Stellantis
Drive for Design
Contest
Presented by
Stellantis Product Design Office
Contest Has Ended
Winners to be announced on May 12, 2025
Sponsored by the Stellantis North America Product Design team, the Drive for Design contest is an opportunity for high school students to learn more about exciting career opportunities in automotive design while also offering a chance to win a summer internship in Ram Truck design studio and more.
2025 Project Brief:
Get ready for the future of cool vehicles with the Chrysler brand. Founded by the legendary Walter P. Chrysler, the Chrysler brand marks its 100th anniversary in 2025. From the Chrysler Pacifica minivan, the most awarded minivan ever to the sleek Halcyon concept vehicle, the brand has always been known for innovation, top-notch engineering, and stylish yet affordable rides. The future looks bright and we want to see what your vision of a future Chrysler brand vehicle would look like.
2025 Stellantis Drive For Design Introduction with Mark Trostle
Irina Zavatski, vice president of Chrysler Design, is encouraging eligible high school students to put pen to paper and sketch what could become the blueprint for a future career in automotive design.
Color & Materials Designer Jasmine Brown — Stellantis Color and Materials Designer, Jasmine Brown, believes creativity fuels innovation. She encourages young artists to embrace feedback, stay inspired, and push the boundaries of what a vehicle can look and feel like. Ready to turn your passion into a career? Enter the Drive for Design contest and start shaping the future of mobility.
2025 Stellantis Drive for Design — Intern Excellence. Tyler Rusnak, Chrysler brand interior designer, turned his lifelong passion for sketching cars into a career. From intern to innovator, his journey proves that design is more than just art — it’s about problem-solving, creativity and shaping the future of mobility.
Rocco Morales - 2023 Stellantis Drive For Design Winner
FIRST PLACE PRIZE:
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Eligibility for a Summer Design Internship with the Ram Design Studio
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Apple iPad Pro and Apple Pencil
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Winning sketch to be featured on the Stellantis social media platforms
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Local winners invited to attend as a Student Judge for the prestigious EyesOn Design at Ford House car show in Grosse Pointe, Mich
SECOND AND THIRD PLACE PRIZES:
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Apple iPad Pro and Apple Pencil
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Virtual networking opportunity with the Stellantis Design Team
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Sketches to be featured on Stellantis social media platforms
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Scholarship to College for Creative Studies three-week Precollege Summer Experience "Transportation Design" program. July 13 - August 2, 2025
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Local winners invited to attend as a Student Judge for the prestigious EyesOn Design at Ford House car show in Grosse Pointe, Mich
Ryan Panizzoli from Michigan is the grand-prize winner of the 2025 Stellantis Drive for Design Contest. With his winning entry to create and sketch a future Chrysler brand vehicle, Panizzoli receives a prize package including a summer internship in Ram Truck design studio, an invitation to be student judge at the prestigious EyesOn Design car show and more.
Congratulations to our winners and thank you to all who entered.
1st place 2025 winner
Ryan Panizzoli
11th Grade
Michigan
2nd place 2025 winner
Felix Bucaro
11th Grade
Wisconsin
3rd place 2025 winner
Owen Bronson
11th Grade
Michigan
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Project brief:
Get ready for the future of cool vehicles with the Chrysler brand. Founded by the legendary Walter P. Chrysler, the Chrysler brand marks its 100th anniversary in 2025. From the Chrysler Pacifica minivan, the most awarded minivan ever to the sleek Halcyon concept vehicle, the brand has always been known for innovation, top-notch engineering, and stylish yet affordable rides. The future looks bright and we want to see what your vision of a future Chrysler brand vehicle would look like.
Eligibility:
Entrants must be legal U.S. residents in grades 10-12 currently attending a U.S. high school.
Submitting Entries:
www.stellantisdrivefordesign.com
- Submit as a .pdf or .jpg, any medium accepted, size no larger than 11” X 17”
- Submit only one final design
- Interior or exterior design is acceptable
- Deadline for submission is Friday, April 25, 2025 at 11:59 P.M. Eastern
- Entry must not contain material that violates or infringes upon another’s rights, including but not limited to, privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement
- Submission must be the original work of the student entering
Timing and Deadlines:
March 17, 2025
Contest start date. Begin submissions
April 25, 2025
Entries due via StellantisDriveForDesign.com
May 12, 2025
Winners announced
Judging:
- After an initial screening, submissions will be evaluated by a panel of qualified judges from the Stellantis North America Product Design Office
- Judges will evaluate each finalist’s entry according to the following weighted criteria:
- Craftsmanship – 25%
- Design Quality – 25%
- Illustration – 25%
- Originality – 25%
- The finalist with the highest overall score from the judges will be deemed the potential first place winner
- The finalists whose entries receive the next two highest scores from the judges will be deemed potential second and third place winners. (All winners are deemed potential winners pending verification of eligibility and compliance with these guidelines, as determined by Stellantis at its sole discretion)
- The decisions of Stellantis shall be final and binding in all matters pertaining to the Drive for Design contest
By submitting an entry, each Entrant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and that his or her entry conforms to the entry guidelines and restrictions set forth in these Official Rules (“Entry Requirements”) and that Stellantis may, at its sole discretion, disqualify him or her from the Contest if Stellantis decides that his or her entry fails to conform to the Entry Requirements or any other provision of these Official Rules. Stellantis’ decisions regarding application and interpretation of these Official Rules shall be binding and final. Each entrant into the Contest (and his or her parent or legal guardian, if the entrant is under the age of majority in his or her state of residence [a “minor”]) hereby irrevocably grants, transfers, sells, assigns and conveys to Stellantis, its successors and assigns, all present and future right, title and interest of every kind and nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, all patents, design patents and copyrights, and all rights incidental, subsidiary, ancillary or allied thereto (including, without limitation, all derivative rights) in and to the entry for exploitation throughout the universe, in perpetuity, by means of any and all media and devices whether now known or hereafter devised. Stellantis shall have the right, in its sole discretion and without owing any additional consideration to entrant, to edit, composite, morph, scan, duplicate, alter, use or otherwise exploit each entry for any purpose which Stellantis deems necessary or desirable, and each entrant irrevocably waives any and all so-called moral rights they may have therein. Each entrant hereby acknowledges that such entrant does not reserve any rights in or to the entry. If Stellantis shall desire to secure additional assignments, certificates of engagement for the entry or other documents as Stellantis may reasonably require in order to effectuate the purposes and intents of these Official Rules, then each Entrant agrees to sign the same upon Sponsor’s request therefor. All [prizes] will be subject to reporting to the internal revenue service.
Download this year's Drive For Design poster in PDF format and print it out. Hang it in your classroom to generate excitement about the competition for your students!
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Contest Submissions Closed
contact
Carly Edgemon
Stellantis
800 Chrysler Drive
Auburn Hills, MI 48326
USA