The Z4 was designed by Chris Bangle and began the controversy over his "flame surfacing" design
Design chief Chris Bangle's "flame surfacing" finally has hit its stride with BMW's Z4 coupe. "This is still a concept car, a study," company chief Helmut Panke said at the Frankfurt show, but he.
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drmwvr. "BMW has introduced the term 'Flame Surfacing' to describe the X4's styling technology. According to BMW, the technique is called Flame Surface because it is "reminiscent of the forms of energetic flames, such as those from the burning of gas under pressure".
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BMW bought Rover in 1994 from British Aerospace, and pretty much left the company to its own devices until 2000, when it was sold off after years of losses.. It had "flame surfacing" in spades, a diving shoulder line, a hockey stick lower lower character line, and (of course) a prominent "Bangle butt".
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1 BMW GINA. Via WSupercars. Bangle's last project before unexpectedly quitting the auto industry was the GINA concept, which proved that even after ten years at BMW, he was still full of new ideas. The car has no body panels, rather the exterior is all made of weather-resistant fabric.
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Jun 28, 2005. #2. Flame Surfacing is a design language introduced to the world in 2001 at Detroit's car show in the form of the BMW X Coupé. It is called brand imaging. BMW wants to create an identity, so that even non-enthusiasts can recognize a new model BMW even though they have not read or seen anything about it. This is called marketing.
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651 posts · Joined 2002. #8 · Nov 23, 2004. The designers seem to try all sorts of things to make cars distintive. I think the flame surfacing looks workable. The BMW Z4 looks good to me. Things I don't like: funky looking lights, funky bumbers, lights on the side mirrors. 03 330Ci 5M SP Topaz-Blue/Gray. Save.
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For 10 years Chris Bangle has been the car designer everyone loves to hate. Here was the man who gave us flame surfacing, who totally reshaped BMW form language and in the process tore up the car design rulebook.
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All were engulfed with what was called "Flame Surfacing" styling language. This came courtesy of then BMW design chief Chris Bangle. The phrase "Bangle Butt" became synonymous with that 7 Series.
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2002 BMW CS1 Concept. The next Bangle-era concept, the 2002 BMW CS1 Concept, directly previewed a series model, the E87 1 Series. The study showed a small two-door convertible, and the shape and.
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Flame surfacing grew out of a secret BMW brainstorming project called Deep Blue. For six months in 1996, designers were exiled to a California beach house to pore over past models and new sketches.
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Whoever it was—or however many it was—they did a cracking job. The Z4 will always be an acquired taste, thanks to the changes implemented in BMW design by Bangle during the period, but even if.
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Penned by Davide Arcangeli, under the guidance of BMW former chief of design, Chris Bangle, the E60 5 Series introduced the "flame surfacing" design technique. Gone were the soft curves and.
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BMW E65 rear view. Bangle himself did not (as is commonly believed) coin the phrase "flame surfacing" to describe his work; this can be attributed to a motoring journalist, and is probably the first time Deconstructivism has been adapted to automotive design. The reason for this design was to use BMW's new technology of 3D panel pressing.
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In a statement, BMW said Bangle was quitting 'to pursue his own design-related endeavors beyond the auto industry.'. Bangle, 52, was the architect of the often controversial flame surfacing.
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Design director Chris Bangle took the heat for the E65 and for the Flame Surfacing design language in general, but the design was actually penned by Adrian van Hooydonk who now occupies Bangle's.
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The first Z4 was the best example yet of flame surfacing. Its proportions were almost identical to the Z3 (and, indeed, every BMW roadster before it) but the finer parts of the design were.