FLUX wins Peugeot P.L.E.A.S.E. Design Competition

The competition broadened its international scope with 113 countries represented compared to 107 for the previous edition. 70% of projects were submitted by designers from countries outside Western Europe.

This competition, held exclusively via the www.peugeot-concours-design.com web site, benefited greatly from the enthusiasm brought about by the theme. The online community generated by the design competition doubled compared to the previous edition, with a total of 34,000 members. More than 2 million pages were viewed in the course of 500,000 visits.

Lastly, with 116,000 votes polled on the Internet between 21 December and 23 January, visitors showed genuine enthusiasm for the projects on show, with an average of 3,400 votes registered per day.

The 10 finalists (in alphabetical order)

Allscape Gustavo Ferrero – Venezuela – aged 29 Cub Ka Dan – China – aged 26 E - MOTION Dario Gagula* – Germany – aged 23 Flux Mihai Panaitescu** – Italy – aged 20 – Student Liion Cristian Sano – Romania – aged 27 Miawoo Noumid Bendifallah – France – aged 23 Njooy Wesley Saikawa – Brazil – aged 27 Plaire James Ma – USA – aged 35 Speedlite Nemanja Lilicic – Yugoslavia – aged 23 910 Ertug Yenidemir – Turkey – aged 25

Participants residing in Germany of Croatian origin* and in Italy of Romanian origin**.

The top 10 in terms of number of projects by country

China 525 France 477 Turkey 212 Mexico 161 Russia 153 United States 123 United Kingdom 122 Italy 118 Argentina 103 Colombia 99

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