History
The first contest took place in 2000-2001, with the theme "2020" - a challenge to design a Peugeot car for the year 2020. The contest was announced at the Paris Motor Show in 2000, and culminated in the winning design being built by Peugeot, and unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2001. Since then, the contest has followed a similar schedule every two years. For the 2006-2007 contest, the winning design will also feature in an upcoming Xbox 360 game.Themes
Each contest has a theme, which contestants must follow when creating their designs:- 2000-2001 "2020" - a concept car for the year 2020
- 2002-2003 "Retrofuturism"
- 2004-2005 "Design the Peugeot you dream of seeing in the near future"
- 2006-2007 "P.L.E.A.S.E." - stands for Pleasurable (to drive), Lively, Efficient, Accessible, Simple, Ecological
- 2008-2009 "Imagine the Peugeot in the worldwide megalopolis of tomorrow"[4]
Rules
The contest runs to a similar schedule, with similar rules, each year. In 2008, the contest opened in June, with the deadline for submissions on July 20. When the deadline for submissions has passed, Peugeot selects 30 entries to go forward to the next stage. These 30 entries are placed on the competition's website and are voted on by visitors to the site and selected industry and press figures. Based on these votes, these 30 entries are narrowed down to ten entries and these entries are posted to the website. It should be noted that this stage is not a majority vote - the ten entries which are selected may not be the highest-voted entries.In the final stage of voting, the Peugeot Jury select the winner and 2nd and 3rd runners-up from the final ten. The results of this are then posted to the competition's website, usually some time in February.
Peugeot Concours De Design
