The Timeless Racer: Machines of a Time Traveling Speed Junkie – December 15, 2013 Author: Daniel Simon | Language: English | ISBN:
1933492570 | Format: PDF
The Timeless Racer: Machines of a Time Traveling Speed Junkie – December 15, 2013 Description
Review
"Daniel's designs are spectacular. And the machines--presented in every detail and a highly personal style--intrigue as always." --
Flavio Manzoni, director of Ferrari Design"The Timeless Racer is a book like no other!" --
British GQ magazine"Daniel's imagination is extraordinary. It is joyful to see this fantasy blend of past and future racing." --
From the foreword by Jacky Ickx, racing legend “After Cosmic Motors and his adventures in Hollywood, this is Simon’s next coup. He has let his galactically huge imagination run riot to create a motorsport world we can only dream about.”
BBC TopGear magazine
About the Author
Daniel Simon is an internationally acclaimed designer and trailblazing virtual image creator. He worked for hyper car maker Bugatti and collaborated with Formula 1, Puma and Lotus. Simon is author of the best-selling book Cosmic Motors, a collection of spectacular science-fiction vehicles. Since 2008 Simon has worked with famed directors to create vehicles for Hollywood blockbusters such as Tron: Legacy, Captain America, Prometheus, and the upcoming Oblivion. He lectures around the globe at leading design colleges and global corporations, and is a car and motorsport enthusiast.
- Hardcover: 72 pages
- Publisher: Design Studio Press (December 15, 2013)
- Language: English, German, French
- ISBN-10: 1933492570
- ISBN-13: 978-1933492575
- Product Dimensions: 14.2 x 12.3 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Daniel Simon who put out the amazing vehicle concept art book Cosmic Motors in 2007 is finally back with a new book in The Timeless Racer.
After Cosmic Motors was published, he has went on to work on films like Tron: Legacy, Prometheus, Marvel's Captain America and Oblivion.
The Timeless Racer is Daniel Simon's personal project, one that he took time off in 2011 from movie work to create. It's a cumulative of 4,500 hours of work in the book.
It's a big 12 by 14 inch hardcover book. The beautiful cover is of matte smooth surface. There are only 72 pages so you'll most likely be left wanting more after looking at the amazing visuals and work inside, and also if you compared it to the 176-page Cosmic Motors.
The book is designed like one of those luxurious picture books on race cars and legends. In this case, we are introduced to the world of futuristic racing with a time-traveling race driver Vic Cooper, and his record-breaking team Masucci.
The visuals are created with a blend of photography and 3D renders. The huge canvas of the book really shows off the detail and beauty of the cars. The gloss, decals and designs are just wonderful. There are also some schematic concept sketches. The designs of the cars are like super evolved F1 race cars but sleeker. They are not exactly sci-fi designs but feel real enough that they could be from the future.
Even the photo shoots are handled with attention to detail with custom made costumes, and even in one picture, some girl was wearing a pair of headphones, on them were printed with Masucci logo.
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