The North American International Auto Show 2012 EyesOn Design
Awards honor the most significant automotive designs on display at
NAIAS 2012 as determined by the North American and global leaders
of design from automotive manufacturers, along with academic chairs
of transportation design programs and design leaders from other
fields.
These awards recognize the skill and creativity of today's most
gifted designers in the areas of Aesthetics and Innovation, Concept
Implementation, Functionality and Spirit of Industrial
Design. Awarded in production and concept categories, the
EyesOn Design Awards are coveted by automotive designers as
validation for exceptional design, as determined by the leaders of
their field.
Presented by the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology (DIO), the
EyesOn Design Awards serve as an extension of the DIO's annual
EyesOn Design automotive exhibition held each June to
honor and celebrate the past, present and future of automotive
design. In addition to recognizing major design achievement in the
automotive industry, funds raised by both EyesOn Design events
support the DIO's mission to assist and educate the visually
impaired, help preserve vision by public and professional education
and support research related to the eye.
Click here for more information on EyesOn Design
Awards at the North American International Auto Show.
For additional information, contact:
Kathi Askins
Event Co-Chair
248.982.2758
kaskins@eyeson.org
Drew Brophy Jr.
Event Co-Chair
313.410.9307
dbrophyjr@eyeson.org
Kathy Lightbody
Media Relations
313.587.6677
klightbody@crain.com
Chief Judges
Jack Telnack
Retired Vice President of Design for Ford Motor Corporation
William "Willie" G. Davidson
Senior Vice President and Styling Officer, Harley-Davidson
Chuck Pelly
Founder and Former President, Designworks/USA
Judges
Alfonso Albaisa
Vice President, Nissan Design America
Wayne Cherry
Vice President of Design (Retired), General Motors Corporation
Dan Darancou
Chief Designer, CH-Auto
Karen Davidson
Creative Director, Harley-Davidson Motorclothes
Walter Maria deSilva
Head of Group Design, Volkswagen AG
Ralph Gilles
President and Chief Executive Officer -- SRT Brand and Senior Vice
President -- Product Design, Chrysler Group LLC
Kevin Hunter
President, Design and Studio Operations, Calty Design Research
Derek Jenkins
Director of Design, Mazda North American Operations
Dave Marek
Director, Automobile Styling Division, Honda R & D Amercias,
Inc.
Tom Matano
Director, School of Industrial Design, Academy of Art
University
Jae Min
Chief Designer, Group Interior, Volkswagen Group of America, Design
Center California
Keith Nagara
Director of Transportation Design and Industrial Design Programs,
Lawrence Technological University
Oh Suk-Geun
Senior Executive Vice President, Head of Design, Hyundai Motor
Company
Ken Parkinson
Executive Director, General Motors North America Exterior
Division
Steve Pasteiner
President, Design and Studio Operations, Calty Design Research
Lorenzo Ramaciotti
Head of Design, Fiat and Chrysler Design
David Rand
Director of Brand for Design, Changan Automotive
Stewart Reed
Chair, Transportation Design, Art Center College of Design
Patrick Schiavone
Vice President, Global Consumer Design, Whirlpool Corporation
Peter Schreyer
Chief Design Officer, Kia
Peter Stevens
Consultant Automotive Designer
Mark Trostle, Sr.
Founder, American Speed Company and Director of Design (Retired),
ASC
Franz Von Holzhausen
Senior Design Executive, Tesla Motors
Mark West
Paul and Helen Farago Chair of Transportation Design, College for
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