The BMW GINA Light Visionary Model
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British Motor Works Gina Philosophy
The BMW GINA Light Visionary Model has finally been revealed, and the futuristic design study shows how BMW designers are thinking outside of the box when it comes to the materials that make up a car and also how the car relates to the driver. GINA stands for "Geometry and Functions in 'N' Adaptat
ions", which basically means that designers from both BMW and BMW Group DesignworksUSA were allowed to throw out the rulebook. This is most evident in the GINA Light Visionary Model's outer skin, which is made entirely out of textile fabric that's pulled taut around a frame of metal and carbon fiber
wires. The skeleton of the car is controlled by electro-hydraulic devices and can actually move and change shape beneath the fabric skin. For instance, the headlights of the concept can be exposed or hidden by the car's skin just like blinking eyes, and the hood opens from the center as the fabric
parts to expose the engine. This idea extends to the interior, where BMW designers have made visible only those instruments that are required at a certain time, while the rest of the time the same fabric interior "blinks" them out of view. The car itself looks somewhat like a Z4 Roadster, though aft
er viewing the extensive gallery of high-res images below, you'll be amazed how much the outer skin looks like normal sheetmetal. Until, that is, you see how the doors open. They lift up in a semi-scissor fashion and since there are no exposed hinges, the fabric artfully binds up as the door swings
open. While the design of the GINA Light Visionary Model is very Bangle-esque with concave and convex surfaces intermingling everywhere you look, it looks appropriate and natural here. The car is very much a concept, meant more to inspire BMW's own designers and engineers rather than excite the publ
ic, but now we're excited about shape-changin, fabric-covered cars, anyway.
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| its amazing how ... ( 2 months ago by damnyoubastards) |
| its amazing how technology is driving our society forward. this is truly remarkable. whats the song, btw? it fits perfectly. |
| The car looks like ... ( 2 months ago by owensgud) |
| The car looks like it's alive, it looks like it's raising and lowering it's "eyebrows" and looks like it wakes up and goes to sleep when the lights are on or off! When the bonnet opens it looks like a persons chest opening and you can see the ribs... |
| this car is amazing ... ( 2 months ago by birdmatt67) |
| this car is amazing i really want it. |
| this car is UGLY. ... ( 2 months ago by Area51T) |
| this car is UGLY. ABSOLUTELY UGLY. WHOEVER MADE IT SHOULD BE SHOT IN THE FACE WITH A SHOTGUN AFTER HAVNG A LIVE NADE SHOVED DOWN THEIR THROAT. THE CAR SHOULD BE THROWN TO TE CLOVERFIELD MONSTER. RAWR |
| SHUTUP FOOL THIS IS ... ( 2 months ago by birdmatt67) |
| SHUTUP FOOL THIS IS BEAUTY IN ITS PUREST FORM *slaps* |
| To NEWBIEJAB: " ... ( 1 month ago by marqush) |
| To NEWBIEJAB: "British Motor Works..." I think you mean Bayerische Motoren Werke. BMW is German not British =) |
| This car is so mint ( 1 month ago by cdalbon) |
| This car is so mint |
| OMFG!!! Those ... ( 1 week ago by hnorbi) |
| OMFG!!! Those headlights! |
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