Cas van de Goor | Design

Honda CRX

2011-12-27T07:33:00.000-08:00

The final design! See how this design evolved on Local Motors

Honda CRX

2011-11-21T12:30:00.001-08:00

See how this design evolved on Local Motors

Honda CRX

2011-11-04T10:14:00.000-07:00

See how this design evolved on Local Motors

Wiping The Dust Off My Tablet

2011-10-10T14:06:00.000-07:00

This year I'll be graduating from middle school. Spare time is very rare these days.

Honda CRX re-redesign

2011-08-06T14:33:00.000-07:00

See how this design evolved on Local Motors

Homage to Escher

2011-08-06T06:05:00.000-07:00

MC Escher (1898-1972) was Dutch graphic artist, known for his mathematically inspired artwork.

Honda CRX re-redesign

2011-07-30T02:42:00.000-07:00

See how this design evolved on Local Motors

Honda CRX re-redesign

2011-07-25T14:47:00.000-07:00

My typographic project Phi has been a valuable experience.

After almost a whole school year without car design I have decided to revise my Honda CRX redesign. On Local Motors you can see how the design evolved. Looking at the sketches from more than a year ago, I found that the design had been going into the right direction. Yet I felt that the project wasn't finished properly. So here's a redesign of my Honda CRX redesigned rear.

Tell me what you think!

Phi (a whole new design) Now Available!

2011-07-01T07:15:00.000-07:00

Phi is a simple geometric sans-serif typeface, inspired by the golden ratio. It is rock solid, versatile, legible and excellent for both text and display usage.

Get it at MyFonts, Fonts.com or FontSpring!

Posters

2011-06-24T15:04:00.000-07:00

These posters will accompany my Phi fonts on MyFonts.com. I will make a few more of these, so that all of the typeface's qualities are adressed. The new Phi fonts will very soon be available!

Logo

2011-06-19T13:37:00.001-07:00

Previous attempts to designing a personal logo didn't work out. It is challenging to make something lasting. For that reason I've been using a circle or sphere as symbol of simplicity for my trademark. Now, after making dozens of sketches, it's this G with a C inside that will need to stand the test of time. Tell me what you think!

Spacing and Kerning

2011-06-19T09:33:00.001-07:00

My two Phi fonts underwent Igino Marini's special iKern treatment and came out great!

Functional is Beautiful

2011-05-23T12:42:00.000-07:00

The two Phi fonts are almost finished! I could go on for ages to get exactly what I want, but that's not exactly what I want :)

Plane Fun

2011-05-23T11:33:00.000-07:00

DIY Air hockey Table

2011-04-27T12:29:00.000-07:00

Last weekend my DIY Air Hockey Table (PDF) instructable reached one hundred thousand views! It was a huge succes when it was published in 2009. It got mentioned on several blogs like Make:, Lifehacker and Slashgear and was even translated into Russian on habrahabr.ru and Spanish on taringa.net!

So built your own air hockey table for cheap and spread the word!

Phi Lowercase

2011-04-18T07:18:00.000-07:00

Sorry car designers for not having posted any sketches and renderings lately. Hopefully I'll have a chance to do so soon!

Phi Lowercase

2011-04-12T13:13:00.000-07:00

I've been making several optical corrections, such as better flowing lines by adjusting the curvature in characters like P and h, thinner horizontal strokes in all characters, smoother elipses and a whole lot more!

Phi Lowercase

2011-04-01T11:20:00.001-07:00

Phi Light lowercase work in progress

Phi Lowercase

2011-03-26T05:27:00.000-07:00

I couldn't resist this challenge!

Phi Ultra: Different Ampersand

2011-03-22T09:21:00.000-07:00

Instead of &

Simplicity

2011-03-22T04:41:00.000-07:00

When I was a kid I loved watching Coppernickel (Keepvogel in Dutch). It's a series of videos animated by Wouter van Reek. This video (translated from Dutch) has a particularly interesting moral.

Phi Ultra

2011-03-18T14:58:00.000-07:00

Phi Ultra

2011-03-16T08:54:00.000-07:00

Phi Ultra is in the making!

Ford

2011-03-13T11:39:00.000-07:00

Inspired by Ford B-MAX Concept sketches

Phi Ultra

2011-03-13T10:50:00.000-07:00

During my vacation in Portugal I couldn't get my eyes off the fonts around me. I loved this solid font, found on a building in Quimbra. Perhaps I'll extend the Phi Font Family with a similar weight.

Caterpillar

2011-02-28T09:06:00.000-08:00

Mini

2011-02-27T09:48:00.000-08:00

Sketches

2011-02-18T14:34:00.000-08:00

More sketch, less render

Ipod Doodle

2011-02-11T08:15:00.001-08:00

It's hard to draw cars in a driving car on an iPod Touch :) This one took a lot of time!

