Client:  DS Automotive
cmf design, material & pigment research, automotive

Project

DS 
Collection 2024 

Saint-Exupery.




DS Automotive's 2024 collection is inspired by the pioneering spirit of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a humanist, adventurer, writer, and pilot. The collection combines aviation and artistic creativity, reflecting Saint-Exupéry's love of flight, genius and pioneering spirit.

The interior features luxurious nappa leather with a warm, earthy tone reminiscent of pilots' jackets and helmets. The dashboard embroidery represents vapor trails, while the car's body colour, "Night Flight," evokes a dawn sky with deep purples and greys.

The "Speedform" logo, inspired by Saint-Exupéry's P38 aircraft, features stars guiding pilots and automotive design elements with the use of dynamic lines. Notably, the Collection's CMF work was complemented by adapting Saint-Exupéry's original sketches for manufacturing tooling on sidemarkers and door sills.

More information about the process can be seen here
https://www.dsdesignstudio.paris/fr/article/collection-antoine-de-saint-exupery/







DS7 - Close-up photo. Plate and “point perle” in gold.
DS7 - Doorsill “Cidatel”.
DS4 - Interior with embroidered dashboard.
DS - Close-Up photo of the plate.
DS3 - Doorsill “The Little Prince”
DS4 - Doorsill “Courrier Sud”
DS3 - Dashboard with embroidered fabric.
DS3 - Sidemarker close-up.



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