KATELYN KLEINHENZ

Junior Automotive design portfolio

Contents
Inniti Buick Jeep
Suspended Luxury Aubade MAX
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Mazda CV
Aphotic
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INFINITI SUSPENDED LUXURY
Flagship Vehicle

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Concept Free Falling
Grace & Exhileration Suspension
Power & Artistry Tranquility
A unique driving
experience featuring
a suspended body
inspired by the
feeling of falling, and
suspension.

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Exterior Ideation Customer

Daniel Investment banker,

and married father of two
Salary: 300,000 yr
Hobbies- playing the cello,
and teaching his children
how to play, lling cross-
words in the NYT, skydiving

Daniel is lookinng for a

unique driving experience
following a recent promo-
tion.

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Ideation cont.
Suspended nesting forms

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Renement
Luxury feel of a suspended body A

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Final Theme

Inniti design is characterized by dualities,

drawing inspiration from art, and poetry, the
brand designs cars that exhibit both artful, and
powerful qualities.

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Buick Aubade
2030 Luxury interior

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Story Target Customer: Michael,
35, married, new father.
Target customer b: Michael s
coworkers ride share to work
Customer C:
Michaels friends
Banker, salary $150,000 with him on the weekdays.
A Luxury interior designed
to create a relaxing During the weekend a
The morning mode focuses on individual
environment for its The seats in the interior rotate towards the bench folds down in the
space for privacy, and using therapy light
working class passengers, center to create a relaxing social space on back of the vehicle for
to combat a lack of exposure to sun due
throughout the day. the ride home after a long day of work. additional seating space.
to commuting.

The Aubade is a
commuting vehichle
designed for those living
in the suburbs outside of
New York.

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Inspiration
The Aubade interior design is
focused on using gentle form
in combination with lighting to
create a relaxing, gentle mood
for the passenger.

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Morning Mode
Featuring a private space and therapy light
the morning mode aims to relax the passen-
ger through medetation, and quiet relaxation.

A gentle divider creates a cocoon of space for the passenger to relax in

various soothing environments upon the passenger according to their

own personal preferences.

A therapy light shines through the divider to create an interesting

relationship between light and space.

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Details
Assymetrical seat detail, allows for a social Headrest features transparent polycarbonate
orientation, and private orientation.

Dashboard folds outward as a spacial divider

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Social mode
Featuring spaced out, center facing
seats, the afternoon mode aims to relax
the passenger though calm
socialization.

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 Social mode cont.
The interior form language is
focused on smooth relaxing
shapes and lines.

Illuminated Floor constructed from

lights set underneath a layer of plastics.

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Evening mode
Materials
Paint

The evening mode focuses on relaxing the passenger

through fun, and socialization, as aided by fold down seat-
ing for more passengers

Luminescent fabric

Polycarbonate

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JEEP MAX
Mini sketch project

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Mini Project Concept

A modern recreational Form is inspired by nesting

vehicle, designed to facilitate geometry, and interaction be-
trips for man, and his best friend. tween two dierent shapes.

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Ideation in two directions B Theme B-uses more
uid and angular form,
that appears to be more

A
lightweight.

theme A- more Geometric, and agressive

form. Front fender form highlights the
vehicle s theme of connection.

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Renement

Theme features a material breakup that

extends from the front fender onto the entire
facia.

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Mazda Aphotic
racing EV

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Concept
In a futuristic society city infrastructure
has failed, so new cities have been built
on top of old. The remnants of the old
cities infrastructure has been transformed

Aphotic: growth
into a world of underground racing
Design theme centers around simple top
out of darkness surface and more complicated lower surface
in the shadows.

An underground racing car for the year 2035.

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Ideation

Front view ideation

Rear view ideation

Key sketch

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Renement
Quiet top surface
agressive lower surface
The theme of the car takes
inspiration from video
game imagery, and is
designed for a target
audienec of Gen X adults,
who grew up playing
video games.

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Renement

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Final design

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Final design

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Final design

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KATELYN KLEINHENZ
Email: Kkleinhenz@CollegeforCreativeStudies.edu
Phone: 734.649.1493

EDUCATION EXPERIENCE ACCOLADES SKILLS

College for Creative Studies (2014-2018) Exterior design Sponsored Studio-- GM (Current) CCS Dean s List (winter-fall 2016) Sketching
GPA- 3.85 Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator
Middle Cott Sketch Battle Participant (Jan. 2017) ASBE foundation scholarship (2016)
Interior design Sponsored studio -- Covestro (2015-2016) Foundation Chair Select Award (2015) Alias Digital Modeling
Teaching Assistant -- CCS (Aug. - Dec. 2016) CCS Presidential Dean s list (2014-2015) Fabrication (foam, metal, plastic, wood)
Design Intern -- Lear Cpn. (Feb. - Aug. 2016) CCS Merit Scholarship (2014) Exceptional Presentational Skills
Tardec Innovation Workshop (2015) Keyshot
V-red
Indesign
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