Ford's designers working as a team to assess the work submitted for the Car Design Awards 2016 competition.
The winner of this year’s Car Design Awards 2016 competition has been announced.
CCS student Changbo Koo won the Best Interior Design category and also was judged to be the best overall submission by the prestigious judging panel, earning him the overall award for 2016 Student Design of the Year.
Koo’s design for a future luxury Peugeot interior was inspired by the natural movement of flowers blossoming and was considered to be a mature, highly detailed, innovative and thoughtful piece of work:
“An outstanding interior design with a strong sense of flow movement and luxury,” said Qunyi Chen, vice president and design director of China’s IAT, noting Koo’s unusual interior layout.
Ziran Zhang from IAT: “The competition was very high-level. This made it very difficult to choose the finalists.”
“The IP, door, seat; the interpretation of surfaces, which were designed in a single surface language, was great,” added Sangyeon Cho, Design Director, GM Korea. “The carefully laid-out details in the design is also worth complimenting.”
Koo wins $3,000 and his work is also featured in this year’s prestigious Car Design Review 4 book, focusing on the best production and concept car design of 2016.
Chen Zheng from Changan: "Simple, but very clear, and efficient graphics."
The Best Visual & Graphic Presentation category was won by Junheum Cho of Korea University, Seoul with a futuristic spider-like vehicle for extreme exploration in harsh environments. "Truly impressive rendering examples that make the vehicle and the environment become truly alive,” said Chen Zheng, Design Director at Changan Automobile.
This year's contest attracted more than 421 entries, submitted by students of 61 different nationalities attending courses at 41 universities.
Judge Friedhelm Engler from GM Europe: "What a great event and what a great opportunity."
Judge Chris Benjamin from FCA North America: "It's great to see that the students have considered what the next generation of mobility looks like."
2016 Student Design of the Year, sponsored by Optic Group and Best Innovative Interior
Changbo Koo, Korea
College for Creative Studies, Detroit, USA
La Fleur, The Motion of Blossom
Changbo Koo’s design stood out with its highly detailed, flowing sketches communicating his vision for a future luxury Peugeot interior inspired by the motion of a flower opening its petals. The forms of blossoms and petals are echoed in the construction of the cockpit, which wraps around each occupant. Koo’s biophilic concept of luxurious elegance with natural, botanical forms has a strong sense of flow and movement culminating in an entirely new seating layout.
2nd place
Bart de Graaff, UK
Coventry University, UK
3rd place
Michael Silbereis, Germany
Pforzheim University, Germany
Best Exterior Design sponsored by IAT
Tomas Omasta, Slovakia
Coventry University, UK
Volanti
The winner of the Best Exterior Design category was Tomas Omasta from Slovakia, a student at Coventry University, UK. Omasta’s design was for a helicopter interior for the Jaguar brand, operating in new markets in the future. “Clean and futuristic, also very [in] accordance with Jaguar’s design language,” said Qunyi Chen, vice president and design director of IAT, China.
2nd place
Nobuhiko Honda, Japan
Art Center College of Design, USA
3rd place
Minwoo Choi, Korea
Royal College of Art, UK
Best Lighting Concept
Koukou Nian, China
Hochschule Pforzheim, Germany
VW E-Motion concept
The winner of the Best Lighting Concept category was Koukou Nian from China, a student at Hochschule Pforzheim, Germany. Nian’s design was for the VW E-Motion brand, a futuristic electric vehicle with an iconic light signature around the perimeter of the vehicle and a convertible roof that worked as an air filter when closed, made from a breathable, hi-tech material.
2nd place
Sangmin Lee, Korea
Royal College of Art, UK
3rd place
Bart de Graaff, UK
Coventry University, UK
Best Visual & Graphic Presentation
Junheum Cho, Korea
Korea University, Seoul
Wheely Foot
The Best Visual & Graphic Presentation category was won by Junheum Cho of Korea, a student at Korea University, Seoul. Cho’s design for a futuristic vehicle for extreme exploration had a spider-like robot walk mode function for transport in harsh environments.
“Simple, but very clear, and efficient graphics, but most of all truly impressive rendering examples that make the vehicle and the environment become truly alive,” said Chen Zheng, Design Director at Changan Automobile.
