Motor Trend Design Contest 2001

Motor Trend has launched their third-annual International Design Contest, challenging hundreds of amateur, student and professional designers from around the world to redesign a defunct model or nameplate for the model-year 2002.

Contest entries will be divided into four categories – Design Professional, Design Student, Amateur: 18 Years of Age and Older, and Amateur: 17 Years of Age and Younger.

Last year’s contest had the theme, “Turn the Car of Today into the Car of Tomorrow,” challenging contestants to redesign a current model for the year 2025. Over 2,100 car enthusiasts and designers representing more than 45 countries registered for the contest and over 500 entries were submitted for review. Finalists represented five countries, including the contest’s overall winner, Omar Pirela, a 28-year old design student from Venezuela.

The contest will wrap up on September 4, followed by the first round of judging two weeks later. The top five student and professional finalists will receive an expense-paid trip to the California International Auto Show in Anaheim to attend the final round of judging on October 9. A panel of qualified professionals representing automotive, product and industrial design and automotive media will conduct the judging. Winners will be announced on October 10 during Press Day at the California International Auto Show.

Awards include a $1,000 cash prize for the first place winner of the Design Professional Category and a $1,000 scholarship towards the college or university attended by the first place Design Student winner. The Academy of Art College in San Francisco is once again sponsoring the first place prizes for the two amateur categories. The top winner of the Amateur: 17 and older category will receive his or her choice of a Summer Study Grant Scholarship or a scholarship to the Academy’s Summer Art Experience. The first-place winner in the Amateur: 18 and younger category will receive a free trip to the Academy of Art College 2002 Annual Spring Show.

For contest rules and registration see the official contest website: www.mtdesigncontest.com

International Car Design Competition 2002
"Small Is Good! Just How Small Can the Automobile Get?"

Organizer: Car Styling magazine

The vehicle can be of any category and have any number of wheels. It can be a commuter, sports car, rescue vehicle, taxicab, or even a vehicle with a new concept... anything that takes advantage of small size.

Entrants will be divided into two categories: the Student Division and the General Division.

Entrants will be screened based on a description of the concept and two-dimensional representations. Entrants who have passed the preliminary screening will compete in the final judging with three-dimensional models. AII contestants who pass the preliminary screening will be given a set of Alpha Clay by Tools Corporation to build their models.

Deadline for entries for preliminary screening: Aug 17, 2001. Deadline for entries for final judging: Dec 27, 2001. Announcement of final results: Jan 11, 2002, at the Tokyo Auto Salon, and in Car Styling vol.147.

Address to which entries should be sent: International Car Design Competition (ICDC) CAR STYLING 4F, 4-8-16 Kitashinjuku Shinjukn-ku, Tokyo 169-0074 Japan.

For more information see Car Styling Issue 142, or go to: Design Online China

'Build Your Dream Vehicle'

Auburn Riverside High School (Auburn, Washington) has won Chrysler Group's 'Build Your Dream Vehicle' Competition. Auburn Riverside's winning entry 'Mojave' is a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle producing zero emissions. Mojave features a 3-in-1 body style that cleverly transforms from a coupe into a convertible or wagon.

Los Altos High School (Hacienda Heights, CA) was awarded second place and third place went to Highland Park High School (Highland Park, IL). Created in 1994, the contest challenges high school students to use teamwork and creativity to conceive, design and present an innovative, environmentally friendly concept vehicle.

For more information about Chrysler Group's 'Build Your Dream Vehicle' program, educators should call 1(888)839 BYDV (2938), or visit the website: www.daimlerchrysler.com/bydv.