Manifesto concept wins Ferrari Top Design School Challenge

The Manifesto (above), the FL and the de Esfera are the three winning models in the third Ferrari Top Design School Challenge, in which four prestige institutes submitted three designs each of the Ferraris of 2040.

The 'Gran Premio Assoluto' overall prize was unanimously awarded to the Manifesto, a design by six students from the ISD-Rubika at Valenciennes, France. The jury was won over by the completeness of the Manifesto design as well as the students' ability to create a coherent overall vision of the car spanning its exterior, cabin and running gear. The spectacular door opening mechanism also highlights the evolution of the interior functions, using future-forward technologies.

The jury also made special mention of the FL by Roman Egorov, the only design that focused solely on the cabin. They commented that the Russian student from the Hochschule Pforzheim in Germany very successfully applied a highly unconventional design language to the car interior, integrating and rethinking the human-machine interface in the process.

Last but not least, the 'Premio Speciale', decided by an online ballot, went to the de Esfera, the work of three students from Hongik University in Seoul, Korea.