Lexus LF-KX
CMF Driven- Exterior+Interior Design | Designing a vehicle with colors and materiality + storytelling as the primary focus
Storytelling- Redefining the future of Luxury
Showcasing sensitivity in transportation design, better integrating ext/int design into CMF
Project Purpose
Challenge exterior and interior design with CMF- Influence form design through the choice of an alternate material… fabric
FORM FOLLOWS FABRIC
But why fabric?
The year is 2040. Everything is perfectly simulated, and human touch is fading.
Efficiency over craft
Driving is simulated
Displays everywhere = Digital fatigue
Feel Alive. Re-embrace the Drama of life.
Feel Alive. Re-embrace the Drama of life.
Design- Function
Celebrate the drive- hybrid power plant and the internal combustion engine.
Mid engine, compact package, driver focused.
Design- Form
Compliment the use of fabric.
The exterior form immediately reads as a fabric vehicle, balancing the tension of creases with the looseness of drapery.
Final Design
CMF
3 acts
Representing 3 primary characters of a Kabuki play
VISUAL SPEED. VISUAL ENERGY.
VISUAL SPEED. VISUAL ENERGY.
Frigid Adversary
Elemental trim- Hydro reactive colorshift, celebrating the vehicle’s interaction with the natural environment
ACT 3
Super-natural
Celebrating the vehicle structure- Literal transparency of materials used behind bodywork
final display- ArtCenter grad show SP24
grad show display- backlit super-natural trim level
hero potential- heat reactive
frigid adversary- hydro reactive
super-natural- semi translucent
Ingress- Egress
Fabric allows for a unique, ritualistic way of entering and exiting the vehicle
Fabric unfolds and moves forward to support the occupant gracefully, enveloping the occupant into the vehicle
