Founded in 1950, the Good Design Award is the world's oldest and one of the most celebrated awards programs that bestows international recognition upon designers and manufacturers for advancing new and innovative product concepts and for stretching the envelope beyond what is considered standard product and consumer design.

Among the winning projects in the Transportation category is the Vandenbrink GTO, a tribute to the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO based on the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, planned for a limited series production of just 5 units.

The award was given by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design. Below we report the list of the automobile winning projects in the Transportation category.

Good Design Awards 2008 - Transportation Category Winners

• Vanderbrink GTO, 2006-2009
  Designers: Michiel van den Brink, Vandenbrink Design, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Mercedes-Benz GLK, 2004-2009
• Venturi Electic, 2006-2009
  Designers: Sacha Lakic, Sacha Lakic Deisgn, Venturi Automobiles, The Principality of Monaco
• BRP Can-Am Spyder Roadster, 2006-2007
  Designers: BRP Design Team, Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., Valcourt, Quebec, Canada
• Audi A5, 2007
  Designers: Walter M. de Silva, Head of Volkswagen Group Design, Audi AG., Ingolstadt, Germany
• BMW 3 Series Convertible, 2007
• BMW 1er Coupe, 2007
• MINI Cooper Clubman, 2008
  Designers: BMW Group Design, BMW AG., Munich

The full list of winners is available in the official press release (pdf format). For more information visit www.chi-athenaeum.org.

(Source: Vandenbrink Design, Good Design Awards)