Good design is emotional. It adds spark to most of our everyday sightseeing, inspires and is too often overlooked- at least in recent times. Regarding the recent trends among car design... We are in a dark age.
I agree that many parts can be interchangeable but modularity can be done in a way that doesn't result in every car looking like the blobs we see about today. I wouldn't mind if there were only a handful of designs around with slight variations in trim and specs -so long as I like those designs of course! I know that is subjective so lets keep things interesting and focus on making things that get the job done but also in varying styles. Both can be achieved.
The need for fashion is made up, yes- but so is everything else. There's a balance between overly individualistic cars and the most cost efficient, reliable and uninspiring 4 door. Lately we have been leaning too far into the latter.
It's such a shame! What's worse is that these copycat designers still don't seem to understand why this philosohpy works well in Apple products and not others... they don't "get it" like Apple do. I have a feeling education is partly to blame here and stubborn senior designers, I hope experimenting with new design philosophies isn't seen as so risky in the future.
I agree that many parts can be interchangeable but modularity can be done in a way that doesn't result in every car looking like the blobs we see about today. I wouldn't mind if there were only a handful of designs around with slight variations in trim and specs -so long as I like those designs of course! I know that is subjective so lets keep things interesting and focus on making things that get the job done but also in varying styles. Both can be achieved.
The need for fashion is made up, yes- but so is everything else. There's a balance between overly individualistic cars and the most cost efficient, reliable and uninspiring 4 door. Lately we have been leaning too far into the latter.