Automotive Creatives

Automotive Creatives is for car design fans, students and pros. Shape your taste and keep your skills current.

Why you should join: Free resources and Q&As on product understanding, industry shifts and becoming a multidisciplinary designer, in a friendly space for aspiring car designers and working professionals. Free to join.

The one-liner

A free Skool space where car designers, from students to pros, build multidisciplinary skills together.

What they actually sell

Automotive Creatives, run by Max Troicher, lives on Skool. Its public pitch: "Car creatives connect, An inspiring and friendly place from youngsters to professionals." It is free to join. Max Troicher's mission is connection in a small industry. The focus is on product understanding, industry dynamics and becoming a multidisciplinary creative who adds value beyond visuals. The about page names four groups: pros who learn by teaching, aspiring designers, students lacking access to training and veterans who feel stuck. It is free, with Q&As and resources inside. Inside sit 2 courses.

Who pays and why

Aspiring car designers, students without access to design school and professionals worried about technology moving faster than them. They want to stay relevant and inspired in a niche few people around them understand. They join for free resources, Q&As and big-picture design discussion.

Where the members come from

Max's Instagram and LinkedIn are linked, so the room likely draws on his professional design network. Audience numbers are not shown.

What's holding it back

With no paid layer and broad aims, the room needs regular activity to stay useful. The page also does not say how often Q&As run.

Steal this

Invite senior professionals in as teachers, so experts stay engaged and juniors get access they cannot buy.

Would this work in another niche?

Yes for any niche design field, such as watch or footwear design. Weak in broad fields with plenty of free communities.