The Transportation Design Studio was a new Advanced Studio to the RISD Industrial Design Department this Fall, taught by Matt Grigsby. The studio was offered to juniors and seniors, and focused on designing and modeling a vehicle. Students worked in teams on everything from fire engines to compact cars.
Nash Palazzo ’12, Lukas Scheurer ’13, and David Lee ’12, however, decided to create the DeLorean.
Images of the final product and process leading up to it are seen below.
Scheurer said on the project:
Our project goal was a finished, painted model. We had to rush our paint job slightly so the surface of the car wasn’t as perfect as we would have hoped, however we are still happy with the result as an unpainted model would seem very unresolved due to the rapid prototyped, and otherwise completely constructed, parts on the car.
The wheels intercoolers (turbo coolers) mirrors and motor were all rapid prototyped with a total RP time of close to 100 hours. The rear glass, and lights were made with vacuum forming.
The car was design for a target market consisting of young business professionals ranging ages 24 to 35. These young professionals are predominately male bachelors and automotive enthusiasts who are looking to impress business partners and women with their vehicle of choice. That vehicle, of course, is the DeLorean, which has stainless steel and aluminum skin, gull wing doors, and comes in at a price point of $57,500.
The DeLorean is an entry level super car, with a market strategy of being released in 2013 as part of the 30th year anniversary of DMC-12.
Posted by Carly Ayres | Date Posted: 12 January, 2012