About
Simon working on the 2011 HRT Formula 1 car
Daniel Simon was born in 1975 in Germany. He is a vehicle concept designer in various fields, with a vivid past as Senior Designer at Bugatti and Volkswagen. Other clients include Honda, Puma or DKNY. Currently, Simon focuses his design work on Hollywood blockbuster films and Formula 1. After living in Spain, England, Brazil and Japan, Simon settled in the creative environment of Los Angeles, California. In parallel to offer services to clients world-wide, he works on his own label, Cosmic Motors™. Simon not only designs, but creates most of the 3D and all visuals himself.
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The Tron Legacy Lightcycle
Simon has being working in the Hollywood film industry since 2008. Directors he collaborated with include Joe Kosinski, Ridley Scott and Joe Johnston. Most notable are Simon’s contributions to Disney’s Tron Legacy (Vehicle Concept Designer), Disney’s Tron Uprising TV Show (Lead Vehicle Designer), Marvel’s Captain America (Lead Vehicle Designer). Simon carries his designs from sketches, to 3D development to the final set builds in strong collaboration with production designers, art directors, set designers and manufactures. Simon is currently attached to Oblivion at Universal.
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The Cosmic Motors Gravion No. 27
Cosmic Motors™ is Simon’s current signature project, a virtual fantasy brand of cutting edge vehicles in an unknown galaxy. Back in 2003, Simon started designing this seductive machinery parallel to his job at Volkswagen Design, which turned into a full time passion between 2005-2006. In 2007, DesignStudioPress published Simon’s outlandish vehicles in the successful book ‘Cosmic Motors’. Ever since, mainstream media world-wide such as Wired, Playboy, GQ or TopGear writes about it. Simon continues to work on this project, living his passion for limitless mechanical possibilities.
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