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Lamborghini Egoista Concept
An emotional moment in Sant'Agata Bolognese at the culmination of the gala celebrating Lamborghini's 50th anniversary: Walter De Silva's incredible vehicle made its entry in front of a thousand invitees, the Head of Design for the Volkswagen Group's homage to celebrating the House of the Raging Bull's half century. "I am very attached to this Italian brand, being an Italian myself. I wanted to pay homage to and think up a vehicle to underline the fact that Lamborghinis have always been made with passion, and with the heart more than the head," said an emotional De Silva.
Indeed the Egoista, as the vehicle has been christened, is a car forged from a passion for innovation and alternative solutions, the same passion which has always set the Lamborghini brand apart. "This is a car made for one person only, to allow them to have fun and express their personality to the maximum. It is designed purely for hyper-sophisticated people who want only the most extreme and special things in the world. It represents hedonism taken to the extreme, it is a car without compromises, in a word: egoista (selfish)," De Silva further explained.
The supercar's debut was equally spectacular, with a cinematic entry announced by a trailer projected onto the nine big screens in the room. The stage was transformed into a landing strip, with a top model in a flight suit guiding the Egoista's arrival with ground crew light paddles, and the roar of the V10 engine shaking the 20-meter-tall tensioned event structure: this is the spectacle the VIP guests were treated to when Lamborghini President and CEO Stephan Winkelmann entered at the wheel of the Egoista, before inviting its creator, Walter De Silva, to join him on stage.
Lamborghini Egoista Concept (2013)
2013 Lamborghini Egoista Concept
Concept and technology
Powered by a 5.2-liter V10 engine supplying it with 600 horsepower, the Lamborghini Egoista is an intentionally extreme and unusual vehicle with absolutely unique characteristics, created by the Volkswagen Group design team - Alessandro Dambrosio responsible for the exterior and Stefan Sielaff for the interior, in particular. De Silva's team chose to create a single-seater, pushing all the characteristics in Lamborghini's make-up meaning pure driving pleasure, performance and style beyond their limits. The cockpit, designed like a tailor-made suit for the driver, is a removable section which, once combined with the rest of the vehicle, creates a perfect technical, mechanical and aerodynamic unit. Inspiration, as per Lamborghini tradition, once again comes from the world of aviation, and in particular the Apache helicopter, where the cockpit can be ejected in an emergency.
"The cockpit, made completely of carbon fiber and aluminum, represents a sort of survival cell, allowing the driver to isolate and protect themselves from external elements," De Silva explained."We kept an eye on the future when designing the Egoista, with the idea that its cockpit could have been taken from a jet aircraft and integrated into a road vehicle, to provide a different travel option."
The design
The exterior is characterized by two fundamental aspects: its architecture, and the materials used. The design is determined by a highly muscular structure, in which empty and solid areas fit together with strength and vigor. The bodywork is dominated, on its sides, by the stylized profile of a bull preparing to charge, its horns lowered. The bull is driving towards the front wheels, conferring a futuristic dynamism and lines which are already, in themselves, highly aggressive. Naturally, this is a homage, a bold stylistic citation which can only be a reworking of the Lamborghini brand icon, the well-known raging bull. The challenge of efficiently inserting the Lamborghini symbol as an integral part of the bodywork was met courageously and artistically. The plan view reveals a trimaran profile, where the central hull forms a unique section with the cockpit, underlined by the carbon-fiber cover on the front hood.
The upper part of the vehicle does not have aerodynamic appendages, but rather flaps integrated in the bodywork profile which act automatically depending on the driving conditions. Two rear flaps activate automatically at high speeds to increase stability, while a series of air intakes on the back of the engine hood provides the cooling air flow to the powerful V10 power plant. While the front of the vehicle has a profile intended to increase downforce, the rear is fully open with the mechanics in view, reducing weight but also with the result of creating a more aggressive look. The Lamborghini Egoista's lights are more like an aircraft's than a road vehicle's. It does not have traditional headlights, rather LED clearance lights which determine its position not just on a single plane such as the road, but rather in three dimensions, as is required in airspace. Two white front lights, two red rear lights, a red flashing light in the upper part of the tail, two orange bull's eyes as side markers, and a further two lights on the roof, red on the left and green on the right, make this four-wheeled UFO unique even in the dark. Finally, hidden behind the front air intakes at the base of the join between the central body and the two side sections, are two powerful xenon headlamps, two eagle's eyes able to scan the darkness for great distances. As it is made from lightweight materials such as aluminum and carbon-fiber, the vehicle has no-walk zones, duly marked like on airliners. The parallels with the world of aeronautics do not end here, however, as the body is made from a special antiradar material, and the glass is anti-glare with an orange gradation. The rims are also made from antiradar material, flat and rough, embellished with carbon-fiber plates to improve their aerodynamics.
Interior
The cockpit's interior is extremely rational, its functionality taken to the extreme. There is a racing seat with a four-point seatbelt, each strip a different color, the airbags, and the bare minimum of instruments. The focal point of these is a head-up display, typical of jet fighters. To get out of the vehicle, the driver must remove the steering wheel and rest it on the dashboard, open the dome with an electronic command, stand up in their seat, sit down on a precise point of the left-hand bodywork, then swivel their legs 180 degrees from the inside of the cockpit to the outside of the vehicle. At this point they can set their feet down and stand up. Even in getting out of the vehicle, the Lamborghini Egoista requires a pilot more than a driver, a real top gun.
The philosophy
The Egoista contains, in Walter De Silva's opinion, all the product criteria which are part of Lamborghini's make-up. "It's as if Ferruccio Lamborghini were saying: I'm going to put the engine in the back, I don't want a passenger. I want it for myself, and I want it as I imagine it to be. It is a fanatical vehicle, Egoista fits it well."
