Before we talk about lillim, I would ask you to look at this photo of a very heavily designed new car by Bugatti
There are many things you can say about this design, but I do not think you can say that it is beautiful. And I think that is unfortunate.
Now we might check out the thinking behind the air taxi Lillium
Daniel Wiegand, cofounder and CEO of Lilium, added:
“While we fell in love with the Lilium Jet before it even left the drawing board, we are humbled to have had its beauty recognized and validated through this award. We are immensely proud of what Mathis and the wider team have achieved. It just goes to show that you don’t need decades of experience, or a huge company behind you, to do something remarkable. Our focus is now on delivering our goal of having the Lilium Jet delighting customers in various regions around the world by 2025.”
The beauty comes from “biomimicry”.
Biomimicry is an important part of aviation design and a great source of inspiration in the industry. Specifically, the way a manta ray glides through the water influenced the Lilium Jet, resulting in an elegant and minimalist design. As you can see from Cosson’s first-hand sketches at the age of 23, the idea was to create an aircraft that looked “as if they have been sculpted by nature rather than by the human hand.”
i like it. What do you think?
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