Frank Stephenson has an impressive resumé in automotive design that includes working on the Ferrari F430, Maserati MC12, McLaren P1, the revived Mini Cooper R50, and many more. Now, he turns his attention to a very different kind of automotive-related work. His company, Frank Stephenson Design, is behind the Babyark, which claims to be the "world’s safest baby seat."
High-tech materials are behind this lofty, safety assertion. The Babyark has a carbon-fiber frame, and the base has energy-absorbing, steel coils that extend in an impact to slow the seat's forward momentum. The side-impact protection takes inspiration from a woodpecker's plate-like bones. The headrest uses the anti-shock polymer D30.
