The Toyota Dream Car USA Art Contest seeks to inspire creativity in youth, encouraging their innovative ideas for future mobility.
The Hot Wheels Design Award was established this year by one of the contest’s national judges, Bryan Benedict. He is the design director of Hot Wheels and Matchbox Die-Cast, Mattel, Inc. This award’s FY22 recipient is 14-year-old Danica Lilly Ball of Chicora, Pennsylvania. Her anime-themed “Steer Clear and Steam Forward into the Future,” an intricate drawing on paper inspired by the endangered Bengal tiger.
“I was particularly drawn to Ball’s artwork because Mattel has a long history in Hot Wheels of creating whimsical creature cars. Her tiger car captures much of that same spirit of classic Hot Wheels cars. Like Cargoyle, Fangster and Sharkruiser, as well as more recent castings. Purrfect Speed, Turbo Rooster and Tricera-Truck, while also conveying the very meaningful message. Preserving our environment and protecting the endangered animals around us. I also appreciated the skillfully executed and beautifully rendering of her work.”
– Bryan Benedict, design director of Hot Wheels and Matchbox Die-Cast, Mattel, Inc.
The recipient of the second annual Petersen Prestige Award. 15-year-old Kaitlyn Chen of Medina, Washington, for her digitally drawn “Building Blocks” artwork.
“Chen’s design finds the answer to traffic congestion by taking transportation to the sky. In her futuristic world, instead of needing a separate vehicle to transport oneself from place to place. The places become vehicles themselves, traveling through the air to link up with each other as needed. Her fantastical, yet well-thought-out. Art piece looks at the future of transportation in an entirely new way.”
– Autumn Nyiri, associate curator, Petersen Automotive Museum.
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