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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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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iHome concept

Apple iHome concept by designer Martin Hajek shows us what Apple’s home automation device might look like, if it ever came to real life.

Device takes its design cues from the iPhone 5s. Touch ID fingerprint scanner, looks like a square version of Apple’s iPhone 5s.

iHome concept

iHome concept

Designer's effort is appreciated, but unfortunately Martin completely failed this time. Not everything Apple makes, has to look like iPhone 5s. Ear speaker just bellow camera has no purpose at all. How about camera? What is the purpose,  it really makes no sense at all.

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

Cool Photos using Paint and Liquid

Awesome Photographs by Iain Crawford

Iain Crawford is a beauty and fashion photographer based in London that has a pretty impressive portfolio. His images are beautiful, colorful, creative and full of style... Some of them have a retro felling while others are modern and contemporary. Among his clients you can find names as Lancome, Max Factor, Givenchy, L'Oreal, Vogue and many other. Iain's work is really a amazing and the images are very eye catching, so take your time to enjoy them.
Photographer Iain Crawford has quite a unique focus when it comes to fashion photography. He paints and peppers the models during the shoot, capturing perfect moments of chaotic color.

Awesome Photographs by Iain Crawford

Awesome Photographs by Iain Crawford

About Iain:

Iain grew up in Africa and Malaysia and developed a passion for photography at an early age. On moving to London, he worked as an account handler for Saatchi & Saatchi but left to pursue his photographic career. After spending several years living and working in New York, he is now based back in London but continues to work internationally.

Awesome Photographs by Iain Crawford

Awesome Photographs by Iain Crawford

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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

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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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iWatch Concept by Todd Hamilton

Artist imagine what Apple’s iWatch could look like.

A designer named Todd Hamilton took a stab not only at what the still-speculative watch might look like, but how it might actually work to make calls.

The concept basically imagines the iWatch with vertical controls, something that Hamilton believes “Apple would actually produce.

Lock screen with Siri access

He wanted to retain a slim form factor like the Fuelband and incorporate familiar UI components from iOS 7. It needed to feel natural on the wrist.

The concept shows a black and white lock screen, displaying the time, date, and a button to activate Siri. The springboard features four app icons with a page controller on the right. A press of the home button brings the user back to the lock screen.

Homescreen

Very nice concept by designer Todd Hamilton, but…. We really don’t like the idea of “smart watch” in general. Until someone comes up with technology that doesn’t require constant charging - we are not interested.

iWatch Concept by Todd Hamilton

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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/

Apple TV Air

Apple TV Air concept is HDMI Dongle, looks a lot like a Google Chromecast.

The fourth generation of Apple TV could be introduced this spring. This concept is very simple as Google’s widely successful HDMI dongle Chromecast.

Apple TV Air is the cheapest possible way to watch Apple TV.
It consists of two parts: the HDMI dongle (the actual Apple TV) and a small remote control, both sold together in one box for aprox. $49.
The dongle is powered through HDMI, while the remote has a small changeable battery like the current Apple TV remote

Apple TV Air - Dongle and remote

Apple TV Air retail packaging

Connection over Bluetooth (IR not possible due to fact that the dongle is behind TV.

Made from plastic to keep costs down.

Apple TV Air and Apple TV 3 in the back

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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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Rotor digital camera

Simplified user interface

Charlie Nghiem reimagined simplified user interface with his Rotor digital camera concept.
Getting rid of buttons all together, a stacked cylinder composed of several rotating parts allows
users to choose their settings. When a section is spun, a corresponding line appears on the screen.

Rotor camera concept

To access the features and menus, just drag the thumb on the cylinder are in order to rotate each function. Each cylinder would correspond to a line displayed on the screen.

Rotor camera concept

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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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Smarty Ring

Smarty Ring to control your Smart phone.

The hi-tech jewel is made from medical-grade stainless steel and its dimensions are 13mm wideness and 4mm thickness. It connects to your Android/iOS smartphone via Bluetooth 4.0 and displays a clock and notification icons on a small display. It also has a beeper for alerts, and what appears to be music and volume controls. The ring is powered by a flexible 22maH battery which can be charged wirelessly. All of this fits in a water-proof body.

Smarty Ring hi-tech jewel, controls Smart phone.

Smarty Ring offers incoming & outgoing call notifications, alerts for message and social media updates. It's able to control and track your smartphone. It can make, accept and reject calls, trigger the camera, control music and change your profile. The ring can send alerts to your phone, or beep when your handset is more than 30 meters away from you. Also in the works is a dedicated app that allows you to change Smarty Ring's profile, set the time zones and clock, adjust LED brightness and beeper volume, and assign buttons to control speed dials.

Smarty Ring hi-tech jewel, controls Smart phone.

Smarty Ring's Indiegogo fundraiser launched last month, and so far has amassed more than four times the original goal of $40 000. The interest in a such gadgets is obviously there, which means major technological manufacturers are probably concocting their own smart-jewelry right now. But can the Smarty Ring really move from concept to reality? The team behind the project allegedly spent 8 months on technical research to finalize a feasible prototype model and confirm the possibilities of manufacturing the necessary components. In their words, they are all set to go.

Smarty Ring hi-tech jewel, controls Smart phone.

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Samsonite luggage concept

Futuristic Samsonite Electronic Luggage by Damnjan Mitic.

Samsonite Company is one of the largest manufacturers of luggage, travel bags, briefcases and other luggage accessories. Usually high tech & luggage don’t go together. Designer Damnjan Mitic decided to shake things up a little. Very elegant but probably unrealistic idea.

Futuristic Samsonite Luggage concept by Damnjan Mitic

Futuristic Samsonite Luggage concept by Damnjan Mitic

Samsonite luggage concept combines functionality, innovative technology, and futuristic looks into one jet-set-ready design. It’s equipped with a GPS tracking system, a powerful computer that provides wireless access to the web, Two gamer joysticks that can be transformed into a sensory keyboard, and an advanced LED touch-screen monitor. Multi-directional spinner wheels with brakes make for easy mobility.

The inside is as spacious as the outside is cool.

Futuristic Samsonite Luggage concept by Damnjan Mitic

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