The LA Design Challenge is all set to take us to the future, as the show is based on the theme: ‘The World of Motorsport in the year 2025?. Inspired by the great race (rather toughest race ever) of 1908, covering over 22,000 miles across three continents in six months, the Great Racer 2025 by Honda is one of the entries for the competition that promises to surpass all barriers and set new landmarks for the motorsports in the future. Featuring sonar or echolocation sensors, capable of sensing even minute changes in speed, terrain and altitude, for immediate switchover to any configuration, the Great Racer will not just run on earth and water but in the air as well. With such auto designs on board, the glimpse of the futuristic Motorsports is truly mesmerizing.
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If the idea of escape seems all the more enticing now that the rest of the world is caught in the back-to-school rush, here’s another amazing prefab remedy for your wanderlust. Escape to the beach, the mountains or the trees in San Francisco-based Kyu Che’s sustainable Lifepod. Loosely based on the traditional Mongolian ger (or ‘yurt’ as the Russian translation goes), the Lifepod is at once organic and high-tech. Built to be highly portable, the Lifepod is a fully functioning, off-the-grid mini capsule for modern nomadic living.

Originally conceived in 1997, Lifepods are constructed using the most advanced 21st century automotive, aeronautic, nautical and RV technologies. Inspired by roaming mammals, the futuristic prefabs are designed as ‘quadrupedal fuselages’ with footings that can adjust to the contours of their environs, rather than disfiguring the landscape to fit to the house. All the modular pieces fit into a 40 ft container and can be shipped anywhere around the world. Using state-of-the-art technology, you and your Lifepod can roam the world un-tethered and off-the-grid.

Should your inner nomad be perfectly content with a zen staycation, Kyu Che also offers a Lifepod capsule that can be fitted with minimalist screen or glass doors and used as a sculptural garden retreat, tea house, or sanctuary from the madness of daily life.