Extravagant Designs by Luigi Colani

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Extravagant Designs by Luigi Colani

Aerodynamic Planes, Trains and (more) Automobiles

...all from a never-never land of the most far-reaching imagination of the modern designers. To describe these concepts simply as streamlinedis a huge understatement. They are wild, exciting, totally unexpected forms - a tribute to a Golden Age of futurism (see ourfuturism category).

This era is largely gone... we don't see designers becoming superstar celebrities anymore, who would capture and shape world's imagination.Industrial design has become an 'apropos' feature of our life, but perhaps it lost some of its glamour and inspirational influence that defined theimage of 1960s and 70s.

Let's start with trains. A steam train for Soviet Russia, no less! -
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(image credit:colani.de)

This is the Coal-Dust-Powered Steam Locomotive for Siberia, 1979, more precisely for the BAM (Baikal AmurMainline). I have no troubleimagining these beasts devouring infinite taiga-covered miles, no trouble at all. Too bad it did not materialize (BAM itself was not properly

finished) -
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Mono-track ideas? Sure. Here is an experimental shape for the Hamburg-Munich line "HM-1" -
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More ideas for the aerodynamic high-speed trains:(I wonder if Japan is going to use any of them for their Shinkansen "bullet" trains)
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/04/super-high-speed-trains.htmlhttp://lh6.ggpht.com/abramsv/SDnleCFUYyI/AAAAAAAAR0k/CU9LMMLxTDo/s1600-h/P1010106.jpghttp://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/04/super-high-speed-trains.html


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Outrageous Transportation

Giant Flying Boat (Ekranoplan) "The Lida", 1983
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Considering the Soviet love forekranoplans("wing-in-ground" vehicles), it is really surprising that they did not actually made this beauty:
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/05/ekranoplans-showcase.htmlhttp://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/05/ekranoplans-showcase.htmlhttp://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/05/ekranoplans-showcase.html


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image credit: co

e)Even larger one:This is what I call truly

adical aircraft conceptsSome of them beg the question "Why not?" (like this sketch done fr the Japan Air Lines) -
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...and others will leave you scratching your head, but also - perhaps considering the thought that the modern aviation is long overdue for adesign overhaul:
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Cars & bikes that will re-define luxury (again

More recent design for the streamlined mobile home
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Horch Luxury Automobile design (so over-the-top that no apologies are necessary) -
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(image credit:colani.de)

Check out this hood ornament:
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More incredible aerodynamic shapes:
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"Frog" - aerodynamic study for a motorcycle, 1973:
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(images credit:Rolf Frohle)

Many of his shapes will haunt your sense of beauty - you can either love them, or hate them, there is no middle ground. However, this is theessence of exciting design: to challenge the predetermined (and possibly stale) mainstream sensibilities. Luigi Colani has been doing this like

no one else since the 1970s.

Final image: This is how our space program could look, if designers like Luigi Colani had their say -
http://www.fotorolf.de/colani/index.htmlhttp://www.fotorolf.de/colani/index.htmlhttp://lh3.ggpht.com/abramsv/SDnlaSFUYjI/AAAAAAAARys/HniPFqEbTjI/s1600-h/PICT0731.JPGhttp://www.fotorolf.de/colani/index.html


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Images credit: Colani Ausstellung in Karlsruhe 2004,Colani Trading AG,Roger Todd,colani.de,Rolf Frohle

Sexiest Truck on the Planet

"Luigi Colani is a legendary Swiss-German industrial designer, whose concepts have rounded, organic forms, which he claims areergonomically superior to traditional designs."

Words fail me as I gaze on the audacious curves of these full-size trucks, some of which seem to float above the ground. First "Colani Trucks"(based on Mercedes platform) appeared at the end of the Eighties, and several variations were made since then.(photos courtesy W. Heix, NeueWeltCluband JSDI, Japan)

Spitzer / Colani model:
http://www.colani.ch/http://www.colani.ch/http://www.colani.ch/http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v102/McTodd69/http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v102/McTodd69/http://www.colani.de/http://www.colani.de/http://www.fotorolf.de/colani/index.htmlhttp://www.fotorolf.de/colani/index.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Colanihttp://www.neue-welt-club.com/forum/29/6146-21http://www.neue-welt-club.com/forum/29/6146-21http://www.jsdi.or.jp/~jun/LuigiColani-rolley.htmlhttp://lh5.ggpht.com/abramsv/SDnlcyFUYvI/AAAAAAAAR0M/d5K32WieyLw/s1600-h/col071.jpghttp://www.colani.ch/http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v102/McTodd69/http://www.colani.de/http://www.fotorolf.de/colani/index.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Colanihttp://www.neue-welt-club.com/forum/29/6146-21http://www.jsdi.or.jp/~jun/LuigiColani-rolley.html


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Mercedes-based model:
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Other variations:
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Other images source: lkw-infos.net
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