Dassault Systèmes Sponsors EyesOn Design Competition

By DE Editors

Dassault Systèmes (DS; Auburn Hills, MI) announced that it was a sponsor of the fourth annual EyesOn Design Awards competition held prior to the public opening of the 2009 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) January 13.

EyesOn Design is a Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology (DIO) fundraising event that honors and recognizes significant new automotive designs on display at the Auto Show. Its automotive design awards are judged by designers, as well as being the only awards presented to both production and concept vehicles being introduced at the Auto Show.

New vehicles (cars and trucks) are judged in two categories: Production Vehicle and Best Concept Vehicle. Awards for the winning vehicles in the Production vehicle category will be presented by Asensio, who, prior to joining Dassault Systèmes, spent many years as head of design at both General Motors and Renault.

Dassault Systèmes' newest V6 platform focuses on collaboration by reaching beyond the extended enterprise and supply base to actually involve consumers in the vehicle development process. This next step in collaboration will make sure that automakers are designing the vehicles that consumers want to buy.

The EyesOn Design Award at the NAIAS is an extension of the celebration of automotive design that occurs each June when the DIO hosts the annual EyesOn Design car show, which honors the past, present, and future of automotive design.

In addition to being recognized as major design achievement awards in the automotive design community, both EyesOn Design events raise funds to provide educational programs and to support leading-edge research and other programs to enhance the lives of the blind and visually impaired. More than 6,000 people directly benefit from these programs each year.

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Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.