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Nederland-based design studio Van Eijk & Van Der Lubbe investigates new possibilities of the future of technologies combining innovation, design, technology and human experience, which are all explored over Swedish company Volvo cars.  Van Eijk & Van Der Lubbe challenges to the experience of driving with their new mode of transport, which is called ‘Outward Looking’ and creates attention shifts from the vehicle to the environment and our perception of it. The project has been presented during Dutch Design Week 2015-running until October 25. 

In this project, the car has become an object that suggests architecture. Because its skin is made of one-way-mirror material, the vehicle no longer claims attention for itself, but reflects the outside world. The spacious interior provides an unobstructed view in all directions and from all positions. The world has changed too: noise barriers and motorway lighting have become superfluous and have disappeared. Everything in the design encourages maximum perception of all this.

''Three products stimulate and enrich the viewing experience en route. The binoculars sharpen your view and move the horizon; the picnic blanket is useful in the countryside and special places. A mirrored storage box (in two versions) re-establishes the time-honoured pastime of beachcombing. A light inside it lets you see the objects that have been collected'' says Van Eijk & Van Der Lubbe architects. 

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