Maranello, October 26th
The new Ferrari's concepts of the myth are now a reality. The selection of the 20 best nominies for
the Ferrari of the future, created by automotive design students of four of the most prestigious
schools worldwide (Center for Creative Studies of Detroit, Coventry School of Art and Design,
European Institute of Design of Turin and Tokyo Communication Arts), will be exhibited at the Galleria
Ferrari in Maranello, starting from this Friday, October 28th. The contest, organized in partnership with
Pininfarina and with the support of Alcoa - the company that produces aluminium spaceframes for
Ferrari - has seen at work, in the last months, the most talented of each college. The students have
been challenging themselves in the production of scale 1:4 Ferrari models, innovative and fresh in
style and functionality as well as in external and internal volumes, proposing stimulating alternatives
to the internationally acclaimed shapes of the current and previous mid-engined eight cylinder cars
and the front-engined twelve cylinder cars. In November 18th, the Galleria Ferrari will host the prize-
giving ceremony. The 20 selected projects will be voted by a technical board of jurors, including the
Ferrari Style Committee, whose main members are Luca di Montezemolo, Piero Ferrari, Jean Todt,
Amedeo Felisa e Massimo Fumarola - and the senior management of Pininfarina (Senator Sergio
Pininfarina, Andrea Pininfarina and Ken Okuyama). For the four winners, the exceptional opportunity
of work experience at Ferrari or Pininfarina, transforming the academic project into professional
practice. To these, the winner of the Alcoa award, who will get an aluminum reproduction of its model
and, in case of significant proposals, special mentions will be added.
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