An Azerbaijani designer has won the Korean Hankook Tire Design Challenge 2014.
Samir Sadikhov, an industrial designer is known for his Ferrari Xezri and RAD Beast works.
DACAR tire concept by Sadikhov was named the best concept at the Hankook’s challenge to create a tire concept for vehicles of the future.
The designer thought further off the beaten path creating the concept that helps Hankook to enter a completely new racing category – Dakar Racing.
The concept presupposes creating a truck wheel that can adapt to extreme conditions, minimizing the possible damages, and thus helping the driver gain more time during the race.
The tire has hexagonal blocks, which are transforming the whole wheel into two modes: off-road and on-road. The blocks are attached to each other on the flat road. They are able to detach on the difficult areas such as desert and mountain roads. This makes possible to adapt to different surfaces easily and move without slipping.
Each of the hexagonal blocks is air-filled and can be quickly changed in case of need, which is also a time saver. The designer believes the hexagonal concept is also adaptable for passenger cars and trucks.
Seeming complex from the first sight, the concept’s implementation is quite obtainable. It was inspired by Reebok ATV sneakers.
Graphene aerogel is meant to use for the blocks. As flexible carbon, the fiber composes the concept tire’s sidewalls. The wheels are made of hardened carbon steel.
Samir Sadikhov is a graduator of German Pforzheim University and Italian Istituto Europeo Di Design. He has work experience in Lamborghini in Italy and Turkish Gen3 Creative.
Besides Hankook awards, Sadikhov is a proud winner of the 2nd place at Ferrari World Design Contest in 2011 and owner of Young Designer of the year award of OtoTrend Magazine & Turk Design Studio in 2010.
Hankook Tire company is actively embracing the global stage taking a leap to become a leading global tire company that provides sustainable solutions to deliver ultimate driving satisfaction to customers.
TODAY.AZ