My first semester’s Automotive Design class (an elective, taught on a Saturday no less) at CCS was taught by a cool, laid back dude. But he’d get unhinged when his students drew static looking wheels: his beef was four spoke wheels. They are impossible to make “cool”, unless you own a Scion xBox or a Nissan Cube. But can you have a cool wheel that’s not your average spoke-y affair? Welcome to the Hexagon wheel. (Read More…)
Posted in Nissan, Vellum Venom
Tagged as car design, geometric, geometry, square, static, Styling, Wedge
Tagged as car design, geometric, geometry, square, static, Styling, Wedge
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