WORKSHOP
CHRIS BANGLE
AN ENDEAVOR IN DISCONTINUITY
Exterior Car Design of the Future
Scuola Politecnica di Design, Milan, September 2010
The workshop explores the evolution of automotive design since the invention of cars, emphasizing the impact of production processes and new materials on their external forms. Chris Bangle highlights the potential for new and unexpected shapes to better reflect evolving social habits and gestures as part of a new experimental concept.
Symmetry and continuity in surfacing remain key elements of traditional car design—a legacy that Bangle challenges with revolutionary ideas such as discontinuity, irregular shapes, and unconventional surfaces. In this workshop, Bangle suggests that abandoning the paradigm of "surface continuity" in car design could reveal significant advantages. His vision encourages future car designers to move beyond the constraints of the "business-English" shape dogmas that dominate today’s industry.
CONTEXT
Attaching emotion to the surface through "emotional energy"
Replacing the surface without explicitly describing it
Utilizing topography to create a structural skin that behaves like a surface
Employing techniques where the structure directly influences the form
Adopting a spontaneous approach that embraces random effects
Dissolving the surface to generate compelling visual moments
Altering symmetry—where volume language is redefined by spatial organization
Exploring textural structures by zooming into textures to discover forms
Redefining what constitutes a car, where form and structure harmonize
Enabling the surface to interact with the internal functions across different layers
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