Istituto Europeo di Design presents Misano, the new concept vehicle made in collaboration with Suzuki. The result of the thesis project of the 24 students of the Master in Transportation Design at IED Torino, Misano is the answer to the Japanese company’s question: a style model that intertwines Japanese philosophy and automotive design embodying pure passion, style and fun, like the very best of Italian tradition. Suzuki asked the young designers to work on a brief entitled La Dolce Vita X Way of Life. This steered their research down a double track; the depth of the values embodied by the payoff of Suzuki brand and, at the same time, the grandeur evoked by the title of Fellini’s masterpiece, a universal symbol of a life marked by pleasure and sophistication.
Misano is a sporty and compact vehicle, an experimental reinterpretation of the classic barchetta. The innovative asymmetric design features two tandem seats atop four wheels. In the search for elegance and purity, the smooth contours of the exterior envelop the visible cockpit. The lack of roof reveals the off-centre driving and passenger seats which leave the right section empty, allowing space for a battery pack and a sideways boot. Misano radiates sportiness not only in the bold front design, with its distinctive arrow-shaped headlights, and in the aerodynamic form of the rear, which guides the air flow through two wedge wire meshes, but above all in its driving experience.
“Misano is the result of the teamwork of our students who, from all over the world, have chosen Turin as the place to prepare for their professional future”, says Paola Zini, IED Turin Director. “Thanks to the collaboration between IED and the brand Suzuki, a new concept vehicle was created looking both at the compact car and motorcycle Suzuki’s manufacturing”, Kimihiko Nakada, Suzuki Design Center Director. The Suzuki IED Misano will be exhibited to the public at Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile di Torino from Saturday May 15th to Sunday June 6th 2021.
