"Mercury is to be a design-driven brand," said Lincoln-Mercury design director Gerry McGovern after presenting the Messenger concept (pictured) in 2003
Andy, what is there is strong. What would had me back is that all of the projects shown demonstrate folded solutions (maybe the Teppi one isn't folded, but aesthetically it is still very planar). I'd like to see 2 more projects in this portfolio that show a different use of form.
The C111 ended up becoming the Isdera. I believe the lead engineer from the project left and made it with their blessing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isdera
Thanks for posting that video Ray. I saw that a couple of years ago and felt the same way. We would do all of this research and development only to get in front of a buyer who would say "meh, I don't like it... what else have you got".... or "these are selling right now, you have anything like that?...
A few thoughts. Maybe you can work collaboratively with your boss to put together the vision? Even a 90 minute white board session to work out goals of the department, key deliverables, key touch points. From here you can back fill some processes and an org chart on your own. Working in the other di...
seems like the toaster, kettle, and microwave could be a set. The standing scale can stand alone (not really in the kitchen set is it) and I wonder if this user has a use case for the small kitchen scale?
One of my coworkers in Jordan used to sketch everything with an indigo blue pencil, the smear it with a tissue, then work back in with more pencil and an eraser. It was a lovely effect.
I use highlighters sometimes in a pinch or for a detail pop.