Toyota Traigo 8 - 9 tonne

Toyota Traigo80 6–8 tonnes — award-winning industrial design

This case study documents founder Tomas Jankauskas's industrial design contribution within Toyota Material Handling Europe. Toyota's published award announcement identifies him as an industrial designer on the Traigo80 project and explains the collaboration between the design team in Mjölby, Sweden, and R&D in Bologna, Italy.

DESIGNING A BETTER WORKING ENVIRONMENT
The programme joined a strong exterior identity with practical operator needs. Visibility, comfortable operation and the integration of functional components shaped the design. A floating driver compartment addressed noise and vibration, while the team worked to give the vehicle a coherent and recognisable appearance.

FROM SKETCH TO PRODUCTION
The gallery retains original concept sketches and photographs of the finished forklift. Together they show how a design direction develops through proportion studies, side-view exploration and detailed resolution. This progression is central to industrial design: ideas must become a product that engineering teams can develop and operators can use.

RECOGNITION
The Toyota Traigo80 6–8-tonne electric counterbalanced range received a German Design Award 2019 in Excellent Product Design. The award belongs to the Toyota product and its multidisciplinary team. The award-winning programme documented here is the 6–8-tonne range.

WHY IT MATTERS TODAY
This experience underpins NeuralDeep's work on industrial products, design agents and physical prototyping. We combine digital exploration with attention to usability, manufacture and the actual working environment.

CREDIT
Tomas Jankauskas contributed as part of Toyota Material Handling Europe's design team. Presented as founder design experience.

Source: https://toyota-forklifts.eu/about-toyota/news-and-editorials/toyota-traigo80-electric-forklift-picks-up-german-design-award/