Polestar Presents The Winning Renditions Of Its Annual Design Contest

There’s just something about the Swedes and their design. Be it Volvo or Polestar, the country seems to be an expert at what looks visually pleasing.

In embodying that notion further, the electric car brand Polestar have declared the winners of its second annual design contest.

To view Polestar’s renditions of the future, owners can do so through their Polestar 2’s infotainment system or on the Polestar website and at select Polestar Spaces.

The design contest got hundreds of entries from across the world, and was led by Polestar designer Thomas Ingenlath, who has chosen this year’s theme of ‘Progressive’. 

Said contest works as such, at the start, entrants received coaching from the design team and were allowed to submit sketches before developing the ideas further for the final. 

Adhering to the theme, the design brief notes that the project needed to ‘advance societal progression’ and show new ways of thinking, especially in issues like the climate crisis.

“It didn't need to be a car, but it had to embody the spirit of Polestar and demonstrate that design can be the driving force for positive change," said Ingenlath.

They included buildings, electric bikes, airplanes, delivery vehicles and more. Notably, the categories were divided for students and professionals.

Polestar's head of design, Maximilian Missoni, commented, "It was both inspirational and humbling to interact with so much emerging and experienced talent. We saw the designs evolve from creative sketches to 3D models, and show that the design world is a melting pot of exceptional individuals."

For the professional category, it was won by David Vultaggio from France. His design was called ‘H_UB’ and was meant to be a garage concept. 

Featured in this rendition are charging stations for cars and also for electric bikes. Vultaggio also included a hydrogen-powered seaplane hangar for quick outings.

Then, Mingwei Liu won the student category with a design called ‘Glad To Be Dirty’. It's a concept car that carries external air filters to clean the air as it drives. 

Point being, the filters get dirty, so this rendition was for the people to see how much stuff is actually in the air, and how much the car has cleaned. 

Most notably, the filter’s cube shape overall design offers a lot of surface area to catch air as the car drives from point A to point B.

Finally, Finland's Kristian Talvitie received an honourable mention for ‘KOJA’, which is a residence meant to be built in a treehouse canopy. 

Even though it was designed to have a low ecological impact and small space, it still offers an amazing view of nature.

That said, Polestar is going to build the winning designs in 1:5 scale models and send them around the world to Polestar Spaces as an art exhibit. 

Among the many winning prizes, a trip to the Polestar headquarters in Sweden is also included where they'll get to witness the Polestar 1 and 2, and get to drive on the company's proving track.