If Lamborghinis are cars for the few, this one goes further. It is a car for itself, a gift from Lamborghini to Lamborghini, resplendent in its solitude. The Egoista is pure emotion, Never Never Land, which no one can ever possess, and which will always remain a dream, for everyone.
L'éloge des cent papiers
Marie-Rose Guarniéri
Librairie Les Abbesses
Association Verbes - Paris, 2011
Direction artistique, conception graphique © les Associés réunis
Gérard Monaco & Marie Sourd
This was actually hanging from a wall at the Larz Anderson Museum, which made it difficult to photograph. I think it dates from about 1980.
The original concept of this shoot was Ellen Ripley from Aliens covered in slime. It was the first time I have used the slime and it wasn't the consistency I had expected so I changed the concept to 2 different ones. One of a woman mercenary and one of closeups of a beautiful woman covered in slime. The original model flaked on me but Annie was available at short notice and she was great. She was also very tolerant of the slime.
Make up artist was the fantastic Amber IB, MM#1224764
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Concept Travel was owned by a former UC employee who ran various older coaches and deckers on some tendered work for Beds CC, his fleet never contained more than 2 vehicles at a time. By Sept 89 former Barton PTV 600X a Bedford/Plaxton Supreme express was part of the fleet. He disappeared for a while but has returned with a new venture.
A collaboration of Alfa Romeo and Bertone."Berlinetta Aerodinamica Technica". Five speed, four cyclinder, 90 bhp, top speed 125 mph.
Electric Drive
1.224 hp
1.600 Nm @ 0 - 6.500 rpm
Vmax : 355 km/h
0-100 km/h : 2,5 sec
Battery Capacity : 90 kWh
87th Geneva International Motor Show
Internationaler Auto-Salon Genf
Suisse - Schweiz - Switzerland
Maart 2017
I know I deserve to be arrested for Crimes Against Diecasts for buying this but surely I'm allowed a guilty pleasure purchase once in a while? :-0
I truly despair at the domineering force of HTI generics and was hoping that buyer indifference would see this rapidly growing toy company rethink its strategy on the 1/64 models it supplies but alas no, they have just gone ahead and brought out some fresh new generics! I bought this one simply because it has more than a passing resemblance to the aborted VW Microbus Concept vehicle from the early 2000's. More than a passing resemblance in fact judging by the fake VW esque badge on the front and its two tone colour scheme! Charming in a nasty cheapo cynical kind of way though as ever I will credit HTI for making the bodies in sturdy weighty metal and giving the majority of their castings a flawless paint finish and clear plastic lenses for headlights. Bought from ASDA where they are sold under the Adventure Force brand. Mint and boxed.
CREDITS:
Models: anne Dakun & Cattiva Vita
First Part @ I ♥ My Avatar [by: Cattiva Vita].
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Second Part @ Suicide Cabinet [by: anne Dakun].
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Marks 19/20
Tutors Comments
Quality of concept board to relate to the brief:
Concepts can often be hard to get your head around initially but you’ve done particularly well, this is lovely. It conjures up a real sense of calm and space. The Ferris Wheel and dandelion seed pictures are fantastic.
You can afford to be quite abstract with concept images and you’ll find the more abstract the easier they are to work from. Concentrate on colour, texture and mood as these are the elements of the pictures you will be working with to create a scheme.
Often the most successful concepts are very simple, I would suggest restricting yourself to a maximum of 5 good quality large images.
Presentation of concept board:
Professional presentation, well done.
Don't make a move 'til I say, "Action."
Oh, here comes the Hardcore life.
Put your money where your mouth is tonight.
Leave your make-up on & I'll leave on the light.
Come over here babe & talk in the mic. Oh yeah I hear you now.
It's gonna be one hell of a night.
You can't be a spectator. Oh no.
You got to take these dreams & make them whole.
Oh this is Hardcore -
there is no way back for you.
Oh this is Hardcore
This is hardcore, by Pulp
Not sure exactly where this would fit in with my faction. I need some different helmets, legs and heads. Ah well.
Shout-out to my friend Blaze, whose uncle died. Prayers to him.
« L'idée de construire une gare centrale remonte à la fin du xixe siècle, avec le projet d'établir une liaison dite Jonction Nord-Midi, entre les gares en cul-de-sac du Nord et du Midi, installées au nord et au sud des quartiers centraux de Bruxelles. La conception du bâtiment est confiée à Victor Horta dans les années 1930, alors que le creusement en souterrain de la jonction avance lentement, après avoir été interrompu par la Première Guerre mondiale et alors que la crise économique compromet les budgets. La Seconde Guerre mondiale ayant à nouveau arrêté le chantier, c'est après la mort de l'architecte, en 1947, que Maxime Brunfaut, fils de l'architecte Fernand Brunfaut, président de l'Office de la Jonction Nord-Midi, se voit confier la réalisation de la gare, alors que le tunnel à six voies est en construction. » [Wikipédia] fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gare_de_Bruxelles-Central
Concept, Model, MUA, Hair, wardrobe and edit: Precious Little aka Darya Dasha
Lovely vintage hat provided by John Gatta
Photographer: John Gatta
This is my take of gothic beauty.
Concept One by Rimac automobili is Croatian first electric powered supercar.
We went to visit their manufacturing facility and also to take a look at the car.
You can find more images here - www.bud3.net/2012/05/rimac-concept-one/
Wrapping paper.
The tallest is 30 cm high.
Pleated designs inspired by Shuzo Fujimoto.
This concept was also recently artistically explored by Richard Sweeney.
They should stand right ; not the case here because of paper/cloth clips on their backs.
Probably the last pieces I'm folding for the expo, it's time to pack all that mess !