KPM x BUGATTI
When the design teams of KPM Berlin and the sports car manufacturer Bugatti Automobiles SAS work together to equip a Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport with elements made of high-quality porcelain, they create automotive works of art. In 2011, the "L'Or Blanc" car was decorated with a relief of the famous dancing elephant by Rembrandt Bugatti - the sculptor and brother of the automobile designer Ettore Bugatti.
One year later, the Chinese year of the dragon was the theme for the design of the “Wei Long”. KPM developed porcelain elements with corresponding motifs for both the body and the interior of this precious one-off piece.
"The biggest challenge for us was the design of the dragon," says KPM chief designer Thomas Wenzel. "Not designing it from a European perspective, but internalizing the iconography of Chinese and Asian motifs was crucial for this project."
The crimson red interior of the “Wei Long” looks like a lacquer carving from the Ming Dynasty. Subtle red accents on the outside (rims, taillights) make the white paintwork of the body and the porcelain elements shine brilliantly.
The oil and fuel caps are decorated with a porcelain medallion from which a relief of a dragon's head emerges. The wheel hub cover takes up the theme in the form of the old Chinese character for dragon - lóng. The magnificent highlight of the car's interior is a 24 x 19 cm porcelain plate with a dragon's head, which is embedded in the rear wall between the seat shells.
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