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11th Annual Michelin Design Contest Results Announced

24 November 1999

11th Annual Michelin Design Contest Results Announced

            Chiwei Lee Snares First Prize in Each Design Category,
             Sean Ehlert Follows Suit With Dual Second Place Wins

    DETROIT, Nov. 23 -- The winning results from the Center for
Creative Studies - College of Art and Design 11th annual Michelin Design
Competition were announced today.
    The Michelin Design Competition challenges CCS students to create vehicles
of the future that are judged in two categories.  Winners from each category
receive scholarship money from Michelin North America, Inc.
    The first category required that the design represent a vehicle that could
realistically be on the road in 10 years.  Students were encouraged to include
automotive technologies not yet available but which could be developed in the
next decade.  Designs for this category were judged on thought process, depth
of research and quality of the rendering.
    Students winning the vehicle design category were:

    *  First Place:   Chiwei Lee from Midland, Mich.
    *  Second Place:  Sean Ehlert from Brownsville, Texas
    *  Third Place:   Robert Burns from Windsor, Ontario, Canada

    The second category required the students to incorporate Michelin's
revolutionary tire technology, Pax System, in their concepts.  In this
category, students were judged on their ability to creatively envision the
numerous solutions Pax System offers.
    Students winning the Pax System design category were:

    *  First Place:   Chiwei Lee from Midland, Mich.
    *  Second Place:  Sean Ehlert from Brownsville, Texas
    *  Third Place:   John Opfer from Palo Alto, Calif.

    "Michelin is synonymous with top quality in the automotive tire industry,"
said Richard Rogers, president of the Center for Creative Studies.  "CCS
strives to provide its students with the highest quality design education.
Working with Michelin on this design competition inspires these students to
pour their energies and creativity into the projects.  The results are
amazing."
    A panel of automotive industry experts judged the Michelin Design
Competition:

    *  Matt DeLorenzo, Detroit editor for Road & Track;
    *  Michael Moore, director of the Jeep design studio;
    *  Russ Shelton, board member of the Detroit Auto Dealers Association and
       co-chairman of the North American International Auto Show 2000;
    *  James Smithbauer, senior designer of the Ford truck vehicle center;
       and,
    *  Kip Wasenko, chief vehicle designer for Cadillac.

    "Obviously, the creativity these students exhibited is an indication and a
tribute to both their vision and the CCS program in generaroll, vice president of marketing for Michelin's Automotive Industry
Division.  "Their creativity, combined with the design potential of Pax System
technology, indicates exciting and revolutionary things to come for the
automobile."
    The Center for Creative Studies is one of the nation's leading arts
education institutions.  Located in the heart of Detroit's University Cultural
Center, CCS offers undergraduate education in the visual arts through its
renowned College of Art and Design, and also offers non-credit courses in the
visual arts through the college's continuing and community education program.
Michelin manufactures and sells tires for every type of vehicle, including
airplanes, automobiles, bicycles, earthmovers, farm equipment, heavy duty
trucks, motorcycles and the space shuttle.  Headquartered in Greenville, S.C.,
Michelin North America employs 27,000 and operates 23 plants in 21 locations.