MESROP MEGRABYAN / PORTFOLIO 2013

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PortfolioPERIOD 2013

MESROP MEGRABYAN

A Design Study of the Honest Machine (still in progress)

POTENCE

EcoTHIRA

Story 1

A Sponsored Project for Gen Y

Story 2

A Vehicle Designed for the Island of Santorini

Story 3

/S1 FUTURUSTIC

A design study of the Honest Machine

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/S1 THE RACER

TheGENTLEMAN’S

Racer

/S1 BLANK CANVAS

The SKETCHING Begins

IDEATION IS ALL STAGES OF A THOUGHT CYCLE,

FROM INNOVATION, TO DEVELOPMENT,

TO ACTUALIZATION. AS SUCH, IT IS AN

ESSENTIAL PART OF THE DESIGN

PROCESS, BOTH IN EDUCATION AND

PRACTICE.

/S1 IDEA PAD

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/S1 The PENCIL Sketch

Ideation SKETCHING (B)eginsIDEATION IS THE CREATIVE PROCESS OF GENERATING, DEVELOPING, AND COMMUNICATING NEW IDEAS, WHERE AN IDEA IS UNDERSTOOD AS A BASIC ELEMENT OF THOUGHT THAT CAN BE EITHER VISUAL, CONCRETE, OR ABSTRACT.

Gentlemen,START YOUR

ENGINES

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/S1 CONTENTS

“THE VEHICLE IS SLEEK, YET

AGGRESSIVE, TAKING

INSPIRATION FROM THE TIMELESS ROADSTERS OF A BY GONE ERA.”

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/S1 HERITAGE

THE GENTLEMAN’S RACER HOLDS TRUE TO

ITS INSPIRATIONS. DISPLAYING A COMPACT

CHASSIS, LOW CAB, AND AN OVERLY

EXAGGERATED DASH TO AXLE PROPORTION,

ADDING AN ELEMENT OF ELEGANT INTIMIDATION.

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Different SKETCHING (T)echnique THE USE OF DIFFERENT SKETCHING TECHNIQUES,CAN LEAD TO DIFFERENT DESIGN ATTRIBUTES.

EXPRESSIONS OF FASCIA

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/S1 METAL & LEATHER

T

/S1 PROGRESSION

SINGLE DRIVER ORIENTED COCKPITEMPHASIZES SPEED

AND OVERALL THEME OF THE GENTELMAN’S

RACER

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GENTLEMEN

GENTLEMENThe most unique men of all

/S1 PURITY OF MATERIALS

RIVETS, STITCHES,& NAILSAged leather, handformed metal,tailored to the the driver

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/01 MID-COURSE

TAKING A NEW TURN

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BARE, SIMPLE, TOP SURFACE WITH A DESIGNATED DRIVER COCKPIT

MERGING theINTERIOR withthe EXTERIOR

MERGING theINTERIOR withthe EXTERIOR

A SYMBIOTIC METHOD OF IDEA CREATION IS WHEN MULTIPLE IDEAS ARE COMBINED, USING DIFFERENT

ELEMENTS OF EACH TO MAKE A WHOLE

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT