Molnár László Péter
// 2012
freehand drawings rendering vehicle sketches
friendly kitchen household appliance concept duna express central station m8 city mini bus e-smart roadster concept
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freehand drawings
Š mlp 2006-2008
rendering
Š mlp 2008-2009
vehicle sketches
Š mlp 2008-2011
friendly kitchen
school project / electrolux design lab / 2008
Freedom and independence are basic needs of the Internet Generation. However, loneliness, as accompaniments of the previous two, is not good. Modern households are full of technologically evolved machinery, but so far our equipments lived their own life, receiving lots of information and sending back few. The communication between the user and the machines is one-sided, making them both lonely, when doing daily kitchen routine. My main idea was, to solve both problems, make Electrolux’s equipments reflect on their users, making a two-way communication. If somehow the machines could make specific impressions on their users (depending on the users’ mood), they could act like a friend, thus the user won’t be lonely anymore. My aim with this project was to deal with user-product interaction on a new, not so hierarchic level. Out of many, I chose colours to communicate with. Colours have major effects on our mood, and can be easier to use for machines to express their moods then by mimicry. The device has an infrared thermo sensor, with which it can detect the body temperature and the number people in the room. Depending on this information, it changes its colour: warm colours to cheer you up, cool colours to calm you down. If it detects more then one people, it can be calibrated to switch on special colour-programs, such as romance or party. Used as the only light source, it can change the tone of the whole room. Modularity and efficient space-usage was also an important issue, so I decided to use small thermoelectric chilling cubes. This way, one can set the temperature of each box independently, and can easily turn it off to save energy. Boxes can be easily stacked on or next to each other, and I also designed an adaptor for putting it on the wall (as seen in the visualisations on the right-hand side). Using this design line, I designed a microwave and an oven as well. I used variable intensity R-G-B and white coloured LEDs, placed on the back of each module as light sources. These LEDs can provide any colour on additive colour scale.
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setup buttons ‘sleeping’
using scrollwheel
pushing set button
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duna express
diploma thesis (bsc) / september 2009
As cars slowly take cities away from people, we face more and more
degree work is part of a larger scale public transportation project on the Ă rpĂĄd-hĂĄzi Szent ErzsĂŠbet plĂŠbĂĄnia
Danube at Budapest, called ‘Duna Express’. The goal of my project was
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to integrate the Duna Express ship line into the visual (symbolic) and
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transportation (logical) system Budapest with the central ship stop. The
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issues in connection with the growing automation of our society. My
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eclectic architectural scene, the meeting of nature and built environment, and a special meeting point of different architectural and design eras.
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The key of this project was to control the manifestation of userproduct interaction in different dimensions: the whole city is the user of urban systems, groups of people are users of human-built
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environment, and people are users of several machines, products. Different interacting elements make a system at a level of coherence. (14446)
My goal was to make this coherence tight and clean. To do so, I used more of a product designer approach projected to all dimensions,
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instead of thinking as an architect or an urban designer.
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I decided to design the ship station on the lower quay of Buda, right next to the square in Northern in the level of the upper quay. This
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way it saves space and doesn’t affect the view (of the building of the
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the nearby METRO and “HÉVâ€? (agglomeration train) lines; since this
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Parliament) from BatthyĂĄny square. It is also easy to connect it with
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place is right over the underground station of both of these lines. After deciding the place and functions of the station, I started to make a design concept. My main design goals and principals (14444) vtg
transparency and speed. I made a very craggy geometric, still organic concept, and I designed every part I could to fit this
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for creating the visual elements were sensibility, elegance, clarity,
image, trying to make a total design: handrails, information terminals, entrance gates and information counter. I also made an ergonomic, logistic and a realisation study about the ship station, and finally, some renders about the station to show how it would look like in its final environment.
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M8
The M8 project was aiming to design a (downtown) city mini bus for use in European capitals such as Budapest. These cities have similar environmental features in their inner city (downtown) areas, such as the narrow roads, the presence os pedestrian zones, many tourists, densely built-up areas. My goal was to design a bus that can be put into production in 5 years, and is unique but still remains just a part of the city, not drawing too much attention from other values and sights. For this, I tried to implement the principals of good design as defined by Dieter Rams. The first step was to rationalize the interior. With a longer wheelbase, I managed to make a fully accessible, single space that allows maximum space usage. With the driver’s seat in front put into the middle, the wheel archs don’t reduce useful space, and the driver has better vision in all directions.
requirements for a city mini bus
The engine compartment is placed in the rear. The bus uses a hybrid drive system: an inner combustion engine produces electricity that is later used by electric engines. For better manoeuvrability, the rear wheels turn as well. In the design, I tried to communicate the functional layout through the simple and clear exterior design. I kept the form simple and honest. I used as many transparent surfaces as possible to make the interior bright and the chassis look light.
passanger area (seated) chemical fuel
environmental feutures
school project / city mini bus / 2011
pedestrian zones
densely built-up areas
narrow roads
frequent passanger exchange
advanced information system
minimal environmental footprint
easy and fast passanger exchange
optimal space management
representative looks
low operation costs
accessibility
good manoeuvrability
passanger area (standing) driver’s cabin
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e-smart roadster
school project / 2012
What’s the purpose of a city roadster? How can we connect more people with the Smart brand philosophy? Can a Smart Roadster be serious and remain fun to drive and to look at? These were the basic problems I faced during this project. City transport is easiest if you have an agile, quick car with no unnecessary weight – this way manoeuvring and parking is easy, fuel consumption is low. Although such needs are quite obvious, only few people have actual demands for a suitable car. Why? Maybe people are driven by their desires to own a fast, fancy, big, convinient car that represents their personality. Smart, based on it’s brand philosophy is aiming at people who are easy-going and young in their minds. According to my research including Smart and Smart Roadster owners, this unique approach made Smart desirable for their customers. How can we sell more Smarts?
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Should we change the Smart to be more like other cars, or should we make the philosophy of Smart more desirable? I chose the latter one: I think the Smart Roadster can be a car that brings stustainable and open thinking closer to people.
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I aimed to use flowing, organic shapes. My inspiration was based on such forms in nature (water, waves, airflow) and in product design and the arts (Hans Arp (3), János Fajó, Verner Panton (2), Arne Jacobsen, Zaha Hadid (5), Ross Lovegrove (4), Karim Rashid). I also studied pieces of engineering driven by aerodynamic laws (wind turbines (1), propellers, wing profiles etc.).
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name & address Molnár László Péter H-1092, 34. Ráday street, Budapest, Hungary contact +36 30 747 24 16 lpeter.molnar@gmail.com studies Industrial Design Engineer (BSc) @ BME (2009) Transportation Designer (MA) @ MOME