A student project I actually like

"phenotyp" (phenotyp) 01/21/2015 at 14:39 • Filed to: sketch, student work, car design, porsche, concept

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Tomas Jankauskas was a student at Pforzheim, and his Master's thesis project took inspiration from the Porsche Typ 64, built for the '39 Berlin-Rome race, translated into a revival for its centennial.

Some of his key sketches along the way:

Really starting to come together in these sketches. Loose, fast sketches figuring out the graphic breakups, that are still really descriptive of the form. Believably Porsche, but remaining original.

Profile graphic breakups. I really like his final execution.

He even ran his model through an airflow sim, apparently getting a .20 cD.

Mesh model:

Finishing the milled clay:

And some studio shots of the finished model:

And he did a nice little animation of it, to cap it off:

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Anyway. Great stuff. He's now a designer at Toyota. Not often that student work (even MFAs) hit a mark this high.

Pessimippopotamus > phenotyp 01/21/2015 at 14:46

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Good for him, although nothing about his design is reminiscent of the Porsche at all.

philipilihp > phenotyp 01/21/2015 at 14:47

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That has just the right amount of throwback and brand essence, and at the same time it stands out as its own thing. Beautifully done!

Sam > Pessimippopotamus 01/21/2015 at 14:49

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It's reminiscent of the old one in the same way the new GT is reminiscent of the GT40. Meaning, kind of but not really.

phenotyp > philipilihp 01/21/2015 at 14:49

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I thought so, too.

phenotyp > Pessimippopotamus 01/21/2015 at 14:53

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It's not meant to be a J Mays "retrofuture" rehash. I'd read the design as Porsche if you took the badges off.

Pessimippopotamus > Sam 01/21/2015 at 14:59

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The new GT is very reminiscent of GT40 Mk. III in terms of proportion and design cues. The Typ 64 Concept 2039, while it looks awesome, gets rid of the primary element that makes the original so memorable: its shape. I'm not saying it's a bad job, but it's definitely hard updating a classical design that's so reliant on the shape of the car instead of its detailing. You can update the Miura and have the eyelash headlights and the bullhorn doors, and it'd be instantly recognizable as a Miura tribute. But something like an Type 64 or an E-Type? Much harder.

fishtankwog > phenotyp 01/21/2015 at 19:22

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Truly do not get the bodywork going under the tires? Otherwise very nice.

phenotyp > fishtankwog 01/21/2015 at 20:10

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Yeah, it seems the front wheels would have a pretty hard time turning.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > phenotyp 01/22/2015 at 18:17

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I definitely see Porsche here.