So, I’m in the middle of a project which seems to result in the product going from a Gas propulsion to electrical. (Working on a wakeboard winch)
I am currently thinking / analysing, how the exterior reflects what’s on the interior. I know its a pretty common discussion, but I’ve never been blessed of participating in it with any professionals.
It seems pretty obvious that new aesthetics to common products would be a suitable path to go, both because of technical package, but as well as for the intuition of the consumer.
What products today are moving away from petroleum and in to the electric era?
The first one that came to my mind was the automotive industry, but it seems like its also the slowest and most resiliant one?
I see a lot of electric lawn mowers. (but they have existed for ages, but atleast they are going chordless now) It’s also an industry that seems to get more and more influenced by the automotive one, as they go deeper in to the electric path.
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And then we have the bicycle industry, that is adding an engine, to a product that used to be 100% manpowered.
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And imo, they are effectively killing off one of the purest aesthetics of an everyday object. (Very personal opinion, but please share what your stance is)
One of the paradoxes i’m struggeling with right now, is that of electric motorcycles. The speedbikes to be specific.
To me, it seems like an object, almost born to carry the electrical aesthetic from day 1. It just seems like a perfect match.
It expresses both lightweight, rationalised accessories, speed and agility. All in a very compact package. Is TRON affecting my judgement?
How do you perceive the aesthetics of electric products? Does most of it make sense, or are we a bit schizophrenic at the moment. Im sure the automotive pro’s discuss this all the time. It seems like everything that is electric is suffering from over cladding/encapsulating, there is ofcourse technical reason for it. But is it too dictacting / creating a norm for what it should look like.
What does traits / characteristics should we embrace, and what should be discarded and brought along from the petroleum era?
Hope I made some sense. I’ll probably add some more thoughts or answers when I’ve thought a bit more about it.
EDIT:
I think i will have to look in to what happened between the horse-carriage and the car. Just remembered the house for cars thread…