College students take on an 'Inside Out' design theme

   Filed under: Concept CarsA few students from the College for Creative Studies and the University of Michigan ran with the theme "Inside Out" and created three concepts for the American Iron and Steel Institute's summer automotive design internship program.All three designs try to take parts of a vehicle that would normally be obscured by sheet metal and plastic, and instead integrate them into the vehicle's exterior design. Two of the students, Alok Pradhan and Nicolas Stone, created the Dodge Dendro, which also goes by the moniker Black Mamba. Inspired by the natural design of the snake that shares the same name, the vehicle sports body panels that act as part of the suspension, theoretically soaking up depressions and pot-holes that surround the school's home turf.The two other vehicles, dubbed the Pontiac Hematon and Jeep Roanoke, take the theme even further, with the latter inspired by H.R. Giger - which may be a fitting inspiration for the Jeep-branded concept.More details about all three concepts can be read in the press release after the jump.Continue reading College students take on an 'Inside Out' design theme Permalink | Email this | Comments