Fly me to my parking space – I wonder what this would do to car insurance premiums? Overcrowding and dwindling surface area are the inspiration for Nikolay Kolev’s Helium Parking concept, which was short-listed in Nissan’s 2009 “Think Outside the Box” competition.

The system would incorporate helium, wind and solar power, as well as existing buildings as a storage medium.  The designer also envisions ‘floating’ and collapsible units and giant parking trees.  Perhaps we should be thinking about reducing the vast number of cars – and their emissions – on the road, rather  than finding innovative ways to store them.  This is a cool design concept nonetheless.