While Seat chose a local artist to create a full-sized sand sculpture of the Ateca, Nissan prefers more modern technologies, such as 3D pens, when it comes to replicating a Qashqai.
Created by a team of artists who used the 3D Doodler Create 3D pen, which allows users to draw in the air by heating solid plastic to 230° C (446° F) and forcing it out through a 0.7 mm wide nozzle as it cools, the sculpture was brought to life with 13.8 km (8.57 miles) of plastic strands and took 800 man-hours to complete, over a three-week period.
“At Nissan we always encourage initiatives where design can be expressed through new and innovative technologies. This artistic team have certainly pushed the boundaries of 3D pen technology in creating an impressive sculpture of our premium Qashqai Black Edition“, said Nissan Design Europe’s Vice President, Koji Nagano.
Just like the limited Nissan Qashqai Black Edition, which is based on the Tekna trim level and features specific alloy wheels, badging and premium equipment, the sculpture sits at 4.4 meters long and 1.6 meters high, and comes almost two months after the first special edition of the popular crossover was launched in the UK.
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