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m25 Jan 18, 2012 mscx Jan 17, 2012 rio Jan 17, 2012 designboom Jan 17, 2012 mscx Jan 16, 2012 m25 Jan 16, 2012 m25 Jan 16, 2012 Tim Jan 16, 2012 mscx Jan 16, 2012
more commentsThank you for the clarification db, it was just a bit odd that all the three of the winners were from this random selection of ten though.
@ rio: I appreciate the originality of all the shortlisted and also non-shortlisted works, but unlike common object design, car design follows some tighter rules and principles, which a jury composed mostly of automotive professionals, asking for a PRODUCTION aimed concept should know very well. All 3 the winners have severe design flaws pointed put in the respective articles, ranging from Hummer proportions to unlikely materials. And personally, building into the design something that is already BUILT INTO the design, I don\’t really call that an idea,… much less a winning idea.
This is of course, my personal opinion, which I am thankful to db I can express, and I am also thankful to them about all the excellent job done on this contest. for those who might be curious, this is my entry: [url=http://marinmyftiu.com/30887/309710/gallery/renault-4-ever-skin-shortlisted-entry [/url]
… more NOT shortlisted proposals
http://www.cardesignnews.com/site/designers/portfolios/display/store5/item153378/
http://www.cardesignnews.com/site/designers/portfolios/display/store5/item116279/
http://designhoffrock.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-01-05T16:43:00-08:00&max-results=10
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well i am not really anyone but i just wanted to address the second of m25’s notes: that thing about the 2nd place winner is also true of soft-top convertibles which doesn’t stop most people from buying them if they want. i actually liked the 2nd place design the best. and re: the 1st place, yeah you can change the engine of most cars but it’s a mess, it IS something diffferent that this one is built into the design. i think more than one of the shortlist people thought of this, and for all of them i think it is smart.
dear m25,
we just wanted to address the first of your notes:
the 10 published articles were indeed randomly selected from among the 50 shortlisted entries.
our editors were not even informed by RENAULT of the winning designs until the same day
as the rest of the world, when we published the award results.
… some more interesting proposals (not shortlisted)
http://www.stratacafe.com/member.asp?id=6540
http://www.martijnzwart.com/?p=1726
http://thomas-felix.blogspot.com/2011/09/renault-4-ever-sketches.html
http://thomas-felix.blogspot.com/2011/08/renault-4-ever-sketches-and-renders.html
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Cool video however…
I was shortlisted but I still have a couple of things to say about this:
1-First off, Renault LIED to us, pretending they were choosing the winner out of the 50 shortlisted while the 10 published articles were in fact not randomly chosen but another shortlist of 10.
2-Of the 3 winners, the 3rd and second do not really meet the least production criteria; most obviously, the second can be accidentally set on fire with a cigarette or lighter, or torn to pieces with a sharp edge. And the winner brings really nothing new; you can virtually change the engine of any car in the world.
Thank you renault, for giving us another Peugeot Design Contest :/
The designs themselves aside, I give props to Renault for the making-of video, I entered this competition but was not shortlisted but actually it\’s really nice to watch this and see a little bit of the behind the scenes of the decision and also the winners\’ making-ofs. So thanks. Also congrats to the winners!
Some interesting proposals (with some nice ideas to be put in production) but not shortlisted…
http://marceloaguiardesign.blogspot.com/2011/08/r4-20-renault-4ever-designboom.html
http://irmaododecio.blogspot.com/2011/08/renault-4.html
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