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Like a Car Jet

How much money you got? Enough to fix the grammar in that sentence? I thought so. You need a luxury aircraft. Let’s talk about not one, but two, here right now. The BMW company has a group called DesignworksUSA which designs fabulous aircraft like the “Embraer Phenom 100″ and 300. We’re about to talk about them right now. They’re little powerhouses that Tony Stark wouldn’t have a problem rolling out in. Check em out.

Designer: BMW Group DesignworksUSA

Soopa Downhill

How fast would you like to go downhill, head first, on two wheels? Pretty much super fast? I’ve got something for you right here. It’s called the “Soopa Scoota” and it’s designed by a designer by the name of Liron Bobrov. And it’s wild. It’s made specifically for “extreme sport lovers.” I do wonder if that means two people who are very in love with one another who like to make that love physical while rolling down a hill really fast, or if it means people who go to the x-games?

Designer: Liron Bobrov

Motorized Bodyboard To Save Lives

I’m not a beach/ocean person so I’m not even going to pretend I understand the needs of people who are. Fact of the matter is the ocean is a dangerous place and in a life or death situation, every second counts. The Titus is a motorized bodyboard designed to quickly skim the water with rider laying stomach down on top. The entire enclosure and simple propeller based propulsion system are designed to be environmentally friendly. I don’t know any life guards or coast marine operators but do you guys like this concept?

Designer: Marco De Santi

Rollin Singularity

You wont get lost in any black holes on this thing right here. The project is called “Orbis” and it’s going to look quit familiar to you if you’re a yippie or a hipster or anyone who lives in a place that’s got rich people. That’s the only folks who ride Segways, anyway. But this isn’t that! This is Orbis, and it’s got one wheel, made for riding hard and slick. And not only that, it folds down into basically nothing for easy carrying.

Designer: Christopher Souto

BMW Gets High

Well we’ve been here before, many times over. BMW calls it “cross fertilization”, but “brand shifting” is a term I prefer to use to describe when a company famous for one type of consumer product, in this case automobiles, uses their brand power to help sell another unrelated product (airplanes). There was the lust worthy Hermés helicopter, the Versace Lamborghini, the entire Porsche Design collection and let’s not forget the Audi yacht.

Designer: DesignworksUSA

When Two Wheels Are Better Than Two

Let’s deal with some harsh reality here. Aside from letting Lindsay Lohan drive your SUV on a saturday night, the most dangerous vehicle to operate on the planet is a motorcycle. Designer Igor Chak knows this fact all to well. He has designed a concept that does its best to make your two wheeled lifestyle a lot less horrifying. Incorporating every bell and whistle you can imagine into this concept, Igor has rendered up a motorcycle that would make Tony Stark rust with jealousy.

Designer: Igor Chak

Bus Handles as Fine Music Power

Power up! While you’re jamming on down 1st Avenue, swinging from the bus poles on those hangers they’ve got there, what kind of power are you generating? I mean other than your body heat (everyone knows this is a whole lot of energy due to The Matrix, of course.) But what about that swing power? What about your whole body weight pulling down on that pole? We’ll whatddya know, here’s a project dealing with just that. It’s the “More+” bus handle and it’s going to power you up to Crazy Town.

Designer: Junjie Zhang

Ford Goes Holistic

Cheaper, Better, Greener. No, that’s not the studio notes for the new Shrek movie. It’s Ford’s latest directive for their new START concept that brings back their keep-it-simple design roots. The Beijing International Auto Show was the stage for Ford’s unveiling of what promises to be a healthy exercise in green dreaming. Built from a combination of hybrid aluminum/high strength steel, the START keeps weight down without sacrificing safety. The body panels are made from deformable, pre-colored recyclable composites, eliminating the need for Earth damaging paints.

Floating Above the City on Rails

Here’s something I believe I’ve seen in Gotham City, that mythical magical city of futuristic proportions you’ve all glanced upon in the series Batman. But this is more real! Depending on how you look upon it. It’s a train system designed by two loving designers who want to make transport for the people also above the people and looking upon the people. Transparent sides!

Designer: Elisa Sayuri Freitas Irokawa and Rafael Osmar de Oliveira e Costa

Chainless, Electric, And So Urban

The City Cycle is a chainless bike that uses a pedelec system in tandem with new belt technologies. Designed for urban commutes, which on average are shorter than 6 km, the City Cycle is intended for people who would otherwise stick to cars. Ask most people why they don’t ride their bikes to work and the answer is distance. Nobody wants to walk into work exhausted. Comfort is a key factor so before you naysayers poo-poo electric bikes for being an oxymoron, think about what it will take to get masses of people to switch back to two wheels.

Designer: Christian Vollmer

Bike Stockholm City

Iconic bikes ho! Look at these pretty little things, they are so stylish! You will be the looker of the whole world on your new bike with these babies, babies! This is the Stockholm line of bikes for Italian bicycle manufacturer Abici. The thing that makes these bikes unique, as if you needed another reason to own such fantabulous two-wheelers, is their color. Each of these four tones has its own iconic Stockholm building counterpart. There’s yellow, red-orange, white, and blue. See if you can pair them up!

Designer: Note Design Studio

New Meaning To Front Wheel Drive

I can already hear the keyboards of thousands of readers tearing into this concept so lets just step back and embrace the idea for a minute. The TAA concept car was designed with older people in mind, hence the retro styling. It evokes various eras gone by but quickly grabs you by the ankles and drags you into the future with it’s non-existant rear wheels. It’s all front wheel drive and gyroscopes to stabilize this electrically powered beast. Could such a concept work? I wouldn’t mind going for a spin.

Designer: Antonio Sunjerga

Electric Folding Bike Goes Zoom Zoom

The CYOOO is pedelec bike, a neologism for electrically assisted pedaling. Helps with difficult rides when you need that extra boost or when you’re just too lazy to bother but the other interesting tidbit is the unique folding mechanism. The saddle folds down, the head tube collapses inwards, and the handle bars rotate 90 degrees. Make no mistake this is a full 20″ bike so the folding feature makes it a bit more manageable.

Designer: Andi Klug