French designer Nicolas Abdelkader imagines a post-pandemic world where fuel-burning vehicles are put to greener use. Scroll through to see more images from his series.
French designer Nicolas Abdelkader imagines a post-pandemic world where fuel-burning vehicles are put to greener use. Scroll through to see more images from his series.
Nicolas Abdelkader
Titled "The Urgency to Slow Down," the series turns the world's transport into huge planters.
Titled "The Urgency to Slow Down," the series turns the world's transport into huge planters.
Nicolas Abdelkader/N. Stambach
Abdelkader created the digitally manipulated images while confined to his home in Paris during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Abdelkader created the digitally manipulated images while confined to his home in Paris during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Nicolas Abdelkader/Tzorn
As well as large forms of transportation like planes and ships, Abdelkader's images repurpose personal vehicles too.
As well as large forms of transportation like planes and ships, Abdelkader's images repurpose personal vehicles too.
Nicolas Abdelkader/Roman Boed
The French designer described the pictures as a "chimerical vision of a post-productivist society."
The French designer described the pictures as a "chimerical vision of a post-productivist society."
Nicolas Abdelkader/Pierre-Yves Beaudouin
The designer hopes the pictures encourage people to rethink their consumption and energy use once the world emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic.
The designer hopes the pictures encourage people to rethink their consumption and energy use once the world emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Nicolas Abdelkader
"I would like people to be able to question their 'current' place in the world, their relationship to nature and the impact of their decisions -- especially on consumption -- on ... biodiversity in its entirety," Abdelkader said.
"I would like people to be able to question their 'current' place in the world, their relationship to nature and the impact of their decisions -- especially on consumption -- on ... biodiversity in its entirety," Abdelkader said.
Nicolas Abdelkader