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The winner of the Allivision09 competition, which was focused on vehicles for the green future, is twenty-year-old Slovakian designer Adam Danko and his Sandman concept.

The competition was announced by Allivictus s.r.o. Czech Republic and AutoDesign&Styling, bilingual Czech-English magazine.   

The Sandman is a type of transportation vehicle targeted to young and active people, who like sports and need an affordable and practical car. It is powered by a combination of human propulsion and an electric engine, which helps to pedal along.

"The winning project best met all criteria of the competition. It’s about clean design, which is very sovereign in its expression," commented Václav Capouch, Škoda Auto designer and one of the jury members of the Allivision09 competition.

The second place was won by 24-year-old Michal Vlcek from the Czech Republic and his Greenhouse project. The visionary concept is inspired by bionics.

Young designers didn’t have to follow today’s technical restrictions and Michal brought into his project the process of Photosynthesis, to effectively transform solar energy.

Thanks to the plants inside the car, the Greenhouse could be an energy self-sufficient vehicle. The transparent body of the car allows for sufficient sunlight and at the same time defines the design of the car.

The passengers sit above the plants on seats, which are made from transparent lamination and ergonomically shaped.

Third place was given to twenty-year-old Vít Bechynský from the Czech Republic and his notable Snap concept.

The three-wheel vehicle offers an experience as on a motorbike. But it also offers a complex transport solution.

For longer trips it’s possible thanks to the shape of each Snap, to connect together and transport collectively.

During this it’s possible to stay in the privacy of your own car, or by opening the doors join a colleague of the next Snap.

The Autodesk special prize was awarded to thirty-year-old Michal Kracik from Poland for a car, which can be taken apart into two independent vehicles. In a connected state the car can hold up to six passengers and reaches a length of 4900 mm.

When the car is split up into two individual vehicles, the result is a four-seat and two-seat automobile. The jury most appreciated its realistic concept, which is technically demanding, yet created in an understandable way.

The Allivision09 Competition

The first year of the international Allivision09 design competition, with a subtitle ‘Ideas for a Better World’, had 650 registered designers.

Ninety contest projects of designers from 37 countries from around the world tried to uncover the near future.

The highest representation was from the Czech and Slovak Republik, where AutoDesign&Styling Magazine in cooperation with Allivictus Company have been supporting quality design for several years.

Among other jury members were professional designers such as chief designer of Blata moto, Stanislav Hanuš and president of the Czech professional designers union Ivan Dlabac. Also famous Czech artists Aleš Najbrt, Tono Stano and David Ondricek took part.

The Allivision09 competition was announced this spring by Allivictus s.r.o. Czech Republic along with AutoDesign&Styling Magazine. Young designers could send in their projects until 31 August. Among the main criteria the projects had to fulfil were simplicity, exceptionality, consumer modesty and of course aesthetic quality.