2 things they missed on the new design
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:11 am
If I where a designer on the show my 2 rules would have been:
1) we need to keep the scanner and have it look the same as the original because everything else on the car is going to be radically different
2) we need to keep KITTS "mouth" (the 3 blinky lines for lack of a better description) the same and keep it in the same position over the steering wheel
In my rule book, you never want to deviate too much from what makes something recognizable as an icon and visually kitt had really only 3 things going for it: scanner, “mouth”, steering wheel.
I understand why they went with the split scanner as it worked better with the design of the car, however, I would rather they had reworked the front of the car to accommodate the scanner better or gone with a different car with a better profile for it.
1) we need to keep the scanner and have it look the same as the original because everything else on the car is going to be radically different
2) we need to keep KITTS "mouth" (the 3 blinky lines for lack of a better description) the same and keep it in the same position over the steering wheel
In my rule book, you never want to deviate too much from what makes something recognizable as an icon and visually kitt had really only 3 things going for it: scanner, “mouth”, steering wheel.
I understand why they went with the split scanner as it worked better with the design of the car, however, I would rather they had reworked the front of the car to accommodate the scanner better or gone with a different car with a better profile for it.