Stillen wants you to design its FR-S body kit

[Wimbledon]

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/07/20/still...-body-kit/

Autoblog Wrote:There is little doubt that the darling of this year's SEMA Show in Las Vegas will be the Subaru BRZ/Scion FR-S twins. Stillen is one of many aftermarket tuners hoping to capitalize on the popularity of these two cars, and, in addition to developing performance parts like a cold-air intake, cat-back exhaust, big brake kit and sway bars, will reveal its first body kit for the FR-S in November at the big show in Vegas. The thing is, while Stillen is working on the performance parts, it wants you to design the body kit.

Stillen is now accepting submissions for a contest to design its new FR-S body kit, and what we like in particular about this competition is that you don't have to be a professional designer to win. Stillen is providing the templates to work with, so all you have to do is draw or render what you think the kit should look like from various angles. The contest rules say not to worry if you don't render 3-D objects for a living; judging will be done on shape and design rather than how well you can arrange 1s and 0s.

Submissions will be accepted until August 14th, after which Stillen will choose the top five entries and let the winner be decided by popular vote on Facebook. That person will get a two-night trip to Vegas to attend the SEMA Show in person where his/her design will be unveiled before it goes on sale to the public.

[ZorRtwice]

This is awesome. When it says "you do not need to be a professional designer to win" im sure they will only choose function/style together. Because professional does not = high skill. It simply means you are paid to do it. Lots of amateurs are highly skilled yet never got nor pursued the opportunity.

[Team503]

It's called "We're too cheap to pay a designer and we want you to do the work for us without pay or reward!" Opportunities exist for those who make them.

In all, lame. There's at least three or four body kits on the market already.

[grethi]

Yes, but maybe it'll give a good amateur the means to get his or her name out there enough to become a professional. I have no interest in doing this, though.
It depends on what the applicants want out of it, too. I'm sure there will be many designs not submitted because they feel as you do.