Lexus and New York collective MSCHF have turned real cars into physical distortions inspired by digital image errors. Circle Car and Twister Car bring impossible screen shapes into metal.
The Circle Car’s front nearly meets its rear in a loop formed from the all-electric Lexus RZ 450e. Its closed shape makes the car appear to lead endlessly into itself, though the sculpture remains static.
It is one of two physical works in ‘Motomorphosis’, an art project from Lexus and New York collective MSCHF. The pair turns production Lexus electrified SUVs into sculptures rather than digitally generated images: the RZ 450e becomes the Circle Car, while a plug-in-hybrid Lexus RX 450h+ becomes the Twisted Car.
The second piece starts with the RX 450h+. Its body twists along the longitudinal axis, leaving the vehicle recognisable at either end as the four doors disappear into a spiral of distorted steel. The intermediate body surfaces follow the rotation, turning the familiar SUV shape into a sculpture.
That shape applies “squash and stretch,” a 3D animation technique that alters an object’s proportions to suggest elastic motion, to a real vehicle. MSCHF describes the works as “Form Cars” and explores how automotive appearance can move beyond conventional forms. The project is an art experiment, not a new vehicle program, and neither design is intended for production.
The planned MOTOMORPHOSIS exhibition was scheduled for September 24 to 26 at Chelsea Industrial in New York during Armory Week. The display was set to show the original production Lexus vehicles alongside their transformed sculptural counterparts.
The contrast with the Chery charging-station report is clear: that story focused on EV infrastructure, while ‘Motomorphosis’ uses real Lexus models to explore digital visual distortions.
