Deadline: 1 July 2008
INTENTION
The VDA Design Award, now announced for the fourth time, is intended for newcomers to the international design profession, to encourage them in a visionary approach to the subject of freight transport by road.
SUBJECT AND TASK
Over the last few years the commercial vehicle and superstructure manufacturers organised in the VDA have made great efforts to improve their products in terms of transport efficiency, environmental protection and vehicle safety. Yet there is no question of them resting on their laurels; on the contrary, they intend to continue this initiative, and to further optimise the road-transport system.
The task set by the competition is to produce concepts and to design visionary solutions for commercial vehicles in all segments of future freight transport by road. The particular aim is to achieve maximum transport efficiency, i.e. to consider freight transport holistically, taking the whole transport chain into account.
ENTRANTS
The competition is open to all countries and is intended for students of design, whatever their speciality, and for students of the arts, i.e. industrial and product design, visual communication, interior design, architecture, arts and media courses.
Entry is open to students registered at an institute of higher education in one the subject areas listed above.
Degree-examination theses may be entered in the competition, providing they were written at an institute of higher education in 2008.
Entry is open to individuals or groups. The organisers wish groups to note that only one person in the group can be the contact person. Should the prize involve the award of a practical training placement, the group must decide on its own who will undertake the placement.
DEADLINES
Close of registration and close of submissions: 1 July 2008 (date as postmark)
Jury meets: July 2008
Prize-giving ceremony: 26 September 2008 at IAA Commercial Vehicles 2008, Hanover
Exhibition: 25 September to 2 October at IAA Commercial Vehicles, Hanover
Collection of entries: until 31 October 2008
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