Ford Internship 2009

2011-02-05T06:53:00.000-08:00

I did this rendering during my two-week internschip at the Ford Executive Design Center in Germany back in Autumn 2009. At that time I was almost certain that I wanted to study transportation design. Now my interests have shifted to a more functional approach to design. Next week I'm visiting the Pfozheim University and hope to find out whether transportation design is what I really want to focus on.

Negative

2011-02-05T05:00:00.000-08:00

Intersection Competition Winners

2011-02-02T02:47:00.000-08:00

DUNE by Nikhill

Congratulations to the Intersection Magazine 10th Anniversary Competition winners Nikhill (1st), Marc (2nd), and Naman (3rd) and everyone else who participated!

We had expected our design to get a higher average score, but it was certainly worth our effort! Thanks Trosher!

Intersection Competition Final Board

2011-01-20T18:09:00.000-08:00

This was an adventure! Vote on our design here.

Intersection Competition 6

2011-01-20T12:55:00.000-08:00

Intersection Competition 5

2011-01-19T15:22:00.000-08:00

Intersection Competition 4

2011-01-18T01:31:00.000-08:00

Phi Caps Typeface: New Styles Now Available

2011-01-13T08:17:00.000-08:00

Phi Caps is a geometric all caps typeface designed on the basis of the golden ratio. Its simple monoline letters come together in a solid font.

Get it here

My Phi Caps font family has been updated with 7 new fonts along with improvements to the original 2 fonts! An elegant Thin weight has been added to the Book and Medium weights. In addition to the Regular width the family now has gone Condensed and Extended. Here you can view all 9 fonts in detail.

Furthermore it's price has dropped by more than 40%! Making it just:

Ipod Doodle

2011-01-10T09:49:00.001-08:00

Intersection Competition 3

2011-01-08T08:42:00.000-08:00

For this competition I'm collaborating with Albert Gari (Local Motors member Trosher)

Follow the development of this design at Local Motors

Capitals are Cool

2011-01-03T03:59:00.000-08:00

Black: Phi Thin Extended
Dark blue: Phi Book Extended
Light blue: Phi Medium Extended

Intersection Competition 2

2010-12-29T03:55:00.000-08:00

Follow the development of this design at Local Motors

Features

4 wheel drive (capable in rough terrain)
4 electric motors (environmentally friendly)
4 sets of bicycle pedals (backup and supplement alongside electric motors)
batteries in front and rear (balanced, passenger floor lower to ground)

room for 5 people
2 wire mesh front seats (open feeling, interaction between occupants)
1 wire mesh rear seat (open feeling, interaction between occupants)
storage in front and rear

open top (open and sporty feeling)
open sides (open and sporty feeling)
wire mesh floor (open and sporty feeling, no problems with beach sand)
metal bars on the sides (safety, storage, point of attachment fabric sunshade, hatchback design)

Intersection Competition 1

2010-12-26T13:52:00.000-08:00

Follow the development of this design at Local Motors

Here’s a profile sketch for the Intersection Design Competition hosted by Local-Motors. As this car is driven with in a beautiful and hot environment, I think it’s important that driver and passengers experience nature to the fullest. For this reason I drew up this doorless cabrio (with metal safety tubes that merge with the design lines). Though, I’m not sure whether this meets the safety requirements.

On this sketch the car may appear as a hatchback, but the back is only outlined by a metal structure. I hope this to contribute to the open feeling of the design as well as its level of customization (there’s more storage freedom). A canvas like material can be stretched between the windshield and the metal structure at the back to provide shade for the passengers. The chairs are lightweight and should contribute to the open feeling within the car.

Furthermore I think that the design should be honest and simple (without distracting details). I’d like to get some feedback on the concept as well as its feasibility! I haven’t thought of any element of human power and perhaps we can discuss that here as well.

iPod Doodle

2010-12-19T14:53:00.001-08:00

Appreciating Nike's Mavrk Mid 2

Phi Condensed

2010-12-17T12:53:00.000-08:00

Coming soon:

Phi Thin Condensed
Phi Book Condensed
Phi Medium Condensed

Improved S

2010-12-13T13:23:00.000-08:00

This letter kept bothering me until now.

Phi Extended

2010-12-13T01:43:00.000-08:00

Coming soon:

Phi Thin
Phi Thin Extended
Phi Book Extended
Phi Medium Extended

Alfa

2010-12-10T14:14:00.000-08:00

Alfa

2010-12-09T13:37:00.000-08:00

Front is coming!

Phi Caps Typeface Now Available

2010-12-01T02:04:00.001-08:00

Phi Caps is a geometric typeface inspired by the basis of the golden ratio. Its simple monoline letters come together in a solid font.

