Troy Trinh
Creative Automotive Industrial Designer — Los Angeles, CA
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Mazda Taiki Interior Concept - Final shots of the finished show property. Was involved with directing the photographers on optimum shot output.
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Mazda Taiki Concept - Mazda Taiki Concept(01/07-10/07): Lead designer on interior concept work from initial sketches to fabrication. Provided 2D Ideation , 3D Alias modeling, and supervised the clay modeling and fabrication which led to final show car build. Concept was shown at the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show.
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Mazda Taiki Concept Interior - A board showing the essence for the Mazda Taiki Interior.
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Mazda Taiki Interior Concept - This page illustrates the intentional separation between the Driver and Passenger. Inspiration came from Japanese flying Carp streamers typically displayed in the month of May. Black Area: Driver's space, emotional, powerful, detailed, dynamic White Area: Passenger's space, calm, soothing, simple, graceful
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Mazda Taiki Interior Concept
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Mazda Taiki Interior Concept - Showing the transition from a rough inspiration hand sketch to a more realistically defined illustration.
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Mazda Taiki Interior Concept - Besides being ergonomically functional, forms were executed to look like light floating pieces of fabric.
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Mazda Taiki Interior Concept - After design intent was digitally produced in Alias, a foam package buck was used to verify design and human ergonomics. We verified that ingress to the third seat can be done with ease due to the seamless transition to the second seat.
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Mazda Taiki Interior Concept - Driver and passenger seat ergonomics were also verified. Slight adjustments were made accordingly back into the digital data for final show build.
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Mazda Taiki Interior Concept
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Mazda Taiki Interior Concept
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Mazda Taiki Interior Concept - In contrast to a typical steering wheel shaft, the Taiki's is a texture which grows out from the floor and becomes the steering wheel. This integrates all the parts and results in a higher perceived quality.
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Mazda Taiki Interior Concept - Alias renderings illustrating design and lighting intent.
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Mazda Taiki Interior Concept
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Mazda Taiki Interior Concept - Fabrication samples. Worked closely with fabrication team to keep design intent and quality.
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Texture as integrated function played a substantial part in the interior design. The roof, seats, and even the upper rocker details took on this important design cue.
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Mazda Taiki Interior Concept
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