Design Award presentations at the Automotive Hall of Fame
in Dearborn, Michigan. Click for larger images
Trevor Creed, DaimlerChrysler Senior Vice-President of
Production Design, accepting the Car Design News Award for Most Significant Concept Truck Design (Jeep Compass)
Eyes on Design / Detroit General Chairman Dick Ruzzin and event Honorary Chairman Roberto Piatti, Design Director of Stile Bertone
Dick Ruzzin (Eyes on Design), Glen Durmesvich (General Motors),
Roberto Piatti (Stile Bertone)
Dick Ruzzin (Eyes on Design), Mark Allen (DaimlerChrysler),
Brett Patterson (Car Design News)
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| Recognizing major contributions to the world of automotive design, winners were announced January 9th at the second annual Eyes On Design/Detroit event honoring the automotive designers who have created the most significant automotive designs on display at the 2002 North American International Auto Show. |
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Held at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, Michigan, more than 200 automotive designers and executives from throughout the world attended. Honorary Chairman for the event was Mr. Roberto Piatti, design director of Stile Bertone of Turin, Italy.
Automotive design awards were presented in eight different design categories. An award was presented to a design team in each category. In June, each winning team will honor a fellow team member with the “Most Significant Contributor Award” at the Eyes on Design Auto Exhibit, Sunday June 9, 2002 to be held at the DaimlerChrysler Technology Center in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
Judges for the awards were automotive design professionals, suppliers to the design industry and academics. Eyes on Design / Detroit General Chairman Dick Ruzzin, chairman of Dick Ruzzin Design, made the presentations.
Sponsors of Eyes on Design / Detroit include:
- ASC Incorporated
- Michelin
- Intier Automotive
- Solutia
- Alias|wavefront
- Automotive Industries magazine
- Car Design News
Eyes on Design/Detroit is a program of the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology (DIO) and an extension of the Eyes on Design Auto Exhibit organized each year by the DIO to celebrate the world of automotive design.
To commemorate the event, Automotive Industries Magazine included in its January 2002 issue a special insert focused on automotive design, the technologies that shape it and the people with the vision to make it happen.
Continue to the following pages for a list of Eyes on Design/Detroit award winners and judges’ comments describing why each vehicle is being honored with one of the most prestigious awards in the world of automotive design:
The Eyes on Design/Detroit event benefits the DIO, a not-for-profit corporation founded in 1972. Eyes on Design is its primary source of revenues for the research, education and support group programs that enhance the independence of the visually impaired.
The 2002 Eyes on Design Auto Exhibit will take place June 7-9, 2002 at the DaimlerChrysler Technology Center in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Eyes on Design is an international celebration of fine automotive design from the past, present and future. It is the world’s only car show to focus on the emotion and character of design
The exhibit attracts automotive designers, automotive decision-makers and consumers from around the world. For more information, visit www.eyeson.org |
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