Sunday, 16 October 2005 | bengisu
17th Annual Summer Automotive Design Models
College For Creative Studies Students
COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES STUDENTS UNVEIL THE 17TH ANNUAL SUMMER AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN MODELS
One look. You knew. This is how automotive inspiration evolves when design expectations have no limits. Forget the rules. These cars are meant to be driven to the extreme.
Top automotive designers, steel industry representatives, and CCS faculty members had their senses ignited as three College for Creative Studies (CCS) transportation design students unveiled their extreme automotive designs for the 17th annual American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) summer automotive design internship.
"Extreme Automotive" took control of the road as the theme for the AISI/CCS 2005 summer internship program. Drawing upon innovative steel technologies, Chris Piscitelli, Sylvian Bryan and Sang Hoon Shin took on the challenge to design a functional, innovative and extreme-inspired vehicle that integrates environmental responsibility, cost efficiency and advanced steel materials.
"Automotive design is important to today's car buyers," said Ron Krupitzer, senior director, Automotive Applications for AISI. "Consumers expect their cars to meet their individual needs, and governmental regulations for safety, fuel economy, recyclability and function, all while maintaining originality and uniqueness in appearance/design."
"The AISI/CCS internship tackles the challenges automakers encounter to design a vehicle that offers a lightweight steel structure and a flexible platform with attributes like affordability, fuel efficiency, and crashworthiness. The performance of vehicles today is being enhanced by the advances in steel. Today's designers recognize the flexibility steel has to offer."
Brian Aranaha, vice president of commercial for Dofasco Inc. and chairman of AISI's Automotive Applications Committee (AAC) added, "Sang, Sylvian and Chris represent the next generation of automotive designers who recognize that the steel is the material of choice."
Source: Autosteel_org
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