The VDA Design Award, now announced for the fourth time, is intended for newcomers to the international design profession, to encourage them in a visionary approach to the subject of freight transport by road. The competition is open to any student of design or arts, architecture or media courses. It is sponsored and organised by The German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA - Verband der Automobilindustrie).

The main criteria of evaluation are the quality of concept and vision, degree of innovation, quality of design and presentation, technical execution of design.The prizes are:
2000 Euro for the winner, 1000 for second place and 500 for the third, but more interesting, winners will be awarded with seven professional internship placements.

Deadline for submission is 1st of July, 2008. For further info visit www.vda-design-award.de.