Hyundai just revealed its Boulder concept at the New York Auto Show. This body-on-frame SUV is a true head turner, with a bold and upright posture and panels in Liquid Titanium that give off a stunning matte finish. The California design firm had a precise vision in mind when they created every crease and curve, pulling inspiration from the company’s own materials knowledge and the Art of Steel concept. The end result is a vehicle that appears stable and capable from all angles.
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Apple’s MacBook Neo has clearly struck a nerve, and it isn’t hard to see why people are already wondering what those same ideas might look like in a desktop form. Designer Sarang Sheth had exactly that thought, and the result is the Mac Neo concept, a compact desktop that takes everything that makes the laptop so compelling and reimagines it for the desk
Slim laptops, as expected, promise the world in terms of portability, but all too frequently they sacrifice something important in the process, namely consistent performance. Heat accumulates in these little chassis faster than you’d expect, and the fans have to spin faster to compensate, all before the processor has a chance to throttle back at the worst possible time. Inventec chose to tackle this issue front on with the VeilBook, a 14-inch prototype laptop that manages to stay under 10 millimeters thick while providing adequate cooling and typing comfort.
Compal Electronics, the company that makes many of the laptops you see under famous brand names, has introduced a concept called the AI Book. This design replaces the traditional palm rest and trackpad with a color E Ink touchscreen. You can rest your hands on an active display that shows information, allows you to tap it in, and even accepts stylus input for handwriting or sketching.
Isuzu Australia unveiled the D-Max Concept X in 2018 as a highlight drawcard at the National 4×4 Outdoors Show, and it all started with a pretty casual chat at a 4WD event, when someone spotted these enormous tires and thought, “we’ve gotta take it to the extreme,” which eventually turned into two seriously over-the-top vehicles, one D-Max Ute and a MU-X SUV, but only the D-Max is still kicking. You can now find the D-Max advertised for AU$65,000 on my105.com in Welshpool, a Perth suburb in Western Australia, which is AU$14,000 less than the top-of-the-line D-Max Blade, which costs AU$79,000.
Nissan engineers thought it would be a good idea to explore a concept that combined electric mobility with renewable energy. They chose the Ariya, an all-electric crossover noted for its silky smooth performance and ample interior capacity, and added some solar panels to it. This concept vehicle stands out because it has solar cells all over the hood, top, and rear, and you can’t tell they’re there because they don’t interfere with the elegant lines that make the Ariya so sleek.
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Apple has been using elegant metal finishes on its watches for years, but one designer has gone back in time and is pulling inspiration from the iMac G3 from 1998. Yes, you guessed it: Saffy Creatives, the same outfit that created this unofficial design as a complete re-make of the Apple Watch, has taken that famous vibrant vibe and incorporated it into a wearable that evokes memories.
Lexus revealed the LFA Concept BEV Sports Car tonight in a way that felt like a wink to the fans who refused to let go of the original. This elegant, two-seater coupe runs entirely on batteries, a far cry from the roaring V10 that powered the 2010 model, but it has the same obsessive concentration on balance and the driver’s relationship to the vehicle.
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Motorcycles have a long history of transporting riders to the edge of the road and deep into the heart of nature. The Solaris takes this idea to the next level. Built by the talented team at MASK Architects, this electric bike not only carries you to off-grid destinations, but also powers up when parked – it harnesses the sun to charge the battery, converting every idle moment into an opportunity to fill up. Öznur Pınar Cer and Danilo Petta, both designers with backgrounds in architecture and engineering, created this revolutionary bike.
Genesis took the covers off the Magma GT concept at a 10th anniversary party in the sun-kissed curves of Le Castellet, France, that felt more like a formal announcement than a true event to commemorate a decade in business. This mid-engined monster is Genesis’s boldest try yet at constructing a pure sports car, a two-seater that has quietly hinted at track days and twisty backroads equally, and the concept itself gives a pretty strong clue that Genesis aims to field its own entries at the GT racing level.