Jack came up with the idea to visit the Maserati store. It’s relatively in the neighborhood. The question for Jack then became, “How can I be inspired to design an affordable, safe sports car by studying the design of an expensive sports car?”

For everyone else, the questions became, “How can we look at a luxury Italian sports car’s design, be inspired by their design, and transfer the information into other designs like basketball shoes, interior design, coffee shops, frappuccinos, and more?

Here we are:

Jack found his favorite cruise pretty quickly:

Jack was drawn to this one because “it’s sporty, has two doors, and I like the matte black color.” Luke thought it would be cool to study their tires and design a basketball shoe out of Maserati tires.

We met the friendly Maserati dealer, David (super cool name), who informed the students that each and every car is hand made. The aluminum is actually bent and shaped accordingly by hand and with tools. To top it off, all of the interior chairs are hand stitched.

Check out the clocks on the dashboard. They’re analog, not digital!

Whoa! This lead to more questions: “How long does it take to make just one car?” “Start to finish- nine months,” David answered. The attention to detail was really admirable and produced beautiful results.

Sophie was inspired by the color and material choices. This could come in handy with interior bedroom design:

Alexa and Caroline decided they want to buy this one:

And Olivia and Sophie plan to drive this one across the country with the top down, regardless of weather:

Today’s visit added to some wonderings that Alexa has been pondering: “Once a formula was calculated for a robot to make a perfect basketball shot, could the formula be transferred over to a human?”

The possibilities are exciting and endless!