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Chenyang Shen Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Ladon S1 Tsd Edition Myth Inspired Supercar in Car and Land Based Motor Vehicles Design
Chenyang Shen honored for car and land based motor vehicles design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 16, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Ladon S1 Tsd Edition Myth Inspired Supercar by Chenyang Shen has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Car and Land Based Motor Vehicles Design category. The award was conferred within the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Regarding Ladon S1 Tsd Edition Myth Inspired Supercar
The Ladon S1 Tsd Edition is a conceptual high performance vehicle inspired by ancient Greek mythology and designed with aggressive aerodynamic features. Its dual-spoiler layout, forged carbon bodykit, and vivid green accents suggest motion and tension even when static. The design emphasizes airflow efficiency, lightweight construction, and narrative symbolism. Developed from scratch using advanced modeling and rendering workflows, it merges dramatic aesthetics with engineering logic.
About Chenyang Shen
ChenYang Shen, also known as Tizzë, is a self-taught Chinese multidisciplinary designer, artist and founder of The Sixth Dimension Studio. His practice connects vehicle design, narrative worldbuilding and authored visual systems, bringing together concept development, modelling, visual storytelling, brand language and music composition. Working across these fields, he creates projects that unite symbolic depth, technical imagination and emotional resonance. His work explores how storytelling, philosophical inquiry and future mobility can be translated into contemporary design with a distinct sense of identity and inner coherence.
Award Record
With this recognition, Chenyang Shen is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Car and Land Based Motor Vehicles Design Award
The A' Car Design Award is an international car design competition recognizing good car designs by leading car designers and automotive brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to car designers, automobile designers, industrial designers and motor vehicle companies from all countries. Entries typically include sedans, hatchbacks, suvs, convertibles, coupes and minivans. Awarded car designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/car
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/173567
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/173567
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!173567
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/369707
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://bit.ly/3FedWEn
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Ladon S1 Tsd Edition Myth Inspired Supercar
- Function
- Myth Inspired Supercar
- Category
- Car and Land Based Motor Vehicles Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Automotive
- Colors
- Silver, Dark Slate Gray, Gray, Dark Gray and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Chenyang Shen
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #173567
Credits
- Image Credits
- Image #Main: Creator Chenyang Shen (Tizze), 2024.; Creator Chenyang Shen (Tizze), 2024.; Creator Chenyang Shen (Tizze), 2024. Video Credits: Creator Chenyang Shen (Tizze), 2024. Images in PDF: All created by Creator Chenyang Shen (Tizze), 2025
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Ladon S1 Tsd Edition is based on the Ares Modena S1 platform, emphasizing bespoke customization and aerodynamic refinement. Forged carbon elements enhance performance significantly, transforming the vehicle's original smooth body lines into more aggressive and track focused forms. The Ladon S1 Tsd Edition contemporary aesthetics with mythological influences, blending modern automotive styling cues and historical symbolism without compromising authenticity or visual harmony.
- Inspiration
- Is it the indomitable god of war Ares, or the colossal serpent Ladon guarding the golden apple tree? Good and evil lie in a single thought. The Ladon S1 Tsd Edition draws inspiration from Greek mythology, using the serpent Ladon as a core symbol. Design elements reference Zeus’s thunder, Ares’s spear, Medusa’s hair, and the serpent’s fangs, nostrils, and venom. A dark carbon fiber base is broken by green lines accents, disrupting the monotony of the original design.
- Research
- This project began with visual research into hypercar modifications and mythological symbolism. The main goal was to explore how aggressive styling and cultural motifs could be merged in a believable concept. Using Maya and Unreal Engine, the bodywork was sculpted to balance tension and elegance. Comparative studies with real vehicles helped refine proportion and aerodynamics. The result is a symbolic, yet function-driven visual identity.
- Challenge
- The greatest challenge was executing this entire project solo, using over 20 software tools throughout the process. It was my first time learning Unreal Engine while simultaneously designing the vehicle, which added a steep learning curve. Blending Greek mythology with a modern supercar style was conceptually difficult,especially designing meaningful yet realistic elements. The gill like hood vents were inspired by a sudden observation of a serpent’s scales and nostrils.
- Realization and Technology
- The Ladon S1 Tsd Edition is developed using advanced 3D modeling techniques, aerodynamic concepting, and mythological aesthetic simulation. Its overall structure has been meticulously optimized for exceptional airflow, while lightweight composite materials enhance efficiency and performance. Great care is taken with panel alignment, surface curvature, and material integration. Forged carbon fiber serves as the foundation for custom parts, creating a design that is beautiful, and feasible.
- Operation and Interaction
- Ladon S1 Tsd Edition was fully modeled and designed independently in Autodesk Maya, including the base reference prototype Ares Modena S1, which was first recreated from zero and then customized. It delivers a dynamic experience through visual and conceptual interaction. Aggressive bodylines, dual spoilers, and glowing green accents evoke motion and intensity. Myth meets machine design invites users to feel the performance, not just see it.
- Project Duration and Location
- The Ladon S1 Tsd Edition project started in February 2024 in Hangzhou, China, and was completed in late May 2024. The modeling process began on February 8, with final renders completed between May 15 and May 17. Poster series were finalized on May 19 and May 22, while the second version of the official video was completed on May 29. The project was entirely developed remotely using Autodesk Maya and Unreal Engine.
- Specifications
- The Ladon S1 Tsd Edition features a 4471 mm length, 2166 mm width, and 1298 mm height, with a 2800 mm wheelbase and 189 mm ground clearance. The main spoiler spans 2024 mm in width and 1577 mm in length, with an additional spoiler width of 1225 mm. Both front and rear wheels utilize titanium alloy and forged carbon, with 275/30 ZR20 tires at the front and 345/25 ZR21 tires on rear wheels. Enlarged vents and widebody elements enhance cooling, while dual spoilers optimize aerodynamic downforce.
- Keywords
- Myth Inspired Design, Concept Supercar, Carbon Fiber Bodykit, Custom Widebody, Forged Carbon Wheels, Aerodynamic Downforce, Maya Modeling, Unreal Engine Render, Serpent Aesthetics, Visual Storytelling
