Vehicles become art thanks to the Transportation Designer, who has a deep understanding of society and translates into art the social and psychological mechanisms related to the concept of transportation. This professional figure works at innovative and sustainable projects, blending new materials and ergonomics. Transportation Designers are constantly looking for the best distribution of lines and surfaces, keeping also in mind the material aspects of the projects, like corporate identity, and transforming a vehicle into a quality design object ready to gain its own market share.
IED Alumni: Vasiliy Kurkov
Vasiliy Kurkov, from Russia, arrived at IED Torino to study Transportation Design after having studied Industrial Design in his home Country and an internship at General Motors in Germany. He started with the Undergraduate course, that gave him the chance to intern at Mercedes-Benz, in Germany again. Then he came back to Turin to complete his education with the Master course in Transportation Design. While studying, Vasiliy started working already for I.DE.A Institute, a design studio in Turin. Later he moved to Centro Stile Alfa Romeo in Turin as Interior Designer. After having spent several years there, he moved to Munich, where he is currently working as Senior Exterior Designer for NIO, a design studio of a Chinese-American start-up.
Thesis Project in collaboration with Lamborghini for 2028 cars.
Gandini’s revolution is the name of the brief which was launched by the company: as Marcello Gandini changed our way to think about car in the Sixties thanks to his models, our students were asked to design a new model meant to be a turning point on style and functionality.
Tempesta is the response by Elizabeth Kozlova, Riccardo Miletto, Matteo Prola and Dumitru Topada: a single-seater car consisting of two shells (one upper and one lower) with a special focus on aerodynamics.
IED Alumni: Marco Toscano
Proxima Centauri is a recurring name in astronomic geography, because it indicates the closest star to the sun that is used as unit of measurement. For Marco Toscano, former student at IED Torino graduated in Transportation Design, this name has gained a personal meaning and became the title of his portfolio. In fact, this expression describes his own life philosophy: always seek an extraordinary point, maybe not so far but unreachable and utopic. The Final Project developed by Marco Toscano at the end of his undergraduate studies, an interior design proposal for a car between avant-garde and alchemy, remained in the history. It has been realised in collaboration with Dalmier Mercedes Advanced Design Center in Como, and the company was so impressed by Marco’s work that offered him an internship. Now Marco is working at Pininfarina, where he is furtherly growing his talent as Designer.
Students were asked to imagine a vehicle with two or three wheels meant for urban movements and with BMW’s traditional driving experience, that would be connected, shared and with zero-impact engine. Take a look at the solutions designed by IED Torino.
IED MOBILITY LAB
2018 started with the opening of an innovation and development laboratory for the mobility of the future at IED Torino. This participatory research lab aims at investigating the role of design in relation to different issues, such as the displacement of people and things and the relationship between transport systems and cities.
Head of IED Mobility Lab is Luca Borgogno, Design Manager at Pininfarina, alumnus who has been working for years with IED Torino and whose professional experience, developed in twenty years of activity culminating in Pininfarina and Lamborghini, has always focused on research activities on the mobility of the future.
Read the article on the newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore (Italian language)
Lancia Riva
Lancia Riva project comes from the collaboration between two brands that made the history of Italian design in automotive and navigation, respectively. Both brands are characterised by a sporty identity that combines with elegance and the highest attention for details. The vehicle incorporates the latest technology and precious materials, such as wood, leather, and metals. The shapes take inspiration from the world of navigation and the interior part presents a big interactive tunnel allowing passengers to interact with the outside through the wifi, while the driver gets the full control of the car. This project has been designed by Andrea Bruno, Transportation Design student at IED Torino.