Some more cool info from behind the scenes in Nissan's Design Studios... very interesting!
http://www.nicoclub.com/articles/Nissan ... _Study.htm
Nissan Teana Interior Design Study
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Re: Nissan Teana Interior Design Study
I love this series of articles. Worth discussing in this one:
Look at the Z32 or MKIV Supra, two of the best interior designs in history. Nothing in there would be described as airy or floaty.
No one is doing interiors right these days, but Nissan seems to be chasing BMW, who is doing them wrongest of all. Dash designs that intentionally curve AWAY from the occupants, rather than curving AROUND them. I'd argue that "airy" is the wrong word. The correct descriptor is "distant" or perhaps "detached."
The interior of a car is the interface by which occupants interact with it. One can choose to make it feel apart from the occupants, or make it feel at one with the occupants. The former is wrong. The latter is desirable. Even if you're talking about a roomy limousine, you never want the interior to be a thing "over there." It should be a PART of the experience of the car. There's a difference between roomy and distant. G50 Q45 is the perfect example. Very roomy car, also a very intimate interior. It envelops the occupants, it doesn't stand apart from them as some kind of out-of-place modern art.
I don't know about other Niconauts, but they've just described the least appealing interior imaginable to me. "Airy" is the opposite of how I want my interior to feel. And "floating" pieces only serve to kill ergonomics.Many features in Teana’s interior create an airy feeling of the interior such as its panel design. For example, its designers decided to let pads "float" above the wood-grain of the instrument panel and doors which makes the whole interior feel very light and spacious.
Look at the Z32 or MKIV Supra, two of the best interior designs in history. Nothing in there would be described as airy or floaty.
No one is doing interiors right these days, but Nissan seems to be chasing BMW, who is doing them wrongest of all. Dash designs that intentionally curve AWAY from the occupants, rather than curving AROUND them. I'd argue that "airy" is the wrong word. The correct descriptor is "distant" or perhaps "detached."
The interior of a car is the interface by which occupants interact with it. One can choose to make it feel apart from the occupants, or make it feel at one with the occupants. The former is wrong. The latter is desirable. Even if you're talking about a roomy limousine, you never want the interior to be a thing "over there." It should be a PART of the experience of the car. There's a difference between roomy and distant. G50 Q45 is the perfect example. Very roomy car, also a very intimate interior. It envelops the occupants, it doesn't stand apart from them as some kind of out-of-place modern art.
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The first-gen Teana's dashboard reminds me of a late 70s/early 80s American luxury car. Some people like that sort of thing, most don't.
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I agree with MoD, most interiors these days suck.
When I get in a car, luxury or sports, I want to feel like I am part of the car. I don't spend much time looking at the dash except for the center stack and gauges. I'm not interested in floating panels or carbon fiber air vents. I want quality materials with a soft touch that won't sun fade or crack. GM and Chrysler are kings of s*** plastic interiors, even the corvette had horrible hard plastic touch surfaces that belonged on a cavalier until the C6 came around.
Do passengers really need a lazy boy recliner in the car? Seems like a bunch of extra weight in an era of fuel conservation.
When I get in a car, luxury or sports, I want to feel like I am part of the car. I don't spend much time looking at the dash except for the center stack and gauges. I'm not interested in floating panels or carbon fiber air vents. I want quality materials with a soft touch that won't sun fade or crack. GM and Chrysler are kings of s*** plastic interiors, even the corvette had horrible hard plastic touch surfaces that belonged on a cavalier until the C6 came around.
Do passengers really need a lazy boy recliner in the car? Seems like a bunch of extra weight in an era of fuel conservation.
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Hate to say it but Nissan interior design is a little too gay for me these days. I don't want the design to be inspired by a couple of hoity-toity poolside chairs, I want my interiors to be inspired by plane cockpits. So if Nissan wants to sell me anything post 2002 they better dispose of the faggotry.