Pforzheim Transportation & Design Summer Show 2008

Florian Flatau, Lamborghini

By Brian Potter
August 4, 2008 9:05 PM
Filed Under: Artist Renderings, Concept Car, European, Industry

The Transportation and Design program at Germany's Pforzheim University, is one of the most prestigious centers for aspiring automotive designers. Famous alumni include Michael Mauer, head of design at Porsche; Peter Faasbender, head of design at Saab; Thomas Ingenlath, head of design at Skoda; and Claus Potthoff, head of exterior design at Audi.

Twice a year an exhibition is held showcasing design projects from graduating masters and diploma students, as well as work from students in earlier semesters of the course. At this year's Pforzheim Summer Show 2008, many awesome projects were recently on display.

For full photo review please follow the source link below.

Source: CarDesign.ru (Russian lang.)

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Comments

Penner

August 4, 2008 9:15 PM

The Porsche looks best...

RobERob

August 4, 2008 9:37 PM

The VW and Porsche look... okay, but everything else is either uselss or garbage.

Joe_Limon

August 4, 2008 10:37 PM

in a competition where the goal is to be new original to the point of bare recognition. The Porsche car still looks like a Porsche lol.

jpm

August 4, 2008 11:00 PM

agreed, which is why they're great!

Gumball

August 5, 2008 2:26 AM

I still don't understand how it looks the same. can you please tell me how it even looks close to one of porsche's current model.

DanaJ

August 5, 2008 2:50 AM

What I love about the Porsche is that it is instantly recognizable. The more one looks, the more one sees the innovative details yet also the essence of the brand's design. No, it is not as far out as many of the others, but I'm not sure if that was the goal of the exhibit either.

Joe_Limon

August 5, 2008 3:00 AM

@ Gumball

Joe_Limon

August 5, 2008 3:00 AM

wtf? this site is getting worse...

Joe_Limon

August 5, 2008 2:58 AM

mmk, the hood appears to come from a stock 911 with virtually no change in cutout shape or curvature. The front fenders give the traditional Porsche exaggerated look. The swooping back lower door line is also found from the 911. The windshield/roof of the car also seems very stock. I sure hope you are being sarcastic, because if you can't see any of these ties then I can finally see why Porsche fans think ultra minor face lifts that require continuously looking back and forth between models to notice are major redesigns. Actually... no I lied, I still don't understand why you think that way.

Gumball

August 5, 2008 10:52 AM

wow, the fender and hood looks similar, similar yes, but not the same, you got one thing right though, "exaggerated" That is what i think your argument is. seriously you pointed out like 5% of the cars details that happened to look like your so called stock look of a porsche.

LMS

August 5, 2008 12:46 PM

I suppose it depends on how far into the future the student want to look.

The Porsche looks like a car they could put into production as the next facelifted 911/Cayman/Boxter/all-other-cars-Porsche-make-that-look-the-same.

Gumball

August 5, 2008 1:55 PM

But, does it look the same, I dont care about the future models, It does not look the same. I just dont like the critisizem of how people/kids say they look the same when they don't, I dont like how exaggerated people get with this stupid stereotype.

Bremen_Koenigsegg

August 5, 2008 6:56 AM

Ehh, I can do better... than some of those. Like the Porsche. And that Honda which looks like a running shoe.

August 5, 2008 9:32 AM

I like how the Arrow doesn't even have axles and imagine the cuts the Honda can induce to unsuspecting pedestrians.

But basically I like the design ideas, Porsche not going all crazy on this is even good, you could perfectly imagine this to be the 2016 Cayman.

alessandro

August 5, 2008 2:57 PM

That Honda is best from that choice of pics. Others still look like and car magazines inspired hob pen cartoon sketches. Same from year to another.

Nurchus

August 5, 2008 4:14 PM

I vot for the VW, Audi, and Porsche. But the Porsche gets both my thumbs up. It looks feasable and it looks like it can actually go into production quite soon. But it really looks like a newer version of the Cayman more than anything else from the way I look at it.

Cheers!

passion

September 19, 2008 2:16 PM

Hi everyone! Well the porsche is a porsche, defenetly. The aim of the students should actually be to be as innovative as possible. With strongest focus on social context. The car industrie is on top of all,young designers are asked about their opinion of the future and are the seed of it. To watch degree shows is very important, more then to read today car magazines etc. Students put alot of thought into their projects while they are mostly dont appear as understansable as the cars we see nowadays on the roads. car design for students, is mostly a very complex visual communication NOT a pure styling as it gets later in the indutrie. Young designers are full of hope and power to change_ So look twice, and think deeper.

August 5, 2008 5:02 PM

@Gumball The key sentences here are: (joe_limon) --} The Porsche car still looks like a Porsche (DanaJ) --} What I love about the Porsche is that it is instantly recognizable (DanaJ) --} the essence of the brand's design

So nobody, except you, mentioned something which should imply it looks the same. Never, never ever, never ever ever

Joe_Limon

August 6, 2008 5:23 AM

Did I say the car looks exactly the same no? Cause I would have to be blind to believe that. I said it still looks like a Porsche, and that isn't very imaginative.

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