BY SILVER-YORK’S REQUEST
The year is 2020 and Silver-York is coming up to its 120th anniversary. Silver-York has had its ups and downs over the years much like any American company. And though It may not hold the status and class it once held so firmly, the company is still standing and surviving. Many years ago, back in 1935, Silver-York unveiled the Rouge-Teleiótita - an Art Deco masterpiece. Many of you will have heard of this creation: powered by a hand crafted V16, with hand beaten Aluminium panels, and adorned with plentiful artistic detailing. Well… it seems it’s time to relight the fire of art and beauty that is the Teleiótita.
Sitting at the end of the boardroom table is the CEO of Silver-York, a mature and now ageing man - a man of tradition, who understands the true essence of Silver-York. As he looks out over his board of directors and the many department leaders the chesty man begins to speak. “This company is 120 years old this year, we must - I repeat,” He paused letting out a cough, “we must show the world that we can still create beauty and art that reaches the magnitude of the Teleiotita." He stops looking out over the group of people and demands “I want a new Teleiótita!”
This all happened several days ago and well… here we are now.
CEO’s LIST OF DEMANDS:
Challenge Overview:
Design Silver-York’s 120th Anniversary Edition concept car - an art-deco/retro twist on modern Silver-York designs, inspired by the Teleiótita.(Not a modern twist on a retro Silver-York – so no retro moderns!).
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Be creative, come up with a name for the design. It is a modern Teleiótita, but it’s not a Teleiótita so be spicy and creative.
Judgement will be based on the following categories:
• Overall Design
• Continuity with modern Silver-York designs
• Spiritual embodiment of the original Teleiótita (including incorporation of art deco design elements)
• Exclusivity (how much it stands out as a super luxury vehicle, and how much it stands out from the rest of the Silver-York catalogue)
Details
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This is a 120th anniversary concept car, so it’s not to be put into production; Silver-York are after a design and a design only. However, MUSTs of engineering are engine placement (front or mid) this is more to determine body type than anything else, and the car and trim year must be set as 2020.
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This is a spiritual successor to the Teleiótita, a car that embodied the meaning of the word Teleiótita, aka perfection. The Teleiótita was and is a Super GT of its era: 2 doors, long bonnet/hood, with its design (images shown below). This new design must embody this (further details discussed below).
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The design is to be a super GT, performance but also comfort (think Bugatti Chiron), ideally the car would be capable of comfortably cruising at 200MPH (again this isn’t something that has to be done since it’s a design challenge but gives you an idea of the type of vehicle we are after).
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Embodiment of Teleiótita: with this being a embodiment of the original design it’s less about making it look like a modern version and more about incorporating the ideas and elements behind it (both design and what the Teleiótita was: a luxurious, superfast car of the era with design at its heart). It doesn’t have to be a long bonneted front engine GT it can be a mid-engine ‘modern’ idea of what the Teleiótita was (a good example of this is how the Bugatti La Voiture Noire is a spiritual successor to the T57 – see images).
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Design is of course going to be key in this brief, since that’s what will be being judged! The design is all about finding a balance between several factors… Does it embody Silver-York and the past, present and the future of its design? This is a concept showcasing what Silver-York has done over the last 120 years but also what Silver-York can continue to bring for the next 120 years and beyond. It should be both a vision concept but also a historic concept.
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A badge isn’t required to be placed upon the vehicle, but you can recreate the iconic Silver-York eagle if you so desire. (3 simple triangles can be used to replicate this)
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OPTIONAL: in addition to all the other standard tasks but not a necessity, we would appreciate any lore in regards to design (why elements were choosen, how it relates to Silver-York etc. These may be helpful in me judging the car since it may explain certain choices etc. Although again this won’t directly score). And for any one wishing to create any art work we would massively appreciate this.
Rules
- Design is to be set as 2020.
- Engine placement must be front or mid / though this is a design only challenge but Engine placement will have a significant impact on the body and it’s design.
- Body styles musts be either a coupe/convertible or a sedan/saloon.
- 2 or 4 seats
- Naming scheme will follow standard practice (SYR [Username] – Trim [Insert your design name] for the car and engine: SYR- [Username] )
Design Inspiration
Bugatti La Voiture Noire:
Eadon Green Zeclat:
Maybach Vision 6:
Bentley EXP 100 GT:
Renault Coupe Corbusier:
Packard Vision Redesign:
1935 Silver-York Teleiótita
Silver-York Catalogue
Title-Guy Silver-York Design vision (Unfinished)
2020 Silver-York Precinct Signature Package