Get it here

Creating this typeface has been a great challenge. But the end product as well as the experience have certainly paid off the hard work. I've learned a lot about typography and design in general. Besides that I'm excited to earn some money with this typeface.

Opel

2010-11-27T10:19:00.000-08:00

Now I know how I liked drawing cars. Experimenting with a different rendering technique.

Punto Evo

2010-11-12T08:10:00.000-08:00

A sketch of our new car to show that I'm still alive.

Phi Type Development 3

2010-10-16T15:17:00.001-07:00

All the glyphs are completed. The next challenge is glyph spacing. I hope to finish that as soon possible, so I can get sketching cars again.

Phi Type Development 2

2010-09-26T04:04:00.000-07:00

There are still some things I need to fix before I can start producing the various styles (regular, italic and rounded fonts with different weights).

Phi Type Development

2010-09-06T12:59:00.001-07:00

Typography has become increasingly interesting to me this summer. Hence I'm developing an uppercase typeface. I've been experimenting with the golden ratio; The height devided by the width of every letter (except for the letter O) is equal to phi. Within many letters you will find the golden ratio as well. There's still a lot of work to do before it can be used as a font, but it'll be worth it!

Bent Chair

2010-09-02T02:40:00.000-07:00

Urethane floor covering, used to protect the floor from office chair scratches, maintains its shape when it is deformed and heated. That's what I discovered when I got rid of some rubbish, resulting in a suprisingly flexible chair.

Renault

2010-08-26T03:56:00.001-07:00

Alfa

2010-08-22T09:46:00.000-07:00

Inspired by Sasha Selipanov from Angrycardesigner.com. I'm more than happy with this one!

Maserati

2010-08-21T09:34:00.000-07:00

I should do a lot more handsketching!

One-Pallet Chair

2010-08-14T13:57:00.001-07:00

This was well worth all the blisters on my fingers!
Download the Google SketchUp model here.

Here's how to make splendid material-efficient pallet furniture:

1. Scavenge
Pallets are everywhere. Some are in great conditions and some have a couple of broken beams. Some are free and some cost a couple of bucks. Look for the cheapest pallet which you can use the most lumber from. Also, see if you can get one that has some (thicker) beams that are strong enough to provide support in the furniture.

2. Dismantle
Deconstructing a pallet is tricky. It' s almost inevitable to break a few beams, so be careful. Here are some tips and tricks on how to do it.

3. Measure
Group the beams into similar thicknesses, widths and lengths. Then measure the different beam sizes.

4. Model (CAD)
Use the measurements to draw the beams in Google SketchUp . Move, rotate and cut the virtual beams so they give shape to your furniture. Rember from which beam each part in the furniture came from. Don't use more 'material' than you have! If you have trouble with finding the right proportions and measurments, you can use existing furniture models from the 3D Warehouse as reference for your own pallet furniture. Remember to keep the design simple, so that the transistion between the digital model and the actual furniture is less troublesome.

5. Build
Measure the lengths (and widths and angels if necessary) of every beam in SketchUp. Then cut the corresponding 'physical' beams to size. Now combine all parts and, once again, refer to the SketchUp model to do so. I predrilled holes and used scews to keep everything together.

Pallet Chair 2

2010-08-13T07:17:00.000-07:00

The Google SketchUp model is finished. Lets build this bad boy!

Pallets and Sneakers

2010-08-13T00:22:00.002-07:00

Yesterday I got myself a pallet to built my Pallet Chair with and a pair of Mavrk Mids!

Personal Transport 4

2010-08-09T06:22:00.001-07:00

Personal Transport 3

2010-08-06T12:10:00.001-07:00

Personal Transport 2

2010-07-17T14:57:00.000-07:00

Graphic Design

2010-07-17T13:11:00.001-07:00

As it used to be.

Model T Poster

2010-07-13T08:03:00.000-07:00

Final presentation of the new Ford Model T. A reinterpretation of the project done during the summercamp at Lawrence Tech in 2008.

Alpine / Mini

2010-07-13T07:19:00.000-07:00

Free interpretation of the classic Alpine A110, escaping from an explosion. Though, due to the higher nose and the explosion covering the rear, the vehicle looks a lot like a Mini.

Model T 3

2010-07-10T08:23:00.000-07:00

A reinterpretation of the project done during the summercamp at Lawrence Tech in 2008.

Personal Transport

2010-07-08T14:26:00.000-07:00

Personal Transport

2010-07-06T07:36:00.000-07:00

Practicing smaller vehicle sketching for a Sketch Battle on Deviant Art. Grap your pencils and be part of it!