2nd place
Tomas Omasta, Slovakia
Coventry University, UK
3rd place
Dongsheng Cheng, China
China Academy of Art, China
Best HMI Concept
Christian Lange, USA
University of Cincinnati, USA
The Soul of the Drive
The winner of the Best HMI Concept category was Christian Lange of the USA, a student at the University of Cincinnati, USA. Lange’s work was called ‘The Soul of the Drive’ and impressed thanks to its reinterpretation of human-machine interaction for autonomous vehicles that enhances the emotional interaction between occupants and car.
“A sincere attempt to use technology and graphics in order to make the future car’s instrumentation and function commands more user and human friendly,” said Chen Zheng, Design Director at Changan Automobile.
2nd place
Sangmin Lee, Korea
Royal College of Art, UK
3rd place
Thomas Ellis, UK
Royal College of Art, UK
Best Colour & Trim Design
Jérémy Sachot, France
ISD Rubika – Valenciennes, France
Alfa Romeo Caprie Revive Bertone
The Best Colour & Trim Design award went to Jérémy Sachot from France. A student at ISD Rubika – Valenciennes, France, Sachot’s design was for an Alfa Romeo coupe designed by and co-branded with former carrozzeria Bertone. Referencing the iconic Giugiaro-designed Alfa GT Sprint, Sachot’s design blended traditional materials with modern UX design and technology into one comprehensive, desirable and quite beautiful whole.
“A sumptuous use of rich materials. Finally! Correct use of wood, restrained use of highly reflective colours. A very convincing and very well balanced composition,” Chen Zheng, Design Director at Changan Automobile.
2nd place
Changbo Koo, Korea
College for Creative Studies, USA
3rd place
Daria Protsenko, Russia
Ural State University of Architecture and Arts, Russia
Best New Mobility Solution sponsored by VW Group
Song Ming Fan, China
China Academy of Art, China
UT-X Urban Tourer
The Best New Mobility Solution award went to Song Ming Fan of China, a student at the China Academy of Art, China. Fan’s design for a future mobility solution for two was considered simplistically elegant and functionally realistic thanks to its rental recharging network concept.
“A very interesting solution to urban short-distance transport, for a specific areas such as travel scenic spot has its practicability,” said Qunyi Chen, vice president and design director of IAT, China.
“A very well thought and described personal city mobility vehicle. Convincing shape, good balance between safety and comfort,” added Chen Zheng, Design Director at Changan Automobile.
2nd place
Javier Garcia-Gallardo Mosquera, Spain
Royal College of Arts, Spain
3rd place
Akash Choudhary, India
DSK ISD Rubika, Pune, India
Best from Americas
Jordan Beckley, USA
College for Creative Studies, USA
Airstream WABI
American Jordan Beckley’s design won the Best from Americas trophy. A student at the College for Creative Studies, in Detroit, USA his design for a modern-day Airstream trailer aimed at the Gen-Y generation featured communal living and onboard renewable power generation.
2nd place
Paul Olvera, USA
University of Cincinnati - DAAP, USA
3rd place
Chris Hyung Hoon Kim, Canada
College for Creative Studies, USA
Best from EMEA sponsored by Kinetic Will Associates
Bart de Graaff, Germany
Coventry University, UK
Panorama
Bart de Graaff from Germany, a student at Coventry University, UK won the Best from EMEA trophy. De Graaff’s design for a cocoon-like autonomous car with an interior layout primarily focused on social interaction, impressed the judges thanks to its thoughtful interactive UX design.
“The UX does not live on a screen. The entire vehicle is interactive both with users and the public. App controls are slick and add heightened believability,” said Chris Benjamin, Head of Interior Design at FCA North America.
2nd place
Michael Silbereis, Germany
Pforzheim University, Germany
3rd place
Thomas Ellis, UK
Royal College of Art, UK
Best from Asia-Pacific sponsored by IAT
Sangmin Lee, Korea
Royal College of Art, UK
AlphaVein
Sangmin Lee, of Korea, was awarded the Best from Asia-Pacific trophy. A student at London’s Royal College of Art, Lee’s design was for a robotic, autonomous vehicle interior with a primary focus on an alternative to the steering wheel, resulting in a remarkable robotic IP.
“The robot lighting is clever and communicative,” said Chris Benjamin, Head of Interior Design at FCA North America.
2nd place
Nobuhiko Honda, Japan
Art Center College of Design, USA
3rd place
Minwoo Choi, Korea
Royal College of Art, UK
