Design firm Xenophya, dedicated specifically to motorcycle design projects, has opened a new studio in the UK, and taking a look at these pics just makes you want to get your hands all dirty, playing around with clay and letting your imagination loose.
The new complex includes clay-modelling and paint workshops along with a design office and conference facilities.
The company has been around since 2001 and was established by Mark Wells and Ian Wride as an outsourcing consultancy on motorcycle design.
While much of their work is highly confidential, and Xenophya rarely gets public credit for what it does, it is starting to make a name for itself in the industry and is even opening a Hong Kong office for better access to the fast growing Chinese market.
In the gallery is some of Xenophya’s work, their prototype studio and clay modelling studio, about which Ian Wride says: “Although computers are now indispensable throughout the development process, we believe clay models are still essential for a hands-on evaluation of a design proposal.
You just can’t interact with a CAD model in the same way.
”Xenophya Design Studio