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Vertically Parked Cars, Sauna-Equipped Motorcycles and Self-Shortening Coupes: Hilarious Vehicle Concepts by Steven M. Johnson
This guy puts your fancy auto design renderings to shame
By Rain Noe - Oct 16, 2015
The brilliant cartoonist/inventor Steven M. Johnson has been dreaming up kooky product concepts for 40 years. Luckily for us the man saves his work, and this year he released a new book, "Patent Depending: Vehicles," that rounds up four decades of his automotive concepts.
Enter a caption (optional)The $19.95 book contains over 400 drawings of "ludicrous, whimsical or marginally-plausible inventions relating to the automobile, as well as to vans, motorcycles, bicycles and unique personal conveyances," and I really wish some car company would hire him. (He actually worked for Honda R&D for nine years!) Here's a sample of what's in the book:
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Enter a caption (optional)Ooh—maybe VW is now in such dire need of distraction that they'd consider taking Johnson on?
Via PrintMag & The Atlantic
Rain Noe
Rain Noe is a writer and industrial designer based in New York City.
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