Stellantis
Drive for Design
Contest
Presented by
Stellantis Product Design Office
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Sponsored by the Stellantis North America Product Design team, the Drive for Design contest is an opportunity for high school students to win fabulous prizes while learning about exciting career opportunities in automotive design
2023 Project Brief:
The global race to cut emissions to zero is a vital step toward tackling climate change. The entire Ram Truck lineup will offer electrified solutions with disruptive, leading-edge, advanced technology in the years to come. We’ve given you our vision of the future with the Ram 1500 Revolution BEV concept. Now, we want to see your design of what an electric pickup truck would look like. This year, we’re challenging students to sketch the future of a Ram truck.
Rimon Ghobrial: Lead Exterior Design, Ram Studio - Enter The Drive For Design Contest!
FIRST PLACE PRIZE:
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Eligibility for a Summer Design Internship with the Ram Design Studio
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Wacom MobileStudio Pro 16
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Winning sketch to be featured on the Stellantis social media platforms
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Local winners invited to participate as a Student Judge at the prestigious EyesOn Design at Ford House car show in Grosse Pointe, MI, on Father’s Day, Sunday June 18th 2023
SECOND AND THIRD PLACE PRIZES:
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Apple iPad Pro and Apple Pencil
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Virtual Day of Design
- One-to-one portfolio review with members of the Stellantis Design Team
- 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, from July 9 - 29, 2023
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Local winners invited to participate as a Student Judge at the prestigious EyesOn Design at Ford House car show in Grosse Pointe, MI, on Father’s Day, Sunday June 18th 2023
1st place 2023 winner
Rocco Morales
12th Grade
Michigan
2nd place 2023 winner
Rohan Seiber
10th Grade
California
3rd place 2023 winner
Benjamin Miller
11th Grade
Michigan
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Project brief:
The global race to cut emissions to zero is a vital step toward tackling climate change. The entire Ram Truck lineup will offer electrified solutions with disruptive, leading-edge, advanced technology in the years to come. We’ve given you our vision of the future with the Ram 1500 Revolution BEV concept. Now, we want to see your design of what an electric pickup truck would look like. This year, we’re challenging students to sketch the future of a Ram truck.
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 21, 2023 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 21, 2023
Contest start date. Begin submissions
April 21, 2023
Entries due via StellantisDriveForDesign.com
April 27, 2023
Winners announced
Prizes & awards:
Prizes are as listed at the top. Three winners will be selected and must be present, or have a representative present*, at the EyesOn Design Vision Honored Award Ceremony in Detroit, Michigan.
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
*A representative from Stellantis may accept prizes on behalf of a student if he/she is unable to attend the awards event on in May, 2022 in Detroit, Michigan.
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.
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
The 2023 Stellantis Drive For Design Contest Has Closed Submissions. Thank you to all who participated.
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Carly Edgemon
Stellantis
800 Chrysler Drive
Auburn Hills, MI 48326
USA