The fruit of a global individual competition, the design was initially penned by designer Aroba Giovanni while at NDA in San Diego California, who has since moved to work at Nissan Design in Tokyo where the concept was refined and developed. Speaking to CDN, product chief designer Mamoru Aoki told us how the concept was inspired by big waves and Japanese brush strokes. "The idea comes from the power of nature," Aoki said, calling the design theme of the complex surfacing "comfortable complexity."

With its expressive and avant-garde design, the concept certainly pushes the design envelope, yet still manages to be refined and elegant. And its complex convex and concave surfacing, though polarizing, has already been widely accepted by BMW buyers.