IMAGINATION IS A CAREER

Introduction Video - Imagination Is A Career

Stellants Drive For Design Competition

Did you know that your imagination and creativity could become a career path? Our design office at Stellantis is the home to hundreds of creative individuals. To try it for yourself we’ve created two workbooks that you can download and print out to follow along at home in the links directly below. There are also printable coloring book pages here and if you really enjoy it, we encourage you to enter our Drive for Design Competition for students and aspiring young designers!

The outstanding Netflix documentary series Abstract: The Art of Design featured Stellantis Chief Design Officer Ralph Gilles and the 2017 Chrysler Portal Concept in an episode in it's first season that beautifully outlines the whole Automotive Design.

Watch it right now for free on YouTube by following the links below.

Abstract: The Art of Design - Ralph Gilles

Chrysler Portal Concept - Birth of A Car

Here is just a small sample of the creative work that was done in the design process for the Chrysler Portal Concept. You can use these slides to follow along in what we’ve called “The Birth Of A Car”

EXTERIOR DESIGN

Exterior Design

WATCH AND LEARN:

What Makes a Great Design - Mark Trostle

Maserati MC20 Design - Klaus Busse

Exterior design is all about imagining and expressing the sculpture of a car’s design through sketches and renderings. That includes everything on the exterior of the car; it’s shape, it’s proportions and surfacing as well as the wheels, headlights and other details.

INTERIOR DESIGN

Interior Design

WATCH AND LEARN:

RAM TRX Interior Design

2018 Wrangler Interior Design

Fiat Centroventi Concept

Interior design shapes and impacts everything that the driver and passengers can see and touch on the inside of the vehicle. Every knob, button, switch, seat and steering wheel starts out as a series of sketches from one of our creative designers.

COLOR AND MATERIALS DESIGN

Colors And Materials Design

WATCH AND LEARN:

Graphic Design for Kids

All About Color - Elements of Art and Design

Designing a Material Theme: Color

What is Color + Material Design

Color And Materials design creates the right atmosphere both inside and out. Choosing the right paint colors, the correct softness of leather, the right stitching and carpeting for each and every part. Color and Materials designers draw inspiration from all over the world to make each of our vehicles as unique and beautiful as they can possibly be.

TRY IT YOURSELF!

ACTIVITIES

USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN

UX Design

WATCH AND LEARN:

Interior and User Experience Design - Ram TRX

Chrysler Portal User Experience Design

User Experience Designers imagine all of the ways that people might want to interact with our vehicles and design for all of the things that we need our vehicles to do. They create the digital environment for all of the screens in the vehicle and work to integrate other technologies like your phones, content streaming apps and smart home devices.

WHO DOES THIS WORK?

Emilio Feliciano - UX Design

CLAY SCULTPING

Clay Sculpting

Clay sculptors are the expert craftspeople who shape every visible surface on our cars by hand. They use tools and techniques that have been passed down by generations of artisans. They build smaller, scaled versions of new car designs as well as full-sized clay models that show exactly what the final sheetmetal will be.

DIGITAL SCULTPING + VISUALIZATION

Clay Sculpting

WATCH AND LEARN:

Chrysler Portal Concept - CG Animations

SRT Tomahawk - Gran Turismo Concept

Digital Sculptors build and shape virtual 3D surfaces to create accurate design models of our cars in the computer. These models can be shared with engineering and our suppliers and are the key part in translating our design work to a finial, drivable vehicle. Digital sculpting allows us to quickly make updates, revisions and different versions of every car. Our visualization team also allows us to create unbelievable digital imagery and virtual reality models that bring our designs to life long before the cars get built.

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