Daniel Simon (designer)

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Daniel Simon (* 1975 in Stralsund ) is a German vehicle designer . Simon designs cars and motorcycles for automakers such as VW and Bugatti, as well as for science fiction films for the Walt Disney Company , Warner Bros. Entertainment and Universal .

biography

Daniel Simon was born in Stralsund in 1975. He studied transportation design at the Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences , a degree from which he graduated in 2001 with a bachelor's degree. After graduating, he worked for the VW Group, from 2001 as a senior concept designer and later as a concept car lead designer . Simon designed concept cars for automobile fairs and worked as a concept designer on a 1200 hp version of the Bugatti Veyron . Simon moved to Brazil in 2005–2007 , where he created the photo-realistic painted series of images about the space ship and car company Cosmic Motors, which he invented and which is depicted in the book Cosmic Motors: Spaceships, Cars and Pilots of Another Galaxy . Simon describes this time, in which he lived on his savings, as the most beautiful time of his life.

The book, published in 2007 in America in English and German, prompted the director of the Disney studio film Tron: Legacy , Joseph Kosinski, to offer him the vehicle design for the futuristic motorcycles in the film. Simon, who rented an office in Berlin in 2008 and worked as a freelancer for Puma , Honda and DKNY , moved to Hollywood in the same year and designed the vehicles, especially the "Lightcycles" for TRON Legacy, which were later also made by the Parker Brothers Choppers were recreated.

Between November 2009 and June 2010 he worked as lead vehicle designer for the film Captain America: The First Avenger at Marvel Studios . For the film he designed the Hydra Schmidt Coupé , named after Johann Schmidt alias Red Skull, the leader of the HYDRA organization . He also worked as lead vehicle designer for the Disney television cartoon series TRON: The Uprising .

In 2011 he designed the livery of the Formula 1 racing car HRT F111 for the Hispania Racing F1 Team .

Works

His main artistic work is a series of computer-generated images of futuristic cars, rockets and spaceships , which he assigns to a spaceship and car manufacturer called Cosmic Motors , which he conceived as a science fiction author . His photo series have appeared internationally in many popular magazines such as Ramp , Wired , Car & Driver , Motortrend, 3DMag and Top Gear . In addition to his designs for technology, barely clad women often play a role in this success, most of whom are the young heiresses of his fantasy company Cosmic Motors . Daniel Simon now also uses Cosmic Motors as a label for his real designer company. With the design of the 2011 racing car of the poorest Formula 1 racing team Hispania Racing F1 Team , a real car also bore the inscription Cosmic Motors . For the film " Oblivion ", among other things, he designed the "killer drone".

literature

  • Daniel Simon: Cosmic Motors: Spaceships, Cars and Pilots of Another Galaxy (English and German Edition), Design Studio Press, December 17, 2007, ISBN 978-1933492278
  • Daniel Simon: The Timeless Racer: Machines of a Time Traveling Speed ​​Junkie: Episode 1 - Year 2027 , Titan Books Ltd, November 15, 2013, ISBN 978-1933492575

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oliver Trenkamp: Ex-VW designer in Hollywood: Lord of the "Tron" bikes. In: Spiegel Online . January 29, 2011, accessed January 4, 2017 .
  2. ↑ About Daniel Simon. danielsimon.com, accessed September 6, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Volkswagen Nanospyder ( Memento from July 31, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  4. ↑ About Cosmic Motors. In: danielsimon.com. Retrieved January 4, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Disney's Tron Legacy. In: danielsimon.com. February 4, 2010, accessed January 4, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Extreme motorcycle Tron Lightcycle: Real bike from the cyber world. In: Spiegel Online . December 14, 2010, accessed January 4, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Marvel's Captain America (2011). In: danielsimon.com. February 4, 2010, accessed January 4, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Ulrich Feld: The legendary Hydra Schmidt Coupé by Daniel Simon. t-online.de, October 2, 2012, accessed on September 6, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Roadster from "Captain America": This designer drives a movie. spiegel.de, September 3, 2012, accessed on September 6, 2017 .
  10. ↑ About. In: danielsimon.com. February 4, 2010, accessed January 4, 2017 .
  11. ↑ a b Formula 1: HRT F111 project. In: danielsimon.com. February 4, 2010, accessed January 4, 2017 .
  12. ↑ Super Cool Sci-Fi Cars From Another Galaxy ( Memento from February 9, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  13. ↑ Aaron Robinson: The Vehicles of Tron: Legacy. In: caranddriver.com. December 2010, accessed January 4, 2017 .
  14. ↑ Motortrend Staff: Former Bugatti Designer Recreates Light Cycle Vehicles for Tron: Legacy. In: wot.motortrend.com. December 9, 2010, accessed January 4, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Daniel Simon Press: 3DMAG - FRANCE - August 2010. In: danielsimonpress.blogspot.com. Retrieved January 4, 2017 .
  16. ↑ What the freak ?! Daniel Simon is a car designer by day, but at night he lets his ideas run free. The result is some truly bizarre metal. In: topgear.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2008 ; accessed on January 4, 2017 .
  17. ^ Daniel Simon creates livery for HRT Formula 1 car. In: cardesignnews.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012 ; accessed on January 4, 2017 .
  18. ↑ Oblivion Drone. In: danielsimon.com. Accessed March 11, 2018 (English).
  19. ↑ "Daniel Simon has an amazing mind that not only conceives startling designs but has the critical skill to translate those designs into stunning imagery." ( Memento from June 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  20. ^ Daniel Simon: Titan Books - The Timeless Racer - Daniel Simon, Jacky Ickx. In: titanbooks.com. August 14, 2014, accessed January 4, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Simon, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German automobile designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Stralsund