"It was not the size that was impressive - for it was rather small. It was designed for maneuverability and speed, for totally gravitic engines, and most of all for advanced computerization. It didn't need size-size would have defeated its purpose. It was a one-man device that could replace, with advantage, the older ships that required a crew of a dozen or more. With a second or even a third person to establish shifts of duty, one such ship could fight off a flotilla of much larger non-Foundation ships. In addition, it could outspeed and escape from any other ship in existence. There was a sleekness about it - not a wasted line, not a superfluous curve inside or out. Every cubic meter of volume was used to its maximum, so as to leave a paradoxical aura of spaciousness within. Nothing the Mayor might have said about the importance of his mission could have impressed Trevize more than the ship with which he was asked to perform it." in Foundation's Edge, Isaac Asimov
Tema: Ficção Científica
Inspirado na nave espacial da Fundação, pilotada por Golan Trevize, em busca do planeta Terra, perdido há milhares de anos numa galáxia superlotada de humanidade, o desenho do Far Star - com o mesmo nome da inovadora nave - é o produto de uma busca de formas menos ortodoxas, dado o contexto de um exercício de Design com um tema localizado no domínio da Ficção Científica.
Linhas angulosas definem um corpo essencialmente dividido em dois materiais diferentes - o plástico na parte inferior e o metal na superior, conferindo ao Far Star uma imagem agressiva mas elegante ao mesmo tempo.
Com um sistema de tracção não-convencional - três rodas, em que a roda-motriz é a traseira, a forma do Far Star desenvolve-se a partir deste, dando origem a uma frente longa e delgada, e uma traseira possante, contra-balançada pelos dois volumes das rodas dianteiras.
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