I want to be friends with this garage door remote control. And for the second time this week on MetaFilter, I'm grateful for the chance to mention the beloved Frogeye Sprite - no car has a friendlier face. posted by jack_mo at 5:40 PM on June 1, 2006
I can't read even an innocent(?) thread on Free Republic without shuddering.
Mefi jumps the shark. posted by 517 at 6:08 PM on June 1, 2006
Great article, nickyskye. I never knew that auto designers intentionally designed the "face" this way. posted by soiled cowboy at 6:09 PM on June 1, 2006
The article about mean car faces was pretty interesting. I've noticed faces in cars before. The only completely happy one I've seen is a Beetle seen from behind. (The taillights look like rosy cheeks.) posted by danb at 8:15 PM on June 1, 2006
You can make anything look like a face.
Here's an exercise from Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics:
1. Draw a bunch of closed squiggly shapes. It doesn't matter what they look like, as long as they are loops that don't intersect with themselves or the other shapes.
2. Draw one dot inside a small circle (like the target logo) anywhere inside each squiggle.
3. Every shape will look like a cartoon figure.
And yeah, I've really noticed the angry car thing. As if we didn't have enough road rage already. posted by hydrophonic at 8:52 PM on June 1, 2006
The brain has special 'circuitry' for detecting people's faces. I wonder how 'facial' an image needs to look before that's triggered. It seems like just three dots will do. posted by delmoi at 10:45 PM on June 1, 2006
Here's an exercise from Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics:
1. Draw a bunch of closed squiggly shapes. It doesn't matter what they look like, as long as they are loops that don't intersect with themselves or the other shapes.
2. Draw one dot inside a small circle (like the target logo) anywhere inside each squiggle.
3. Every shape will look like a cartoon figure.
Why the heck can't car designers accept that their beautiful faces will be marred in almost every jurisdiction by an ugly licence plate turning the face into a single toothed hillbilly caricature? That is, why don't they design the front of the car to have a licence -- its realistic and good design practice to think of what the car will look like in use, not just on the drawing board. posted by Rumple at 11:07 PM on June 1, 2006
I wonder how 'facial' an image needs to look before that's triggered.
The state of Michigan requires only the rear license plate, so maybe those Detroit designers forget about the front one. posted by hydrophonic at 6:42 AM on June 2, 2006
(self link alert) You can make anything into a face, with Meary. posted by stevil at 7:22 AM on June 4, 2006
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