ADAM has found EVE

Opel CS together with AutoDesign&Styling Magazine recently announced an international competition ‘ADAM seeks EVE’ aimed at sketching. Competitors had the task of drawing an ideal car ‘partner’ for the stylish mini Opel ADAM model.

A six-member jury of professional designers and representatives of the organiser, whose honorary chairman was Niels Loeb, Exterior Chief Designer of Opel ADAM, chose the very best from more than 400 entered projects.
The winning design was by 23-year-old Marcell Sebestyén from Hungary. On second place was 36-year-old Lukáš Taneček from the Czech Republic, and the jury gave third to Vasilij Kurkov (26) from Russia. The special prize of Honorary Jury Chairman Niels Loeb was taken by Paulo Konno (45) from Brazil.
 “The design competition showed what a great foundation Opel ADAM is for developing more or less realistic ideas and studies - its tens of thousands of interior and exterior variations make each model unique, just as each EVE model was unique,” says Pavel Šilha, General Director of Opel for the Czech and Slovak Republic. “We cannot predict whether Opel will ever produce an EVE model, but the entered designs would certainly be a great source of inspiration!”
 “Adam and Eve were according to religious myth the first man and woman - and all people are their descendants. In my opinion, Opel ADAM and EVE would represent the first level of Opel‘s model palette, from which all other models would symbolically originate,” explains the winner Marcell Sebestyén about his creation process.
“Marcell’s concept explores the entry into the mini-segment under the ADAM, and embodies iconic Opel design cues such as our signature wing-shaped LED daytime running lights,” says honorary jury chairman Niels Loeb about the winning design. “The concept reminds me of the Opel Trixx showcar. It is a modern interpretation of an Electric vehicle”

The Honorary Jury Chairman Special Prize was taken by Brazilian Paulo Konno.“The partner for Adam should have a distinctive design feature based on one of Adam’s many interesting design elements, but treated in a unique way,” says Paulo about his design.

“Paulo´s concept for a sporty urban Mini-SUV with a centre hard-top that can be removed to create an open roadster (similar to the ADAM Rocks Concept) has a bold, masculine design that would appeal to a broad customer base. Paulo has a very good feeling for proportion and visualisation,” explains Niels Loeb about what was interesting on his design.
Talent needs only a pen and paper...A pencil, pens, markers, tablet, high-quality paper, or just a napkin in a restaurant... sketching is possible with anything and anywhere and the very best sometimes need only a few quick strokes on paper from which emerge impressive lines of a new model. Brilliant design sketches show automotive design in its purest form and has developed into nearly an independent artistic discipline, and so Opel in cooperation with AutoDesign&Styling magazine prepared the ‘ADAM seeks EVE’ competition for all those who share a passion for cars and design.
“Choosing the best sketches was no easy task for the jury. Most of the work was on a high level and the selection process was uncompromising. But I also believe that those, whose work didn’t make it into the finals, gained new experiences through the competition and might score points in future design competitions in which we intend to continue,” summarizes Radek Laube, Chief Editor of Auto Design&Styling on his impressions of the competition.