Volkswagen Beetle in Amsterdam

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/essay/an-interview-with-ichwan-noor/

Beetle sphere takes the vehicle’s iconic curves to the extreme. Responding to the car’s loaded political history and signature design, the work features the twentieth-century design classic warped into a sphere comprised of authentic and fabricated components. To avoid the damage involved in reshaping a real car, Noor carved a spherical polyurethane replica of the vehicle’s body and then cast it in aluminium. A separate spherical interior was produced and fit to the cast exterior. The resulting sculpture is augmented with original car parts by the manufacturer to complete the illusion.

neat!

Thank you ❤️

A physicist made this, didn't they?

Edit: reference

Honestly I really need to know how they did this, like, is it an actual bug they crushed them added custom windows?? If so, how did they get it so smooth? Must be a metallic sculpture
- And the paint?
  Edit: @celeste@kbin.earth posted the How
you know how hard it to keep it from rolling? given there's no friction
- Seems like, in that case, it would just slide.
  Source: Watched Magic School Bus in the 90s.

Very few people are lucky enough to see a beetle in its dehydrated state; this makes it easier for shipping, and usually the dealer will 'unpack' the beetle.

If you somehow receive a dehydrated beetle, just add water and it should unfold into the shape people are more familiar with (fair warning: make sure you do it outside, it's a one time process)

Ah yes, the dung beetle's preferred method of travel

Beetle.zip

The King of All Cosmos is gonna use this to create the Volkswagen constellation.

Please crush suvs in spheres next 🙏🙏

do the swasticars next

When the lemon is too sour

It's a rolly polly

I can’t remember of there’s multiple of these, but if not, I saw the same one in Vegas during an F1 event.

Why does this remind me of foot binding

Parking ticket notice #1: ... you can not park here please pay $50 fine

Parking ticket notice #2: ... you have not paid ticket #1 please pay $200 fine

Parking ticket notice #3: ... you have not paid ticket #2 please pay $500 fine

Parking ticket notice #4: ... you have received three consecutive parking notices .. your vehicle will be towed

Parking ticket notice #5: .. you have not paid your towing charge

Parking ticket notice #6: ... you still have not paid your towing charge and additional parking ticket charges

Parking ticket notice #7: ... your vehicle will be crushed into a sphere

Parking ticket notice #8: ... please move your car sphere or you will be ticketed

Oh that's what happened to my car when I got cutoff by that damn red monolith memes always talk about.

Interesting was it always like that or they crushed a car?

That's what the Volkswagen Beetle looked like. It was very challenging to get in and out and you needed a bunch of chocks to secure it when parked.

Gotta catch 'em all!

First decent looking one I have seen.