Bastet

Bastet explores new forms of interaction between driver and car by imagining the vehicle as a responsive, cat-like companion. Instead of offering functions on demand, the interior reads the driver’s posture, breath, and physiological state, responding through expressive mechanical gestures. A claw-like mechanism at the gearbox reveals or conceals controls depending on the alignment between human and machine, turning trust into a physical experience rather than a metaphor. Inspired by the dualities of softness and hardness, intimacy and distance, the project questions how intelligent interiors might behave if they were more emotional, unpredictable, and relational. Bastet invites a rethinking of future in-car intelligence as something we negotiate with, rather than command.