Thought behind the thought:
The one thing that’s most annoying while driving is to have someone in the rear continuously shout out instructions to you. The back seat driving is so troublesome that it actually distracts you from what you are doing. Driving is an occupation that needs your total concentration, attention and focus. Life is like that, one has to have the control to steer their lives in the direction they want. Control the pace, the speed and the course of the journey. Control who accompanies you on it and who does not. Control if you just want to stop a while and stretch your feet. The word driver itself means you get to steer your life and the entire onus is on you as to where to begin the journey and how to keep cruising ahead.
About the art:
Automobile design is possibly the most sought out career for aspiring young designers today. The field is challenging and demanding and there are no limits to imagination and innovation here. The possibility is endless. The greatest innovators have been the ones who were able to see the future, the ones whose mind reached places that did not exist at that time and the ones that were fearless and relentless and had deep conviction in their beliefs. Carl Benz quotes that the passion for innovation will never die. Passion is truly the driver that has constantly pushed boundaries and given us spectacular results as design solutions if one looked at the automobile design history.
A design takes birth on paper and not in some tech savvy software. Most designers today are of the impression that design is created using technology and hi tech procedures. It is the sketching table which is the most critical point of the design process ,it is here that the design actually takes form. Every line, curve, plane contour and every little nuance is a part of the sketch design. Scale, volume, proportions and details are all integral parts of the sketch design stage itself. Sketching allows the designer to bring his individuality, passion and emotion to the design. From the first sketch design more detailed and complex drawings are made using software.
From the sketching table the design moves on to computer softwares where cutting edge technology, engineering and design combine to create yet another state of the art car. Here the design is tested; fine tuned and all other components are incorporated within it.
The third stage of design is rather traditional. The design moves to a clay modelling studio. The car is modelled in clay to scale and each and every aspect is worked out in detail. A silver foil is used to cover the car to check how light and shadows are falling on the planes and contours of the car.
Technology can provide solutions ,simplify and make better machines but the human element involved in the design process makes the machine not just a commodity but a statement. One can clearly see that hand skills and sensibilities can take a simple design and raise it to an extremely elevated level.
Life too is in our hands. How we shape it, give it form and control quality will define how we emerge as individuals.
Technology can provide solutions ,simplify and make better machines but the human element involved in the design process makes the machine not just a commodity but a statement. One can clearly see that hand skills and sensibilities can take a simple design and raise it to an extremely elevated level.
Life too is in our hands. How we shape it, give it form and control quality will define how we emerge as individuals.
Credits:
What a brilliant post!! Thanks for giving automobiles their due! They remain such an inspiration. Never fail to 'drive' home a point. :-).
ReplyDeleteLIke, sometimes people have to be reminded that - it's not the model year, but the miles clocked that matter!
And as for life, if you the fuel , you will go places :-)
What a brilliant post!! Thanks for giving automobiles their due! They remain such an inspiration. Never fail to 'drive' home a point. :-).
ReplyDeleteLIke, sometimes people have to be reminded that - it's not the model year, but the miles clocked that matter!
And as for life, if you the fuel , you will go places :-)
thanks Manoj really appreciate all your feedback .
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