supervisor: Christian Bauer (Head of Interior Design MINI)
“MINI ESCAPE” is an autonomous renting minivan, which offers space for several people and their equipment . The car is based on a modular platform, which can be customised beforehand by the customer itself. Be it for an mountain bike tour at the weekend, hiking trip with the family or a chill-out trip with friends. At this way the costumers get the best experience according to their transaction and plans.
AIM
Giving a forecast on a new MINI car segment to enlarge MINI as a brand.
- Poster for degreeshow FH Joanneum - Graz, 2018
entire PROJECT
Research
COncept
“MINI ESCAPE” is an autonomous renting minivan, which offers space for several people and their equipment . The car is based on a modular platform, which can be customised beforehand by the customer itself. Be it for an mountain bike tour at the weekend, hiking trip with the family or a chill-out trip with friends. At this way the costumers get the best experience according to their transaction and plans.
AIM
Giving a forecast on a new MINI car segment to enlarge MINI as a brand.
Approach
plattform+backpack
At the beginning the costumer can choose via app or website the date and the picking up address+destination of the journey. He can choose the required modules (interior and backpack modules) in a library. Individual configuration or finished packages are possible. The modules are simply selected by drag and drop. After that the costumer can also move and rotate the selected parts. Depending on the selected modules the price is calculated. (possible modules you can see on the images)
When the costumer has accepted the order the platform is build up by fabric workers with the requested modules in one of the service centres, which a strategically spread. Afterwards an autonomous forklift brings the equipped platform to the car, docks on the rear end and transfers it into the car guided by two rails. When the car is ready it drives autonomously to the destination and picks up its passengers.
At the end of the journey when the car arrives in the service center the car is cleaned and inspected. Thanks to the simple and modular structure the cleaning is very easy and fast. Depending on the selected modules, traveling distance and damages (if present) the price is calculated.
INTERIOR module
The focus of this module is communication and having fun. The freeform shape let you find your own preferred seating position, while the security is always guaranteed by the moving and adjustable seat belts.
SEAT module
COMMUNICATION
Once an autonomous vehicle drives by its own it replaces not only the driver but also the related communication. This creates the need to introduce new media that take over the classic role as a contact person. In addition, this device serves as a control and communication point in the vehicle, which is why it can move freely in the Interior on a rail. As a so-called soul of the vehicle, it also takes on additional tasks, such as indicating places of interest or excursion destinations. Due to the fact that it is the embodiment of the soul of the vehicle, it has also no concrete shape. The streams of thought are created abstractly and with depth effect through a volumetric display. This communication element is intended to create additional confidence in the passengers through its presence and thus enrich the excursion.
EXTERIOR
The surrounding and activities in the car are the focal point of the concept. Therefore the exterior design is inspired by the transparency and sense of space of a gondola. The eye-catching yellow stripe, which can be found in all modules, encloses the car and connects it with the backpack-modules.
PACKAGE
CAS
program used: Rhino 5
SCENARIOS
CREATE YOUR EXPERIENCE.
MINI Escape
Bachelor Thesis
in cooperation with MINI
