An Eye For Design

By David Hunt
When NC State grad student Sean Coleman designed
a concept car for a class project, little did he know his
computer-generated sketches would roll off the screen and onto the
track. The industrial design student’s eco-friendly car will be built
from the ground up and displayed trackside at the 2010 Shell
Eco-Marathon Americas (SEMA) event in Houston in March. Coleman, who
won SEMA’s Urban Concept Car Competition, will attend the annual event
that showcases fuel-efficient futuristic vehicles designed by high
school and college students from across the country.
"The design went through about 25 ideations," says Coleman, using the
design vocabulary for rough drafts. "At first it looked like a snake or
viper. I liked it but thought it might be a little much for some
people, so I modified it."
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