Dutch Design Fashion Architecture
april 02, 2009
Text from DutchDesignLounge:
For the first time in 110 years, the AutoRAI will become the podium for Dutch design in the automotive and transport sector.
The Dutch Design Lounge provides a platform to present Dutch design on an international level. International mobility solutions will be presented, including alternative energy powered vehicles and the use of innovative materials.
The location of the Dutch Design Lounge is equally impressive. Housed within the Hall of Green Innovations, the Pavillion is graced by a specially-constructed geodesic Dome which follows the ingenious principals of Richard Buckminster Fuller. Measuring 14 metres in diameter and 7 metres in height, the impressive Dome construction is set to become one of the main eyecatchers at the AutoRAI 2009.
KG-1 Concept
In the Dutch Design Lounge the KG-1 Concept is presented by KesselsGranger DesignWorks (Eindhoven, NL). This sports car was designed around the human body. The driver sits in an active position, the passenger in a passive one. The semi-integral body and frame can be produced using carbon fibre-reinforced material. This light, strong composite offers considerable savings in weight and greater mechanical strength. It is already being used in the structural parts of, for instance, ultra-light racing bicycles.
A mesh of protective fibre is stretched around the composite frame like a second skin. It is sufficiently elastic, and yet extremely strong. This high-tech textile (created by Dutch firm TenCate) can already offer numerous functional characteristics. It can for instance be made water-repellent, dirt-repellent, heat-resistant, fire-retardant, UV-stable and perforation-resistant. It can also be provided with high visibility characteristics or even a luminous capability.
A number of Dutch automotive establishments have contributed to the Dutch Design Lounge. Parties who are participating include: Rotterdam University / Industrial Design Engineering, ATC (Automotive Technology Centre), DuvedeC Europe (Dutch Vehicle Development Centre) and KesselsGranger DesignWorks.
Via: DutchDesignLounge & KesselsGranger
For the first time in 110 years, the AutoRAI will become the podium for Dutch design in the automotive and transport sector.
The Dutch Design Lounge provides a platform to present Dutch design on an international level. International mobility solutions will be presented, including alternative energy powered vehicles and the use of innovative materials.
The location of the Dutch Design Lounge is equally impressive. Housed within the Hall of Green Innovations, the Pavillion is graced by a specially-constructed geodesic Dome which follows the ingenious principals of Richard Buckminster Fuller. Measuring 14 metres in diameter and 7 metres in height, the impressive Dome construction is set to become one of the main eyecatchers at the AutoRAI 2009.
KG-1 Concept
In the Dutch Design Lounge the KG-1 Concept is presented by KesselsGranger DesignWorks (Eindhoven, NL). This sports car was designed around the human body. The driver sits in an active position, the passenger in a passive one. The semi-integral body and frame can be produced using carbon fibre-reinforced material. This light, strong composite offers considerable savings in weight and greater mechanical strength. It is already being used in the structural parts of, for instance, ultra-light racing bicycles.
A mesh of protective fibre is stretched around the composite frame like a second skin. It is sufficiently elastic, and yet extremely strong. This high-tech textile (created by Dutch firm TenCate) can already offer numerous functional characteristics. It can for instance be made water-repellent, dirt-repellent, heat-resistant, fire-retardant, UV-stable and perforation-resistant. It can also be provided with high visibility characteristics or even a luminous capability.
A number of Dutch automotive establishments have contributed to the Dutch Design Lounge. Parties who are participating include: Rotterdam University / Industrial Design Engineering, ATC (Automotive Technology Centre), DuvedeC Europe (Dutch Vehicle Development Centre) and KesselsGranger DesignWorks.
Via: DutchDesignLounge & KesselsGranger
