The “Third Maier S. Coop. Design Competition”, an international competition for the design of vehicle interiors organised by the company Maier S. Coop with the collaboration of Mondragón, the Innovation and Financial Promotion Department of the Bizkaia Regional Government and Eide (the Basque Association of Industrial Designers), has become a major Design Competition, with substantial prize money and extensive media coverage.

With over 100 entries in previous competitions and a prestigious Jury whose members are from the design departments of the main European automotive vehicle construction companies, the “Maier S. Coop. Design Competition” has become consolidated in the Design Competition domain.

The Competition Organising Committee therefore encourages designers, engineers, students, amateurs and professionals alike, to take part in this year’s competition, presenting their creative and innovative proposals for vehicle interiors.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES

The deadline for presentation of Projects is 30 April 2009.

1) AIM OF THE COMPETITION

The aim of the competition is to award prizes for projects consisting of ideas for new products, focusing on vehicle interiors, more specifically for doors, with innovations affecting their opening and closing lifetime and other uses. These new product ideas should be geared to facilitating user operation, simplifying the currently-existing systems, including new features, improving driver and passenger safety, modernising the appearance of the vehicle interior using new decoration techniques or including environmental improvements.

The proposals are to focus on the following products:

• Inside Door Opening Handle.
• Door Panel Handgrip.
• Speaker Grille.

Door Panel Embellishers.

2) SUBJECT

The subject may be freely chosen within the product scope described in point 1 of these rules. By way of a non-limiting example, the proposals may focus on:

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Element inclusion and cost reduction: solutions that integrate elements and are geared towards cost reduction with respect to currently-existing solutions.
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Vehicle interior cleanliness: ideas for products with technical characteristics (materials, decoration) geared towards keeping the area clean.
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Haptics: ideas for products that respond to the user via a sensation (the product responding to touch, sight, smell).
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Ergonomics (user adaptation): ideas for door area products improving driver and passenger ergonomics.
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Appearance and customisation: ideas for technologies integrated to the door that provide new appearance possibilities and vehicle customisation solutions.
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Interior lighting for decoration: ideas for products, materials and coatings where direct or indirect light gives rise to new forms of decoration.
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Safety: technical solutions that detect, warn, prevent or reduce driver and passenger impact in case of accident, improving on currently-existing solutions.
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Environment: ideas for products including environmental concepts.

3) PARTICIPANTS

Any natural person or legal entity may take part in the competition.

For information purposes, persons or companies from the following areas could participate:

* Designers and Design Companies.
* Students and Universities.
* Public or Private Design Entities.
* Research and Development Centres.
* Automotive Sector Companies.
* Others.

More info on the competition WEBSITE

S. Meier Automotive Design Competition

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