An Automoblox Crossover-style

Chances are, you’ve had one or two wooden cars when you were young. You would roll these cars across imaginary stretches of ever-changing terrain, making up collisions and hazards, and pushing the cars to whichever scenario catches your fancy. For the modern wooden car, we present: Automoblox.

Automoblox brings the fun back to back-to-basics playtime, and offers extensive fundamental learning thanks to the toy cars’ interchangeable parts. With sturdy construction and even some limited-edition models, these wooden cars are great for kids and collectors alike.

Neat, huh? Visit automoblox.com for more information.

Audi Design Competition Poster

The next crossover, sedan, or whatever type of vehicle from Audi could be designed using Spore™, that evolution-based game developed by Maxis and released by Electronic Arts.

This design competition takes design to a whole new level and brings a totally different approach, as the game is based on developing something from the most basic cellular entity to a full-fledged spacefaring organism.

Audi’s own process for designing vehicles is something of a parallel to this so-called  “Creatiolutionism” gameplay of Spore™. That’s why Audi is using the game’s engine for the evolution of designs, taking current cars as the base and letting designers ‘evolve’ these designs into what concepts might be possible 15 years down the road.

Designers will submit a single image of the final concept, and Audi will select winners whose designs embodies “the future of Audi design”.

Grand prize winners are in for a trip for 2 (all expenses paid) to the Audi Design studios and VIP bookings at the Arlberg Hospiz Hotel. Second-placers will get a customized, Spore™-themed high-spec gaming computer. Design competition shirts await 20 third-placers.

The only sad thing about it is that the competition is open only to German citizens. Boo. Hopefully, Audi will consider opening the competition to worldwide participation. Just imagine the endless possibilities!

Source: Motor Authority