Square TREND

This is how it's done. First, there comes a design that everyone thinks is ugly.It wins all possible "ugly" awards and places last in all polls and surveys (I mean among regular folks, not the professional designers' bunch). Take Honda Element. Was it around 2003 when Honda launched a daringly non-shaped matchbox of a car? What was it thinking? No curves? Nothing to compare to?


But... then some of us (early adopters) bought a few. To stand out, to be different, to get noticed, for the heck of it, and, oh yeah, some of us thought it looks kinda cool, and f... the conventional wisdom... Thanks, early adopters, You guys are the rule benders, innovation drivers... Meantime, the square bunch still triggers negative comments in the streets... But the damage is done, another model follows the pioneer...

Enter the Scion xB by Toyota... Even squarER, even ugliER.... But this time, more people noticed... May be they're not ugly... May be they're not shapeless... Actually they're kinda interesting...


Scion t2B (Concept)...

Pretty soon, everyone and Detroit is designing the Matchboxes... Voila, the T-R-E-N-D started...


Ford SYN Concept


Ford Fairlane Concept

Hm.... Couldn't they make the wheels square too, for the total harmony?

THANKS, conventional wisdom ignorers; thanks, early adopters... For keeping life interesting :).