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SABIC Innovative Plastics and Autodesk support Car Design News Contest

The Car Design News Contest 2008 kicks off at NAIAS with a challenge, in association with SABIC Innovative Plastics and Autodesk, to design the ultimate green connected urban car.

Today at the 2008 North American International Auto Show’s Designer’s Night, Car Design News announced the formal kick off of the 2008 Car Design News Contest, held in association with SABIC Innovative Plastics and powered by Autodesk, by revealing the challenging lifestyle scenario design brief online. Car Design News also announced today the contest’s rigorous assessment process and the full panel of judges, consisting of more senior car designers than any previous design contest. The contest will start on Wednesday January 16 2008.

SABIC Innovative Plastics technologies include supplying plastics materials that are eco-friendly and lighten the load of today's automobiles.

SABIC Innovative Plastics, a new business addition to SABIC that focuses on the global growth of thermoplastics and engineering plastics through innovation to serve the automotive industry.

Autodesk* AliasStudio* software is a complete set of tools for the creative design process, helping companies create superior designs-which drives superior business.

Designers are challenged to create 3D virtual models within an eleven-week time period beginning January 16 and ending on March 26. Finalists will be given eight additional weeks to develop their proposals, and winners will be announced on July 2.

All entries have to be "snap shot" views of digital design models. Entries will then be assessed according to the published assessment criteria. 10 finalist designs from the Professional Designer entries and 10 finalist designs from the Student Designer entries will then be selected. Finalists will be notified on 2nd April and provided with Autodesk AliasStudio software to use to develop their design entries further before final submission as complete digital model entries on or before May 28 2008. Top prizes will be awarded in two categories - professional designer and student designer - with the winners each receiving an Autodesk DesignStudio Commercial software license worth approximately $7,000; $2,000 in cash; and a 12-month individual membership in Car Design News.

Design Brief

The brief for Car Design News Contest 2008 is to design a car for Millenniumites (people born in 2000) and the way they might use their cars in 2028. Three Millenniumites are described in the brief. They lead international lives, have “green” values embedded in the way they think, expect to be able to always connect to the virtual world, and inhabit a non-stop 24/7 real world wherever they are. Each of the three Millenniumites needs a new car that must be compact, seat at least two, provide a private space within which to communicate, feel secure on congested streets, and assert their status as independent, trend-leading, and “green”-minded young professionals. All entries must be “snapshot” views of digital design models.

Complete information on the contest, including design guidelines, judging, assessment criteria, available materials, and how to work with these materials, is available online at the Car Design News website.

SABIC Innovative Plastics is a global supplier of plastic resins widely used in automotive, healthcare, consumer electronics, transportation, performance packaging, building and construction, telecommunications and optical media applications.

Autodesk is a world leader in design innovation technology. Our products help customers experience their ideas before they are real.

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