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Thamer in one of his concept cars.
The third vehicle looks the most
like a normal car. It’s called the InnerSpace,
and it features a two-seater,
sort of like a loveseat. “It’s sleek and
low,” Thamer said. “There’s all kinds
of biometrics readings and aromatherapy.
Something that can teach you,
enlighten you, and enrich you. The
big challenge now is considering what
you’ll do while you aren’t driving.”
The Halo designs are complex and
forward-thinking. They require critical
thinking and expertise that’s often
underestimated. When Thamer started
out, he loved to draw cars as a hobby,
but that’s a far cry from designing
them for actual production and commercial
viability.
“Creating something from scratch,
only with your mind, there was nothing
I’d done like that before,” Thamer
said. “It’s hard to teach someone how
to design. You can teach someone how
to draw, but the creative part comes
from you.”
Thamer said he draws his ideas
from many influences, and it’s hard
to pinpoint a specific person or movement
that shaped his thinking. He
mentioned his high school and college
teachers as well as a famous architect
named Frank Lloyd Wright,
who designed over 1,000 structures,
including some houses in Bloomfield
Hills. His most famous house is called
Fallingwater, and he’s known for his
organic style and holistic design. Even
the furniture, according to Thamer,
was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
“As a designer, you have to have a
vision of how the whole thing fits together,
even if you don’t have the expertise,”
he said about Wright’s style
and how he incorporates it into his own
work. “In terms of car design, you’re
trying to invent something new, so you
can’t have too big of an inspiration.”
Thamer likes ideas that push
boundaries, challenge existing norms,
and open creative space. He understands
the close interaction between
peoples’ tastes, or what’s popular in
the market, with trying to improve designs
and push them further. “If you
go too far, the people may not be ready
for you,” he said. There’s a sweet spot
that pushes the crowd ahead while
also honoring what they already love.
Thamer still has dreams to pursue
and not all of them have to do with his
career. He enjoys spending time with
his wife and kids, who have already
become little artists themselves, especially
taking them around the world
to travel. Since he became a design
team leader instead of a traditional
designer, he took up cooking to spend
some of his creative passion that he
was bottling up.
“Just get good at something and
practice it a lot,” Thamer said. In his
own industry, there’s a lot of technology
that can help a new designer cut
corners, but he suggests avoiding that
instinct. Embrace it, but make sure
you do the groundwork, like sketching
and ideation. This is a good lesson for
any industry, most of which are being
heavily disrupted by new technologies
as we speak.
For younger people, according to
Thamer, now is the time to take risks.
“You have to dictate trends rather than
be dictated by it. When you’re younger,
you should take more risks because
time is on your side, whether it’s investments,
traveling, or living somewhere
new.”
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