Michelin Challenge Design Displays 45 Works at NAIAS

Michelin Challenge Design Displays 45 Works at NAIAS
After two intense days of deliberation, six international jurors, including designers from leading European studios, selected the design concepts that will be showcased at the 2005 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Cobo Center Jan. 9-23, 2005.

The panel reviewed more than 160 designs from entrants in 50 countries and selected those that best depicted this year's theme: to create vehicles that demonstrated the influence of German design, the events, people and icons that have inspired the international automotive design community and the Bauhaus principle "form follows function." Their thoughtful deliberation resulted in the selection of three full-size vehicles, 14 scale models and 28 computer- generated drawings from 41 designers representing 20 different countries.

"With a record number of entrants this year, the jury had their hands full deciding which designs best fit the 2005 theme," said Tom Chubb, vice president of marketing, Michelin Automotive Industry Division. "We've seen more than a 200 percent increase in the number of submissions in two years, and the caliber of the work coming from such disparate locations as Azerbaijan, Venezuela and the Republic of Moldova continues to impress the professional vehicle designers associated with this program."

Stewart Reed, a three-time juror for Miche