Design
Concept
Powering the hydrogen era
A vision for sailing into the future
Powering the hydrogen era
A vision for sailing
into the future
The project’s unwavering commitment is “Hydrogen Changes the Future of Energy.”
To embody this vision, the design evokes an auspicious creature flying over open water, looking to the future.
The interior space creates an impression of water enveloped by the creature’s limbs, a comfortable mobility space as a floating pavilion.
Take this opportunity to experience the future of hydrogen.
Take this opportunity to experience the future of hydrogen.
Designer
Takumi Yamamoto
Profile
After studying car design in Japan and the UK, Takumi Yamamoto began his career as a car designer based in France.
As an exterior designer, he worked at PSA Peugeot Citroën’s prospective and cooperation design studio and at Style Citroën, where he designed both production and concept cars.
In 2012, he joined Polyphony Digital, the company engaged in the planning, development, and production of the Gran Turismo series, becoming the design director of its European studio and working on planning and design.
In January 2017, he founded Takumi YAMAMOTO, providing product design spanning products ranging from spoons to flying cars and ships based on a philosophy of “Making people and the future happy by Design, Designing a better world.” Yamamoto offers comprehensive industrial design, addressing aspects from brand design to corporate identity and final products.
Iwatani chose Yamamoto to design this “floating concept car” due to his skill in creating striking one-of-a-kind concept products.
Work experience
- 2021
- For a Better World
(Japan) - 2017
- Takumi YAMAMOTO SARL
(France) - 2012 – 2016
- Design Director of Explore Studio Europe
Polyphony Digital Inc.
(Japan) - 2006 – 2012
- Exterior Designer
Style Citroën
PSA Peugeot Citroën (France) - 2001 – 2006
- Exterior Designer
Prospective and cooperation
design studio
PSA Peugeot Citroën (France)
Prospective and cooperation design studio, Poissy, France - 1996 – 2000
- Designer
Studio UST (Japan)
Education
- 2000 - 2001
- Coventry University
(UK)
MA, Automotive Design - 1992 - 1996
- Tokyo Zokei University (Japan)
BA, Industrial Design
Awards
- 2023
- SkyDrive “SD-05”
- iF DESIGN AWARD
- 2021
- SkyDrive “SkyLift”
- GOOD DESIGN AWARD
- 2021
- SkyDrive “SD-03”
- Japan Aeronautic Association’s Dream of the Sky Award
- 2008
- GT by Citroen
- Louis Vuitton Classic Award
Interview
We asked Takumi Yamamoto about the concept underlying the design of the hydrogen fuel cell ship.
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Introduction
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Concept
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Design Work
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Philosophy
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Full interview
