Mercedes Interior Becomes Aesthetics No. 2 Sculpture

It's been a long time since auto shows have ceased to be just that. Currently seen as the perfect tool to advertise not products, but a way of life, these types of events attract more and more interesting, even if not essentially part of the industry, displays.

Among the vehicles it is showing at the North American International Auto Show these days in Detroit, German manufacture Mercedes-Benz is also showcasing what it calls Aesthetics No. 2 sculpture.

Basically a doorway into a possible interior design language wearing the three-pointed star as a logo, the sculpture is intended as a first hand experience of “ergonomics, technical feasibility, formal constraints and, not least, the exterior of the vehicle.”

“At Mercedes-Benz, automobile design is artistic creation. Inspiration is the pre-condition for the calm, coherent yet passionately emotional design of our cars. In the interior sculpture Aesthetics No. 2 we have allowed creative fantasy to develop freely without constraints,” said Gorden Wagener, Mercedes head of design.

The designer says that his team “followed Nature's diversity & perfection,” making the sculpture resemble, at the same time, a car, deserts and canyons, but also architecture and aeronautical construction.

“Soft, gentle and infinitely beautiful is her manner of dealing with her resources, creating impressive aesthetics ever anew. We perceive this in every cell structure, every blossom, every living being. However, we do not simply mimic Nature, but learn instead from the intricate, all-encompassing interplay of her elements – this, too, is a hallmark of art," added Wagener.