Planes, Trains and Automobiles…
and tanks, drones, spaceships, helicopters, yachts, & robot exosuits
Putting the ‘Move’ in Moving Pictures.
Cunningham has designed a host of vehicle builds and proposals for numerous film & television projects like Star Trek: Picard, Borderlands, Citadel, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Source Code, Steven Spielberg’s Robopocalypse, and Who is America.
Design for Build
Cunningham’s expertise in design feasibility, digital modeling and fabrication management insure a moving product which is not only entertaining, but technically feasible to prototype and simultaneously integrate into the VFX pipeline.
The Argo.
Godzilla: King of The Monsters (2019)
The Monarch Organization’s command ship, The Argo, a gigantic Flying Wing in the vein of the Northrop YB-35, a bird of prey with a highly technological variable wing system like the F-14 Tomcat , writ-large.
V-20 Osprey.
Godzilla: King of The Monsters (2019)
An Osprey is a trirotor military aircraft with VTOL and STOL capabilities. Featured in several Godzilla films, Cunningham redesigned the stripped interior fuselage from the bulkheads out.
USS Scorpion.
Godzilla: King of The Monsters (2019)
Benchmarked off of a Virginia-class Nuclear Submarine, the flagship Monarch sea vessel was a contemporary solution, which Cunningham developed from sketch to 3D VFX asset.
Attack Aircraft.
Godzilla: King of The Monsters (2019)
Cunningham designed numerous 7th generation fighter aircraft and hybrid A.I. Drone systems to battle Ghidorah and Rodan.
Mad Max.
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2020)
One of the many vignettes in Space Jam 2 focused on the world of Mad Max, another Warner Bros. property. Prior to budget cuts, several vehicle builds were being considered early on in production which Cunningham designed.
L.A. 2060.
Los Angeles Autoshow (2018)
Cunningham Concept Design was a Top Ten Finalist in The 2060 L.A. Automobility Challenge alongside companies like Honda, and Herman Miller. Cunningham’s entry focused on novel transportation solutions & globally distributed AR/VR architecture to support the Olympic games 0f 2060.
Turtle House.
Mouse Guard (2017)
A turtle house for militant mice. Mouse Guard was to be an animated film using advanced motion-capture and virtual terrain technology first pioneered on James Cameron’s Avatar.
Toros: Mobile Logistics.
Technicon Design (2015)
An exploration in the future paradigm of Cargo Transportation and logistical integration into the IOT and smart cities. A team effort of the Technicon North Carolina design studio.
Cobra H.I.S.S. Tank.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2012)
Cunningham was the lead designer for the new Cobra Hiss Tank and multiple other props and vehicles for the highly anticipated sequel starring Bruce Willis and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. Directed by John M. Chu
Syntax.
Autoclave Group (2010)
A low-cost, modular, aluminum space-frame was designed for multiple passenger scales and powertrain variations. A systemic approach to ecological manufacturing and usage scenarios, based on measured levels of customer involvement with production, design, and web-based purchasing models.
I.C.E. Train.
Source Code (2010)
Jake Gyllenhaal, a soldier who wakes up in someone else's body on a Chicago train, discovering he's part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter railway. A mission he has only 8 minutes to complete.
Probe X.
Ford Motor Company (2009)
Aerodynamic Ford proposal focused on P2P (peer to peer) vehicle communication systems, and the dissolution of perceptual boundaries in the driving experience. The Sedan developed by Cunningham in CAD achieved a drag coefficient of 0.15 in digital windtunnel tests, half of the typical modern automobile.
Hamilton Czar.
The Prince of Motor City (2008)
Cunningham was contracted to design multiple cars and all branding and badging elements for the Hamilton Motor Company, the eponymous brand of the motor city dynasty at the focus of the ABC television pilot.
X7 M.
BMW (2008)
An advanced project under BMW design director Chris Bangle, Cunningham developed new form languages, creative strategies, and unique vehicle topologies, which directly prefaced BMW’s electric ‘I’ program by several years and the ‘Next 100’ concepts by nearly a decade.
The Furai.
Mazda (2008)
Cunningham contributed early interior designs, exterior edge-lighting, engine cover concepts, surface language studies, and packed clay on the full-size model of arguably one of the greatest concept cars in recent memory.
Motonari RX: Robocar 2057.
Mazda: Los Angeles Autoshow (2007)
Cunningham’s technologically baroque entry for the L.A. Autoshow’s Design Challenge: Robocar 2057, sought to move the overton window of global car design forums towards more Avant Garde form languages and imaginative concepts. The vehicle is topologically mapped to the driver.