Good Design

2010-07-06T06:01:00.000-07:00

Good design is innovative

Good design makes a product useful

Good design is aesthetic design

Good design makes a product understandable

Good design is honest

Good design is unobtrusive

Good design is long-lived

Good design is thorough, down to the last detail

Good design is environmentally-friendly

Good design is as little design as possible

-Dieter Rams

Futuristic

2010-07-03T15:47:00.000-07:00

Ipod Doodle

2010-07-02T02:28:00.000-07:00

Model T 2

2010-06-29T10:12:00.001-07:00

A reinterpretation of the project done during the summercamp at Lawrence Tech in 2008.

Pallet Chair

2010-06-19T10:13:00.000-07:00

A new project! I'm working on a chair design that will be made of one pallet only. Tools will include a saw and a hammer. Extensive woodworking skills won't be necessary. I choose the 42 x 42 inch ISO pallet to work with as this pallet is mostly used throughout the world. The main goal for this project is to design an Adirondack inspired chair that can be build with as less requirements as possible.

Finishing off

2010-06-11T12:21:00.000-07:00

While setting up a portfolio I revised some work.

Model T

2010-06-01T12:09:00.001-07:00

A reinterpretation of the project done during the summercamp at Lawrence Tech in 2008. More sketches to come!

Ferrari Sketch

2010-05-27T13:13:00.000-07:00

Smart Sketch

2010-05-24T08:28:00.003-07:00

Jeep Sketch

2010-05-20T14:24:00.000-07:00

Chair from a Cardboard Box

2010-05-15T03:37:00.000-07:00

Once in a while I like to do something challenging. Also recently I developed a technique to make 2D templates from 3D objects in Google SketchUp. I wanted to put this method to the test by making a simple chair design from a television box. Dimensions and shapes were limited as the cardboard had already been folded.

The chair is made of one piece of cardboard and some double-sided tape. It can at least support 80 kilograms. In the fututre I may try to develop a way to connect cardboard without using any other material than the cardboard itself.

The 3D model and the 2D template can be downloaded here (this model is somewhat larger that the original one)

I would love to see you reproducing it!

Ipod Doodle

2010-05-09T09:34:00.001-07:00

Happy Mother's Day!

2010-05-09T03:48:00.000-07:00

DIY Hard

2010-05-05T08:41:00.001-07:00

Tee design submisson for Threadless.
Tell your friends and vote here !

Robot

2010-05-04T13:33:00.000-07:00

Car Sketch

2010-05-03T04:46:00.001-07:00

Not so interesting design, but I'm just practicing sketching.

Splat

2010-05-02T00:50:00.000-07:00

Backgroud for my DIY Hard design.

DIY Hard

2010-04-29T09:31:00.000-07:00

Any suggestions for the coloring, possible textures and additions? I was thinking about colorful spray paint texture...

Mazda Sketch

2010-04-29T06:14:00.000-07:00

Car Sketches

2010-04-28T02:41:00.001-07:00

Scott Robertson inspired

Green Monster

2010-04-24T13:52:00.000-07:00

The Arfons Green Monsters are incredibly impressive! Just a little project for fun.

Scooter from Outer Space

2010-04-22T13:58:00.001-07:00

Just playing around with a different rendering method. What do you think?!

Makerbot Giveaway

2010-04-18T06:50:00.000-07:00

The challenge is to design something that the Makerbot (3D printer) can print out. I've already submitted a model and I'll continue to do so in the comming weeks. That Makerbot is such a great toy to have on your desktop!

Amazing

2010-04-16T08:25:00.000-07:00

For a change I tried to design an ambigram. I'm not particularly happy about this one though.

[Extracts of Local Distance]

2010-04-15T01:45:00.000-07:00

This is amazing! Several achitectural images merged into one another base on the object's vanishing point. I've got the urge to try something similair.

Honda CRX

2010-04-14T13:19:00.001-07:00

A work-in-process model in Autodesk Mudbox. I really enjoy working with this software as it allows (dynamic) live modelling with easy-to-use tools. The (perhaps obvious) downside however, is that the model will always look muddy. I know that Mudbox isn't designed for these applications and because I feel that this project is taking too long, I'll only use the model as a reference for some photoshop renderings.

So I'd really like to hear what you think! Don't be too critical about the surfaces though ;)

Supercar Sketches

2010-04-12T13:35:00.000-07:00

Still finding out about different sketching techniques. Miroslav Dimitrov provided a lot of inspiration.

Wrangell Malamute

2010-04-11T02:56:00.000-07:00

Entry for Local motors' Alaska Motors Competition back in December 2009

Honda CRX

2010-04-11T02:44:00.001-07:00

Hi

2010-04-11T00:49:00.001-07:00

Thank you for visiting my blog! I'm a car design enthusiast from The Netherlands. I set up this blog aiming to create a clean environment where I can share my work. I'll try to tackle various areas of (applied) arts. Since I'm still learning, feedback and other commentary is always greatly appreciated!