Winners of Car Design Awards China 2020 announced, virtually

Last week, a stellar line-up of Judges joined a virtual awards ceremony, organised by Car Design News, to announce and congratulate the Chinese students who have won the 2020 Car Design Awards China.

Some 330 students entered, from 113 schools across China and the Judges, all of whom had set the briefs and been involved in the live judging throughout the competition, logged into the call to congratulate the winning students.

The prestigious Student Designer of the Year awards, sponsored by Magna, was given to Zhifan Chen from National Taiwan University of Science and Technology by Larry Erickson, Global Industrial Design Director for our premier sponsor Magna Exterior.

 

His design created a small, highly mobile electric ambulance, which could move swiftly through traffic, and deploy a stretcher area from the shuttle motor and can be used with or without an accompanying ambulance. 

The Judges praised this work for its great innovations for a great cause, the problem-solving aspects of it really made it stand out. 

The prizes

As well as being one of the biggest accolades in car design, the overall winner receives a 15-week semester on The Advanced Design Study Abroad Program at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, USA, including free travel, a one-year school subscription to Car Design News and Interior Motives magazine, $500 per winning team and the opportunity to intern with one of the Award Sponsors. Category winners win: $500 per team, a one-year cardesignnews.com subscription and incredible intern opportunities. Brief winners will receive a special gift from BOSE (one per team).

 

Full Results:

The winners of the Briefs are:

 Baojun: Annan Li from Wuhan University of Technology

Bordrin: Yanran Wang and Chenglong Lu from Shandong University of Art and Design

Changan: Yu Du from Jilin University

Ford: Jil Li from Shandong University of Art and Design

Geely: Wolfee Wang from Nanjing University of Science and Technology

Nissan: Minglang Niu from Jiangnan University

VW Group: Yaling Huang from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and Yixiao Liao from Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology

 

The Category winners are:

Best interior space: Sixi Zhu from the Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute

Best use of digital design tools: Yaling Huang from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute and Yixiao Liao from Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology

Sustainability Award, sponsored by Dinamica: Jinchuan Li from Shandong University of Art and Design

Best mix mode mobility award: Minglang Niu from Jiangan University

Innovative use of material award, sponsored by Dinamica: Jiayi Huang from Hunan University

Best storytelling award, sponsored by KWA: Wenquiang Zhu from Huazhong University of Science and Technology

 Ultra luxury award, sponsored by Pininfarina: Shuangyuan Dai from Jilin University

Best exterior design, sponsored by Magna: Wolfee Wang from Nanjing University of Science and Technology

Best user-experience design, sponsored by Ultima Media: Xiqiao Wang from Tongji University

Best innovation, sponsored by KWA: Zhifan Chen from Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Most successful school: Shandong University of Art and Design.

 

Congratulations to all the winners, and a special thanks to our sponsors and Judges for helping us to complete this year’s competition and present the awards, despite not being able to travel to Beijing to do it in person.