Today, attention is focused on the evolution of technologies such as 3D printers and AI . However, many “handicrafts” are still being utilized at the car manufacturing site.
Toyota Ims highlights the “craftsmen” who support the automobile industry with the skills of craftsmen, and will feature “craftsmen who support Japanese car manufacturing”, which approaches the essence of Japanese “manufacturing”.
Kazushi Eto, who was assigned to the model production section of the design department in April 1992, has been a clay modeler for 27 years out of his 29 -year career, and is almost exclusively for exterior design. He has been in charge of the development of production vehicles. He was also deeply involved in the exterior design of the latest ” Toyota GR Supra “.
He is a clay modeler who belongs to the 1st model creation section of the design management department of the car development center and boasts a long career of 27 years. Currently, as Chief Expert, he is involved in the development of exterior designs for various cars as a leader, and is also focusing on training younger clay modelers.
A car is a moving tool and at the same time a special product that appeals to people’s emotions. People choose their car because of the emotions and excitement that spring up in front of the car. Exterior design styling is the most important factor that determines the emotional appeal of a car.
Clay modeler is a skill worker who creates a car design three-dimensionally as a designer’s partner. Their job is to understand the intention of the idea sketch drawn by the designer and to make the image as a three-dimensional model using clay.
One of the roles of the clay modeler in the design development of new models is to create the image model from the idea sketch that expresses the “image of a new car” drawn by the designer on a pencil, marker, or PC monitor. Eto says that Toyota’s model creation has inherited the development that makes use of the “creativity of the modeler”, such as capturing the shape from this sketch.
Kazushi Eto, who currently leads Toyota’s clay modeler in the position of Chief Expert, is passionate about teaching younger generations.
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