Polestar e-mobility design contest

Swedish electric performance car brand Polestar led by designer Thomas Ingenlath launches its 2021 vision of future mobility design contest themed “progressive” in both student and professional categories.

The contest sets out to find the most creative, design-led ideas that drive electric mobility into a more socially progressive and sustainable future – that does not need to be a car.

Initial designs can be submitted in sketch or digital image forms and should display new ways of thinking that could encourage positive change in society, including responses to the ongoing climate crisis.

“In a landscape of disruptive technologies, evolving lifestyles and fast-growing concern for climate change, design can be the driving force for positive change,” Polestar design head Maximilian Missoni says.

The 2020 contest attracted more than 600 applications from across the world.

Entries included an array of cutting-edge design concepts, from prosthetic springboard blades for walking, to an autonomous pod, to a luxury yacht that exuded Polestar’s minimalistic design tonality.

One of the winning designs was an airship that looked 20 years ahead, combining Polestar’s design ethos with a 21st century aviation approach.

A feature of the global Polestar Design Contest is the coaching and support it offers. Shortlisted submissions will receive guidance and feedback with Missoni.

Winners will be flown to either Polestar Chengdu or Polestar headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden to attend the Polestar Design Exhibition, as well as to experience both the brand and the cars up close.

The winning designs in each category will be brought to life as 1:5 scale models and an exhibition of them will then tour Polestar Spaces around the world.

Winners will also receive a computer and tablet, along with a trophy.

Registration closes June 30, 2021.

Visit about.polestar.com/polestar-design-contest/2021/ for more information.