In this Porsche I feel that balance was the number one idea they had in mind when designing the way the car looks and feels aesthetically. They didn’t put any visual stress to one side or the other. The car feels perfectly symmetrical and doesn’t lead you to get stuck on any one point of the car. The exhaust ports are located at the same exact distance from the outside edge of the car. We can draw a vertical axis straight down the center of this and have exactly the same image but reversed. This balance that is created visually, is also there for a purpose. Visually balanced cars are usually physically well balanced as well. With both sides of the car containing the same visual cues makes for the weight of the car to be perfectly symmetrical as well creating better overall handling and stability.
This is the Nissan cube that I found to be lacking the balance that the Porsche had. The rear window has been moved to the left to eliminate the blind spot. They took out the structural steel and just put glass there as a replacement. On the right side of the car the steel has been left alone and there is now glass wrapping around that corner. This was a great idea in safety for the blind spot is gone, but imbalance was also created when this happened. Looking at the back of this car I instantly go to the rear window and ask myself what these designers were thinking aesthetically. Stress is instantly put on both sides of the car and I keep looking back and fourth to try and figure what is going on with the rear section. This lack of balance that I saw in the Nissan Cube reminded me of this quote from the text, “lack of balance and regularity is a disorientating factor”. This car that is lacking regularity is difficult to process because different design points and colors on either side of the car put stress on different points making your eyes continue to look for information to find a center. When that center is never found you are left confused and disoriented by this bad design.
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