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Volvo Columbus (Auto Design MDes final project 2010)

Volvo Columbus and Capacitor - My 4th year Major project at Coventry University.
Designed around a truck cabin with an extendeable rear section. All about the driver experience including a driver focused console, panoramic windows giving more than double the visibility of current trucks and a full entertainment system allowing the driver to relax better when resting and be safer on the road the next day.
The wheel model was taken from the red sketch of the revised truck front end design and Aliased in a day, im really happy with how these turned out. The model went on to be milled from high density foam for the final clay.
Details the entire project
I had a two page spread in the September 2010 issue of Truck and Driver magazine (as well as a small picture on the cover as well!). Big thanks to Will Sheirs at T&D for featuring it. It also went on to be featured on the Big Lorry Blog as well.
Volvo Columbus (Auto Design MDes final project 2010)
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Volvo Columbus (Auto Design MDes final project 2010)

Final MDes project, sketch to alias to clay

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