Yanko Design » Transportation http://www.yankodesign.com Modern Industrial Design News Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:16:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Schneider Cup Dreams http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/05/23/schneider-cup-dreams/ http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/05/23/schneider-cup-dreams/#comments Sat, 23 May 2009 13:08:56 +0000 Shane Crozier http://www.yankodesign.com/?p=8988 Daniel Simon has quickly become a household name in industrial design circles as a result of his Cosmic Motors series. It’s inevitable then that designers would begin popping up with concepts that take obvious inspiration from his work.

The Schneider Seaplane is a concept created by a mysterious French designer Vincent Montreuil over a period of 2 short weeks. Those of you who are keen on aviation will remember that the Schneider Cup was a real life event that was held for a brief period between the 2 world wars, where dare devil pilots would pit their skills and machines against each other for eternal glory and a bit of silverware.

the Lockheed XFR-S is the result of the following simple brief. “Create a new seaplane for the Schneider Cup Trophy”.

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