Daniel Simon

Iconic designs for brands like Bugatti, Lotus, Tron, SpaceX, F1. Creator of Cosmic Motors & The Timeless Racer. Sharing news and thoughts.

Join my journey as a designer, creating vehicles for Hollywood films, books and iconic brands. Whether for Tron or Cosmic Motors, Bugatti or The Timeless Racer, the mission is 'Style For All Galaxies™'. Visit the ten dots also at www.danielsimon.com

05/04/2026

Happy Star Wars Day.

11 years ago I worked on Episode VIII and felt humbled by the fast and impeccable work by seasoned Star Wars designers and ILM heroes. They mastered speedpainting, 3D libraries, texturing, composition, lighting, polygon kit-bashing, and an unmatched understanding of Star Wars lore that made me admire the franchise more than ever. The works of peers such as , and took frequently my breath away.

My main take-away after the show was to finally learn Poly Modeling, which I now use exclusively in my conceptual work. A difficult but worth-while change when you come from a Nurbs base mindset. I thank the Force to push me out of my comfort zone 🚀

04/29/2026

Big day yesterday, completed its first demo flight from JFK to Manhattan, as one of the proposed routes for the eVTOL. Stay tuned for more.

04/01/2026

To the Moon.
Watching humans launch to the Moon from the comfort of your home is an absurdly casual experience, akin to a sci-fi movie becoming reality.
God Speed

02/25/2026

I took this photo of the moon ship the other night, with a 400mm lens from 1,950m distance. What a sight to behold, unreal. It was 2am in the morning from Gantry39, lit like a movie set, not sure you can get closer.
It’s being moved back into the building right now for issues. Launch delayed again.

I’m a space nerd. Fascinating tech all around.

02/24/2026

F1 The Movie | Behind the scenes. APX logo part 2

Part 2 with more insight on the seemingly small but ultimately important part of the film, the logo for

01/29/2026

The it’s finished! “F1 The Movie” is a 300 page making of book by out next week.

I contributed cover, renders and stories about the creation of , and learned a lot about the monumental work of the other departments on Joe Kosinski’s

Lovely publication.

12/23/2025

The APX design has entered the universe.

10/23/2025

A controversial thought I voiced in the latest special F1 issue of while talking about the future of the sport.
As cars get smarter and smarter, spectators lose any understanding what these spectacular driver actually do. Current cars are silent missiles on rails. What’s in 25 years?
How about a future where tech advances make the drivers super humanly aware? Where all sensors feed their brain, not the car? Could we see them wrestle very difficult cars on the limit… or is that thought a fool’s errand ?

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