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Paulo Italiani Receives the A' Design Award for Vixen Electric Sports Kit Car in Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design
Paulo Italiani recognized for vehicle, mobility and transportation design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Vixen Electric Sports Kit Car by Paulo Italiani, designed for Paulo Italiani Design studio, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About Vixen Electric Sports Kit Car
The Vixen is a fully electric sports kit car. The unique stripe-like led screen cutting through its hood flaunts cutting edge technology, whilst Vixen's exterior inherits the soul of 60's racing and sports cars. The screen is customizable like a smartphone, thus the driver can display sponsored ads for bonus credits in her or his next electric bill, non-fungible tokens, or any desired art. Under the screen lies a powerful battery module that can be easily swapped from the side of the car due to its unique position. The Vwap system tower can slide in a fully-charged battery module in seconds.
About Paulo Italiani
Paulo Italiani is a award winning industrial and automotive designer, idea igniter,and lecturer. He is focused in innovation, and creating new future-oriented concepts for contemporary needs for US, Europe and China markets. He believes people are made of a melting pot of references that triggers emotions and reactions via micro or macro expressions. “We are programed by nature and guided by culture; printed references that make us like or dislike objects and situations. “ He has strong product design and automotive design skills. His work include consumer electronics, automotive, IoT, and interior design.
Award Record
With this recognition, Paulo Italiani is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design Award
The A' Vehicle Design Award is an international vehicle design competition recognizing good vehicle designs by best vehicle designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to vehicle designers, mobility solution providers, transportation design studios and automotive engineers from all countries. Entries typically include cars, motorcycles, bicycles, trucks, buses and trains. Awarded vehicle designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/vehicle
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/138424
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/138424
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!138424
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/325194
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Vixen Electric Sports Kit Car
- Function
- Electric Sports Kit Car
- Category
- Vehicle, Mobility and Transportation Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Automotive
- Colors
- Lavender, Black, Gainsboro, Dark Slate Gray and Silver
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Paulo Italiani Design studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Paulo Italiani
- Country
- Singapore
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #138424
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Vixen is a fully electric sports kit car. The distinguished stripe-like LED screen in Vixen’s hood cuts through the car’s body, expressing the racing soul and the cutting edge technology. The screen is customizable just like a smartphone. In addition to battery level and mileage range, the driver can display anything: From a racing stripe decoration to images of sponsors, messages, and even ads to get some bonus credits in his next electric bill. If the driver is a NFT art collector, he now has the perfect canvas to show off his digital art. Vixen ultra-light body and aerodynamics keeps the car agile on any track.
- Inspiration
- Vixen, the female fox. Such a provocative name should inspire the free spirited women who miss having a sports car to call their own. Vixen inherits the soul of 60’s racing and sports cars. Its vintage silhouette breathes performance, and the latest tech can be easily spotted.
- Research
- The project started with a simple idea of a sports kit car, that is easy to ship in modular parts to lower shipping cost. The goal was to produce it in a eastern Europeans country, initially in Georgia. We would like to leverage the economy stability of such countries though high tech mobility products. The strategic position of these countries would come handy by using the Belt and Road Initiative, since most of the electronic parts and motors would come from China.
- Challenge
- The biggest Challenge is the design part. The design of Vixen has an interesting mix of curves and sharp surfaces. Every exterior part that represents technology, is an edgy and dark translucent surface, while the other parts of the body are smooth and bright. The transition between the screen in the middle of the car, that has sharp edges to the rounded smooth hood reflects the antagonism between vintage raw experiences and modern digital technology.
- Realization and Technology
- The production of the Vixen kit should be set in Tbilisi, Georgia. The goal is to use the country's strategic position between east and west. While the carbon fiber body is manufactured in Georgia, the screens and engine will be shipped from China by land in a much more sustainable way, avoiding the busy container ship traffic. The idea is to create a symbol of Georgian abilities to produce a high tech vehicle that represents their culture, skills and identity.
- Operation and Interaction
- Vixen ultra-light body and aerodynamics keeps the car agile on any track. Use your helmet for your track day without any discomfort with the Vixen oval shaped roof. Vixen was idealized to have a very effective weight distribution. Its compact size and wide track width give the car a great grip, and its materials based on aerospace aluminum and carbon fiber helps propel this rocket to the finish line in a glimpse! The spoilers and wings near the tires help to direct the air-flow to where it should be, using the turbulence of the exposed turning wheels as an ally.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in January 2022 in Singapore and finished in April 2022 in Rio.
- Keywords
- Electric sports car, kit car, , high tech sports car, led car, swap battery, inductive charging, customized car, women sports car, Vixen, Georgia
