Automotive

DANIEL SIMON: Interview 3D artist magazine

Worldwide available British 3DArtist magazine features ten pages about Cosmic Motors, my thoughts behind 3D modeling and latest projects. At US stores one month later, around June.

COSMIC MOTORS: reprints

We are happy to announce that the third print edition of COSMIC MOTORS paperbacks arrived at Design Studio Press and book stores worldwide. The unchanged book content was printed with a brand new process - called sublima - resulting in an even better image quality. The mighty hardcover version is currently sold out.

Best, Daniel and the team of Design Studio Press !

TRON BILLBOARDS - HIGH RES

Since Disney booked a billboard on Santa Monica Boulevard here in Los Angeles for the entire year, its quite a fun game to see what new Tron billboard they come up with every month. I will upload officially released high-res version to keep you in the loop.

Best, Daniel

TRAILER OFFICIAL: TRON LEGACY

The first official 3D trailer for Tron Legacy hit theaters with the release of Disney's Alice in Wonderland.
Follow the link to enjoy it in HD.

Cheers, Daniel

DANIEL STUFF: Favorite Cars

I just composed a list of my top 16 favorite race cars. Have a look and leave a comment! Click here ->
http://cosmicmotors.blogspot.com/

Cheers, Daniel

TOKYO: LECTURE TOUR THROUGH JAPAN

Final stop was the recently opened HAL College in the heart of hilariously crazy Shinjuku, Tokyo. The school is that impressive cocoon - style high rise in the center of this panorama:

More then 400 students attended this Cosmic Motors event, thank you for the warm welcome, all the questions and the patience with the signing. I hope I could give you inspiration and motivation in return.

Again, thank you to the team of HAL for the invite, the translator, the technicians, the photographers and my producer.

Arigato gozaimasu, Daniel

OSAKA - NAGOYA: LECTURE TOUR THROUGH JAPAN

I am currently touring Japan - Tokyo Shinjuku, Osaka, Nagoya - giving lectures for design students in car, graphic and computer design at all three installations of the HAL College of Technology & Design. HAL is tied in a cooperative relationship with leading high-tech companies such as Nintendo or Microsoft.

"Arigato gozaimasu" to all the directors and staff of HAL for this one week invitation, the incredibly elaborated itinerary and the very pleasant stay. Also, I bow to my producer Michiko Durinski for the entire Japanese communication and realization.

Above: HAL College in Nagoya, Japan - what an incredible piece of architecture. Took the night shot from my hotel across the street, nice view. The newest of the three HAL colleges in Japan was opened last year in Tokyo. Its a fifty-story high-rise in Shinjuku, only a few steps from the location of "Lost in Translation". My design school had just 4 floors. And I have never seen such a friendly staff in my entire career.

Best, Daniel

Click here for HAL design school Japan