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TL;DR: A picture of a battle-scarred shark represents the Slate Design Team's approach toward visible wear. Highlighting rather than hiding battle scars is key to the Slate ethos.
A few weeks ago @Mad Mac posted something from ChatGPT that piqued my interest:
A web search found this:
and this:
and this:
I'm not sure what to think about this. It may be cool, who knows? To me the Slate will be utilitarian, not something delicate you're supposed to pamper.
I'd like to see an example of a battle-scarred Slate just to be sure about what Tisha Johnson means.
Also, would adding a wrap make much of a difference?
A few weeks ago @Mad Mac posted something from ChatGPT that piqued my interest:
Apparently the Slate's exposed plastic's appearance is supposed to improve when it accumulates scuffs and scrapes, similar to the Battle Scars of a Resilient and Fierce Shark.
A web search found this:
Slate's design philosophy is equally unconventional. The company's head of design, Tisha Johnson, describes the inspiration as a "battle-scarred shark," a motif that embraces visible wear and tear rather than hiding it.
and this:
The Verge visited the Slate design center recently, where the company featured an image of a big, gray shark, covered in scrapes and scars. “It looks like a shark that has definitely been in more than one brawl and clearly has come out ahead because it’s still swimming,” said Tisha Johnson. She is the head of design at Slate after spending a decade designing cars at Volvo. Highlighting rather than hiding battle scars is key to the Slate ethos, she said.
Here’s the thing. That body cladding is gray. It’s gray on the outside. It’s gray on the inside. And if it gets scratched or gouged, it’s gray in the middle. So the basic Slate — known as the Blank Slate — is grey.[...]
and this:
One of her team's guiding inspirations for the truck's rugged but design-forward look was, improbably, a picture of a battle-scarred shark.
"There was an image of, I think it was called the world's most beat-up shark that just happened to be floating around," said Johnson.
"And it was remarkable as far as how this shark had apparently taken some abuse, but it still looked proud. It still looked fierce. That image in particular was was very inspiring to us."
I'm not sure what to think about this. It may be cool, who knows? To me the Slate will be utilitarian, not something delicate you're supposed to pamper.
I'd like to see an example of a battle-scarred Slate just to be sure about what Tisha Johnson means.
Also, would adding a wrap make much of a difference?
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