2012 NAIAS
Like last year, I attended the North American International Auto Show in (lovely) Detroit. Having just arrived back yesterday after over seven hours of driving I’m just now starting to process some of the things that I encountered at Cobo Hall. Below is a gallery of some of the sights that are pinging around my brain:
Prior to the show, I also attended Autoweek‘s Design Forum at the College for Creative Studies. The event brought together auto industry and media players as well as car fans and, most interestingly, design students from the College. I particularly enjoyed seeing the thesis projects set up next door, especially since I’d have gladly been enrolled in their program had I known about its existence years ago. Of note to me as a technologist: design display boards featured QR codes that delivered student details to the viewer’s phone. With so many potential employers walking through, this stood out as extremely clever. Another use to mention in my own workshops on the technology.