One thing you’ve got plenty of during a pandemic lockdown is time, which comes in handy if you’re applying for a design competition.
This explains how Rolls-Royce got more than 5,000 kids to submit their drawings in a bid to win the carmaker’s Young Designer Competition – although there wasn’t one ultimate winner, just winners by different categories.
No rules were specified for this competition, meaning the children could let their imagination run free, which they most certainly did. The competition was launched in April during lockdown, with entries including designs inspired by unicorns, turtles, space travel, Egyptian pyramids and more.
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The Bluebird II by Chenyang (age 13, China) won the Tech category, the Capsule by Saya (age 6, Japan) won the Environment category, the Turtle Car by Florian (age 16, France) took 1st place in the Fantasy category while the Glow by Lena (age 11, Hungary) won the Fun category.
There were also three honorable mentions in the Bolt by Declan (age 10, UK), Prosperity by Tim (age 9, Germany) and Esperanto by Alisa (age 6, Russia).
What we’re particularly curious about is who wrote those short descriptions within each image. For example, this Bolt thing with wings is supposedly the “Pinnacle of Intergalactic Space Travel” – to which we say: Really? Intergalactic? Not the Moon, not interplanetary, not even to the next star system, but to another galaxy altogether? That is one capable winged automobile.
“On behalf of myself and everyone at Rolls-Royce, I would like to thank every single Young Designer who entered the competition, and for all the thought, hard work and creativity that went into their designs. There is some amazing talent out there, and I wouldn’t be surprised if some of our entrants went on to work as car designers one day – perhaps even at Rolls-Royce,” said Rolls-Royce CEO, Torsten Müller-Ötvös.
“The most important thing I’ve learned from this competition is that whatever our circumstances, we have the power to create amazing things, because our imagination is always free to fly. I hope the children who took part will recognise this, too, and that it will be something positive they can take from their pandemic experience.”
