In one of his last Local Motors assignments, Alex Leopold, Engineering Intern, had the opportunity to ask Filip Tejszerski a few questions. Filip is a 2-time winner of Local Motors competitions, and most recently took home the prize for best Light Bar Design.
AL: How did you learn to use CAD software; was this easier since you are comfortable in digital design software?
FT: I learned to use Solidworks at my day job - had two weeks to startgenerating 3d models for presentation of concepts from scratch, after
which they sent me to a solidworks course. It took me a further six
months to become comfortable with it. Before this I found dabbling in
any 3d software very interesting. Infini-D, Vellum 3D, 3D Studio Max
R3, Bryce, Lightwave, and Alias for example. Played around with them
non-professionally as I was concentrating on freelance designing -
manual sketching and 2d illustration. To be honest, I kept my distance
from properly learning and using CAD because I knew my clients would
classify me as a ''cad monkey" and throw me into a dark corner
computer forever.
Ending my freelance activities, and moving into full-time work forced
my skill base to change, ie. CAD became a part of my professional
life. My early experimentation and personal interest in 3D software
has shortened the time needed to learn CAD.
AL: How did having the Rally Fighter chassis data (ie. igs file) affect your design?
rock. The mind does not wobble as much thinking of possibilities and
maybe's or maybe-nots if the geometry has fixed fundamentals to begin
with.
AL: Beyond the style of the Rally Fighter and the p-52 mustang, what were your inspirations?
the Maclaren F1. I looked at any example of where aerodynamics has
been dealt with around the roof section of a vehicle.
AL: As an industrial designer by training and a previous LM competition winner, how did you approach this engineering project and how is this approach similar and/or different to how you would approach a pure design project?
consideration to design. Because even if you set out to design a rough
concept for a car, you quickly succumb to the questions of reality -
how will this work ? So in any real design project, their is an
interplay between aesthetics and engineering. Even though it may be symbolic or
superficial at first, the engineering aspect is always inherent in the
thought process. So, my approach to this project was no different to a
more stylistically orientated project - I spent as much time on the
surfacing of the air scoop as I did figuring out the mechanical
geometry of the kit.
AL: Now, having perspective on both design and engineering, are their any learning takeaways for yourself or the community?
good designers in this community that are better than me, inspire and
challenge me. I thought about the design at home in the bathroom, on
the scooter going over the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and even after a few
beers. I felt that it was a project that needed a good idea to be
successful, because it was too boring to just bolt on a standard light
cluster on a roof like most Baja cars - the Rally Fighter deserves
better than that. Once the idea of an air scoop came into it, I saw an
opportunity to bring that infamous belly scoop shape back into the car
- in a situation fitting for its shape. The comments of the members
were 'driving the design' with questions that made me think of
solutions. The lesson learnt here is that receiving feedback is a
compulsory element in the designer's tool kit.
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