating luxury yacht Island

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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/

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/

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/

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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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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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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Awesome 3d artwork Paul Pepera

Paul Pepera is a 3D game artist, currently working at Oculus VR. He previously worked at Valve Corporation on Team Fortress 2; as lead mission artist at 343 Industries on Halo 4; as environment artist at id Software on the as-yet-unreleased Doom 4; at TimeGate Studios on first-person shooter Section 8; and freelance for clients including Tripwire Interactive, where he contributed to tactical shooter Red Orchestra: Heroes of Stalingrad. Paul’s 3D models of machinery, real or imagined, exhibit a striking clarity of form and meticulous attention to detail.

Awesome 3d artwork by Paul Pepera

Awesome 3d artwork by Paul Pepera

He is a self-taught 3D artist. I started working on games when I was around 12 or 13 years old by modding LucasArts titles like Star Wars: Dark Forces and Jedi Knight. The ‘breakthrough’ in his career came around this time, when he realized he enjoyed making games more than playing them.

Awesome 3d artwork by Paul Pepera

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Retro styled Renault 4

Retro Concepts, the New Renault 4 by designer David Obendorfer.

About the original car:

The Renault 4, also known as the 4L (pronounced "Quatrelle"), is a hatchback economy car produced by the French automaker Renault between 1961 and 1992. It was the first front-wheel drive family car produced by Renault.

Renault 4 was Renault's response to the 1948 Citroën 2CV. Renault was able to review the advantages and disadvantages of the 2CV design and come up with a larger, more urban vehicle.

Retro styled Renault 4 top

Original Renault 4 bottom

Original Renault 4 top

Retro styled Renault 4 bottom

Concept:

The result is a combination of modern lines and the classic’s features, coming together in such a way that none of the original’s smallness and cuteness is lost. It shows us how a car can be both simple in design, practical and incredibly charismatic. Something modern cars do not exhibit often anymore.

Retro styled Renault 4

It’s a modern design with retro-styling cues, perhaps designed to be built on an existing architecture. And like most new cars today, the Revival has been designed with alternative power plants – such as hybrid and all-electric ones – in mind.

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/retro-styled-renault-4/

V+ Volteis electric car

Legendary designer puts his stamp on an electric car

Electric car concept developed by French designer Philippe Starck in collaboration with Volteis, a French electric vehicle manufacturer.

Minimalistic design philosophy this 1600-pound car is composed almost entirely of aluminum, with a  full windshield, fabric roof, and no doors. A wicker dashboard and storage unit are complemented by seat frames created by Dedon outdoor furniture producers.

V+ Volteis electric car

Starck designed the ‘V+ volteis’ in response to his dissatisfaction with the current 
state of automotives: ‘they’re noisy, dirty, anti-social, masochistic; and they bring out the worst in people.’

V+ Volteis electric car

A 4kW engine with 11.5kWh battery pack drives power to the craft, with a maximum speed of 40mph and a single-charge range of 37 miles. Trailing-arm rear suspension and disc brakes for smoother acceleration and safe breaking.
The battery achieves 50% capacity in two hours from a standard 220 V power source, and six hours to full.

V+ Volteis electric car

Estimated price of V+ Volteis electric car is 40,000 USD.

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http://cool3dconcepts.com/v-volteis-electric-car/

BMW CS Vintage Concept

Project by car designer David Obendorfer.

This project is a modern interpretation of the 1968 BMW E9 series designed by Giovanni Michelotti. In fact, it focuses on two models: Michelotti’s E9 and its predecessor, the 1965 BMW 2000 CS (E120 series).

1968 BMW E9

BMW CS Vintage Concept by David Obendorfer

Back then the 2000 CS used to be fairly successful thanks to its sleek line, brilliant performance and good build quality, so BMW decided to upgrade the model by setting up a new generation of straight-six engines, redesigning the interior, and the only part of the coupé that had raised concerns: the front. The new front end, by Giovanni Michelotti, gave considerable impetus to the whole car body. The designer from Turin eliminated the large rectangular headlights in favour of an arrow-shaped front with a large matte black mask and four round headlights.

BMW CS Vintage Concept by David Obendorfer

The operation is very similar to the mid-generational refresh applied today by all car manufacturers to keep the product competitive and attractive to customers without making expensive technical amendments. Yet the transition between the E120 and E9 was particularly important for BMW because the new front gave the car a strong stylistic identity with a recognizable personality. The design with the four round headlights has proved to be a winning style pattern that BMW has been carrying on for over 35 years evolving and proposing it on all its models.

BMW CS Vintage Concept by David Obendorfer

The BMW CS Vintage Concept is based on the 6 series platform (in production since 2011). The style, despite numerous citations from the past, is substantially contemporaneous with updated proportions and with modern details, many of which are inspired by nautical styling solutions.

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Sketch Book Daniel Simon

Awesome concepts drawings based on 3d models

Sketch Book  - Daniel Simon

Everything I do, starts and ends with a drawing. Between that, there are many weeks and months of digital 3D modeling. My first sketches are extremely loose and serve often only to get me and the client on the same page. In my workflow, 3D kicks in at an unusually early stage to confirm volume ideas and proportion from all angles. Most drawings you see here are from the final stage of a project, based on my own 3D data. These drawings take considerable time to finish. Their purpose is to massage the digital design with a touch of manual line work and to lock in the overall feel weeks before my 3D model could reach that detailed stage—adding radii, part lines, and other features. It is a preview of a finished model in a neutral setting, without the distraction of color, surface finish, environment, and visual decoration.

Oblivion

Final Bubbleship drawing for Universal’s Oblivion. Design: Daniel Simon for UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

Final Bubbleship drawing for Universal’s Oblivion

Tron Legacy

Final Light Runner drawing. Simon intertwines drawing and 3D modeling throughout the entire design process. Design: Daniel Simon for DISNEY STUDIOS

Final Light Runner drawing

Tron Uprising 

Final concept drawing of the Tron Uprising Light Cycle. A rather simplified design to be compatible with the TV show’s animation style. Design: Daniel Simon for DISNEY TELEVISION

Tron Uprising Light Cycle

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Phantom Corsair 1938

Amazing car that was never put into production.

The Phantom Corsair is a prototype automobile built in 1938. It is a six-passenger 2-door sedan that was designed by Rust Heinz of the H. J. Heinz family and Maurice Schwartz of the Bohman & Schwartz coach building company in Pasadena, California. Although sometimes dismissed as a failure because it never entered production, the Corsair is regarded as anachronistic due to its futuristic features and styling cues such as faired-in fenders and a low profile

Phantom Corsair 1938, Photo

Design

The Phantom Corsair's steel-and-aluminum body measured just 57 in (140 cm) in height and incorporated fully skirted wheels and completely flush fenders while forgoing running boards.[4] The car also lacked door handles, as the doors were instead opened electrically using push-buttons located on the exterior and the instrument panel. The instrument panel also featured a compass and altimeter, while a separate console above the windshield indicated when a door was ajar or if the car's lights or radio were turned on.

Phantom Corsair 1938, Photo

Phantom Corsair 1938 3d model by Matteo Drovetto

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