A second look at stylistic families of levitating vehicles.
Flying cars fall into roughly three categories. 1) We got older retro future designs that still have charm and often have rather bright colors ranging from bright reds to yellows. They have airplane-esque curved protrusions. These are now often redone in decopunk or atompunk art realms that reduce the doofyness aspect somewhat and add glossy magazine sleekness. They often look unnecessarily large or heavy yet appear sturdy and reliable. 2) We got these often white or light grey futuristic ergonomic designs that look more like MacBook attachments than cars. A nearly spherical Volkswagen is an example. They have a relatively flimsy plastic feel to them even if their Segway-esque technological appearance looks less outdated in the 21st century conception of what it means to comfortably fly. Naturally, this stylistic family makes sense if it is a hover car tied to a specifically designed highway. Functional uniformity and minimalism would then guide the look of swarms of these cars guided in synch in large groups. 3) Finally, we got emerging hybridization of these two families best represented by the i7 below. They try to create a bridge between modernist deco aesthetics of the 1930s-1950s and aesthetics of ergonomics of the iPhone era. It may be argued that a hybrid aesthetic is what will re-ignite flying car concept going forward since it tries to fuse the often at odds a) luxurious look b) metallic material sturdiness, and c) computerized multifunctional high tech package.
Flying cars fall into roughly three categories. 1) We got older retro future designs that still have charm and often have rather bright colors ranging from bright reds to yellows. They have airplane-esque curved protrusions. These are now often redone in decopunk or atompunk art realms that reduce the doofyness aspect somewhat and add glossy magazine sleekness. They often look unnecessarily large or heavy yet appear sturdy and reliable. 2) We got these often white or light grey futuristic ergonomic designs that look more like MacBook attachments than cars. A nearly spherical Volkswagen is an example. They have a relatively flimsy plastic feel to them even if their Segway-esque technological appearance looks less outdated in the 21st century conception of what it means to comfortably fly. Naturally, this stylistic family makes sense if it is a hover car tied to a specifically designed highway. Functional uniformity and minimalism would then guide the look of swarms of these cars guided in synch in large groups. 3) Finally, we got emerging hybridization of these two families best represented by the i7 below. They try to create a bridge between modernist deco aesthetics of the 1930s-1950s and aesthetics of ergonomics of the iPhone era. It may be argued that a hybrid aesthetic is what will re-ignite flying car concept going forward since it tries to fuse the often at odds a) luxurious look b) metallic material sturdiness, and c) computerized multifunctional high tech package.
