Friday, 14 September 2007 | Levent OZLER
Jaesang Lee: Best Safety Innovation
Jaesang Lee from Hongik University in South Korea has won the Interior Motives Awards for Best Safety Innovation. His striking Nissan "Uno" personal mobility transporter consists of a people carrier that interfaces with single seater transportation vehicles.
Lee's mobility transporter concept charges the electric powered individual city vehicles when they are docked inside. As passengers approach their destination, the transporter slows and the single seater vehicles detach from an internal rail, enabling users to drive to their separate destinations. The design of the concept incorporates glass panels and sharp defined frames that hold the panels together giving the design a modern look. As individual vehicles return to the transporter, they rise up on their front axle to provide a more comfortable elevated seating position as passengers.
Runner up for the award was Alexander Ksoll from the Umeå Institute of Design, Sweden with his Volvo recycling truck concept. Ksoll's vehicle uses an elegant rotating drum that can pick up bins and empty them with minimal effort from the driver. The cabin of the truck slants downwards to improve the driver visibility.
Second runner up for the awards was Tiago Aiello Tome De Souza for the Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil. Tome De Souza's Toyota Trio concept is a three seater city vehicle that has a sphere as its central front wheel and two tracks as rear wheels. The rear tracks can pivot to elevate the position of the vehicle and the trio features a heads up display and two simple panels for driver control. The windows of the vehicle can change their opacity and colour enabling the user to personalise the vehicle appearance to suit their taste.
The Interior Motives Design Awards are open to design students from around the world and are judged by senior industrial designers from the world's leading carmakers and suppliers.
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