Z4 by Joshua Davis
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- flavorful0
either way it takes balls to design in only gray for 7 years
uberdesigner
(Feb 21 06, 13:32)Haha, that was pretty funny.
- digitalswarm0
Looks like everything else he's doing in his Once Upon a Forest "period."
- YOTS0
Im not trying to knock Davis, I think they prints are nice but I think this dude is so damn overrated. He just happens to be the popular name in our field and gets the sweet gigs. I mean what did he do that was so special? He wrote some Flash code that takes the fender and dups it? Most of his work is like that. I respect him for the work hes done, I dont think he sucks at all, but I just wonder why this guy has blown up so much. Doesnt make sense. I guess its kind of like those OK bands that get really famous when there are amazing bands who never get signed.
- 3rr0r-4040
Give the guy some credit man..
i mean he did not say "FUCK" once in the whole "Making-Of" movie...
the prints r cool too, hes just mining the gemerative art thing for big bucks... soon companies like BMW, Nike, blah blah blah all of them will start doing it... and then he has to do something else.. i mean he has the brains to come up with a million different ideas like this one...
- -scarabin-0
they should have given him one as payment
i know i'd ask
- silentseven0
I dig it very nice ... JD
- leadtrum0
surprised they didn't just ask maeda to do it. i like joshua davis's stuff but it kind of looks basic compared to the stuff i've seen maeda do and his concepts.
- timajick0
Very inspiring. He loves what he does and it shows.
- in8_v40
Some of his success must also be related to having skills that don't neccessarily involve adobe software.
...like motivation and the power of persuasion. Not too mention being savvy with self-promotion.
Then you have to look at BMW's angle. They just reached thousands of people (designers) who checked out a BMW if only for the name recognition of JD.
All in all, everyone probably got their money's worth.
- JazX0
//I'd tell you how I taught JD how to do that, but then I'd have to cut your tongue out!
- tshongi0
looks like a big stint for BMW of some 5th element branding... but i don't see how JD has made it the disticnt BMW look and feel. It could've been any car. No one is going to say "wow look at that Z4's front vender in that!".. ok he had fun. I like seeing that in work.
- kyl30
tell me he didn't build that site. please
- canuck_II0
i'm sorry but this just seems like one big piss take.
- kyl30
where's the painted car?
- shinjuku0
nice work JD.
i like the logo alot to bad they didnt use it for the back where you see Z4. btw the blank notebook you used in the video where did you get it if i might ask? iv been looking for a softcover blank book for awhile i can only find hardcover , whos it made by? i liked how it was about BMW and JD aswell refreshing for a car site.
- mg330
So you figure he's getting one of those vehicles from BMW in exchange for the work done?
- thismanslife0
And then some.
- thismanslife0
And then some.
- thismanslife0
And then some more.
- bauts1060
I think its kind of odd that BMW would go through all this trouble to market the car to a very focused group of about 1000-2000 people, namely the same demographic that checks out this website. It seems like they just jumped on the Coke/M5 hype, will this help them sell cars? Are they trying to make money selling prints? Maybe they need to pay a light bill.