MICHELIN ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF
19TH ANNUAL COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES (CCS) DESIGN COMPETITION

Transportation Design 2017:  Smaller. Safer. Better.

DETROIT, MI (Nov. 30, 2007) - Michelin announced the winning entries of the 19th Annual Michelin Design Competition for the College for Creative Studies (CCS) and presented $22,000 in scholarship monies at a reception held at Detroit's historic Scarab Club Nov. 29, 2007.  Four CCS transportation students received a total of six awards along with an invitation to display their winning designs in a special Michelin exhibit at the 2008 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) Jan. 13-27, 2008.

Twelve senior-level students entered this year's challenge, each creating a vehicle design and a tire/wheel assembly they could envision driving in 2017 using the theme, "Smaller. Safer. Better."  The winning CCS students' work will join 29 other designs representing 20 different countries selected in the global Michelin Challenge Design competition (www.michelinchallengedesign.com) at the prestigious auto show.

"The Michelin family and our business have celebrated ideas, vision, and innovation for 120 years," said Damien Michelin. "Today we join the CCS faculty and our judging panel to celebrate the work, ideas and vision demonstrated by the CCS Class of 2008 and support their decision to pursue a career in transportation and industrial design."

Judges for the this year's event included Brandon Faurote from Chrysler Design and Ehab Kaoud, Aram Kasparian and Andy Fulford from the design studios at Ford along with Michelin North America's Damien Michelin and Jim Anderson.

Michelin presented the first-place winners with $1,250 scholarships. Second-place winners received $1,000 scholarships, and third-place winners earned $750 scholarships. The tire company also made a $22,000 donation to the school's Carl Olsen Scholarship fund that provides financial aid to CCS students based on need and merit. 

Michelin - CCS Winners for Vehicle Design
1st - Matt Green, age 24, Doylestown, PA
2nd - Mahdi Chowdhury, age 21, Fayetteville, NC
3rd - Tyler Mars, age 22, Chili, NY

Michelin - CCS Winners for Tire and Wheel Concept
1st - Matt Green
2nd - Tyler Mars
3rd - Jonathan Kyte, age 33, Youngstown, OH

MCD was launched in 2001 as a way to showcase creativity and innovation in vehicle design on a global scale around a central theme.  Each year, Michelin invites designers around the world, from individuals to small and large companies, to create and display significant design work that would normally not have an opportunity to be shown at a major auto show.

Dedicated to the improvement of sustainable mobility, Michelin designs, manufactures and sells tires for every type of vehicle, including airplanes, automobiles, bicycles, earthmovers, farm equipment, heavy-duty trucks, motorcycles and the space shuttle. The company also publishes travel guides, hotel and restaurant guides, maps and road atlases. Headquartered in Greenville, S.C., Michelin North America (www.michelin-us.com) employs more than 22,500 and operates 19 major manufacturing plants in 17 locations.

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