Tom Matano was more than a designer and educator, he was a true icon and a warm, approachable individual whose passion for creating vehicles that inspire joy, and connection fundamentally shaped the design philosophy at Mazda, and beyond.
The 2021 Drive for Design contest challenges U.S. high school students in grades 10-12 to sketch an electrified Jeep® vehicle of the future. Prizes include one-on-one mentoring by leading designers!
Auburn Hills,November 10, 2014 , 0, 2014) - All U.S. public high school students grades 10-12 can turn their artistic talents in to prizes, including a $60,000 scholarship to the College for Creative Studies (CCS), one of the nation’s leading art and design schools. Chrysler Group’s Product Design team announced today details of its third annual Detroit Autorama High School Design Competition. Now bigger and better for 2015, the “Detroit Autorama High School Design Competition 2015” invites participants to look to the future and design a next-generation Dodge brand vehicle for the year 2025.
The pace of change in society accelerates every year, with breakthrough technologies and rapidly developing countries constantly rewriting the rules in a global economy. As part of the 9th annual LA Auto Show Design Challenge, the world's top auto designers have envisioned a future with even more crowded roads, electronically monitored and controlled traffic and significant changes in human behavior.
To spur car companies into action, EcoMotors is showcasing how this can impact and revolutionize styling. To this extent a design competition, EcoMotors Design Challenge: Reshaping the Future, with students from Art Center and CCS is exemplifying just what could be possible. Judging by the results I would say anything and everything!
I draw inspiration from what surrounds me – as I mentioned earlier, the world truly has become a smaller place – I don't find it uncommon to discuss a Jean Nouvel skyscraper being built in NYC with an email pen pal in Shanghai or have a friend in Dubai tell me about Zaha Hadid's proposal for an art center. But at the center of any great product there is always a good story and I feel it's at that point where I pull inspiration.