The Free Form Concept was the overall winner at the Interior Motives Design Awards 2008. It was designed by Pierre Sabas from the Royal College of Art.

It also won in the Best Safety Interior category.

As Pierre Sabas explains "Today’s cars are built around a frame in which we fit the occupants. The sensation of space is given through the increasing of the volume of this structure.

"Yet, safety imposes its limits which has an influence on the thickness of this frame. It also imposes to maintain the passengers in a fixed position."

How can we free the design from those remaining technical limitations?

The Free Form Concept is based around four seats that play the role of nucleus of the car structure and that independently provide protection to the user.

Therefore, the vehicle can make extensive use of non-structuring materials such as glass or fabrics to create a feeling of well-being and lightness.

The passengers would virtually float through the landscape, making the journey more thrilling. It also suggest a more rational way of conceiving the car of tomorrow and  anticipate the fast development of new materials, stronger and lighter.

The design of the Free Form Concept favours the emotions perceived rather than a pure technical demonstration.

The design language uses stretched volumes combined with transparency, the opposition of volumes and the floating elements  create a visually delicate and dynamic vehicle as well as bringing a new approach to the driving experience.

(Source: Interior Motives)