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Enosichthon Concept Hypercar by ChenYang Shen Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Car and Land Based Motor Vehicles Design
ChenYang Shen acknowledged for car and land based motor vehicles design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 16, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Enosichthon Concept Hypercar by ChenYang Shen has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Car and Land Based Motor Vehicles Design category. The recognition forms part of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About Enosichthon Concept Hypercar
Enosichthon Keteus V14 E Hybrid is a three seat electrified hybrid hypercar prototype that distils Poseidon myth into a disciplined trident based grammar, informed by abstract marine biomimicry. Three force lines organise structure, aerodynamics, lighting and cabin layout into one readable system. A Nereid hybrid architecture with an integrated inverted electrode cell coordinates energy delivery and thermal management. Detachable, replaceable body modules enable rapid inspection and service for track focused professional use.
About ChenYang Shen
ChenYang Shen, also known as Tizzë, is a self-taught Chinese multidisciplinary designer, artist and founder of The Sixth Dimension Studio. His practice connects vehicle design, narrative worldbuilding and authored visual systems, bringing together concept development, modelling, visual storytelling, brand language and music composition. Working across these fields, he creates projects that unite symbolic depth, technical imagination and emotional resonance. His work explores how storytelling, philosophical inquiry and future mobility can be translated into contemporary design with a distinct sense of identity and inner coherence.
Award Record
ChenYang Shen is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. All of the awards belong to the 2025 - 2026 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Car and Land Based Motor Vehicles Design Award
The A' Car Design Award is an international car design competition recognizing good car designs by leading car designers and automotive brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to car designers, automobile designers, industrial designers and motor vehicle companies from all countries. Entries typically include sedans, hatchbacks, suvs, convertibles, coupes and minivans. Awarded car designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/car
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/181029
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/181029
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!181029
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/369707
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Enosichthon Concept Hypercar
- Function
- Concept Hypercar
- Category
- Car and Land Based Motor Vehicles Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Automotive
- Colors
- Gray, Dim Gray, Silver, Dark Gray and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- ChenYang Shen
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #181029
Credits
- Image Credits
- Image #Main: Creator Chenyang Shen (Tizze), 2026.; Creator Chenyang Shen (Tizze), 2026.; Creator Chenyang Shen (Tizze), 2026. Video Credits: Creator Chenyang Shen (Tizze), 2026. Images in PDF: All created by Creator Chenyang Shen (Tizze), 2026
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Enosichthon is an original three seat e hybrid hypercar prototype, named after a title of Poseidon in Greek mythology. It is shaped by a proprietary trident grammar, a design language made for this project, and carried through the car as one system. It uses the Nereid hybrid system with three inverted high rate NCA battery modules and coordinated hybrid energy management. Most body modules are detachable and replaceable for quick maintenance and inspection, defining a new track driving concept.
- Inspiration
- Aftershock, driving into a new era. Enosichthon draws inspiration from Greek mythology and a wide range of marine life. Its form and structural architecture reinterpret Poseidon's trident, Hermes' winged sandals, a humpback whale tail, a giant squid arm crown, shark fins, megalodon teeth, and Skolopendra like tentacles, shaping these motifs into a cohesive, contemporary expression that feels both mythical and alive. It translates narrative and biology into modern lines, volumes, and flow.
- Research
- Research for this project began with a modern reinterpretation and synthesis of classical mythology and marine biology, then moved into comparative studies of hypercar proportion, airflow paths, and three seat packaging. Iteration in Autodesk Maya and Unreal Engine tested how a trident grammar could remain coherent across surfaces, structure, and lighting while supporting a hybrid power core concept.
- Challenge
- The greatest challenge was executing the entire project solo, while fusing biological motifs such as the humpback tail, megalodon teeth, gill structures and squid arm crown forms with an original trident grammar and a coherent narrative background. In parallel, a highly detailed hybrid powertrain, suspension architecture and cockpit design were developed, keeping the whole system consistent through continuous iteration and review. The process was demanding, yet deeply meaningful and valuable.
- Realization and Technology
- Enosichthon is developed using advanced 3D modelling, aerodynamic concepting, and the controlled translation of myth and marine biology into contemporary form. Its architecture is conceived as one system, balancing a three seat layout with a powerful combustion core and an electric drive concept. Great care is taken with panel alignment, surface curvature, airflow management, and the integration of structure, lighting, and materials. The result is expressive, technically grounded, and feasible.
- Operation and Interaction
- Enosichthon is simple to use. Detachable modules speed inspection and can reduce service cost. Steering wheel controls include a Mode button with three settings, letting drivers choose energy use and tailpipe output. Eco is Nereid led pure electric drive, blocking fuel and engine response. Sport runs managed hybrid distribution. Corsa prioritises the Keteus V14, while Nereid provides power, recovery and torque assist. The key docks magnetically to start. One touch switches the rear view feed.
- Project Duration and Location
- Enosichthon was initiated on 28 June 2025 in Hangzhou, China. The modelling phase began on 7 September 2025 and concluded on 4 January 2026, with final renders completed on 17 February 2026. The project was developed entirely remotely using Autodesk Maya and Unreal Engine. From start to finish, the production process was continuously documented, with working files and backups maintained throughout the development period.
- Specifications
- Product dimensions: 5598 mm x 2114 mm x 1275 mm. Wheelbase 3387 mm, ground clearance 80 mm, spoiler span 1972 mm. Three seat layout. Forged carbon and carbon fibre bodywork. Centre console in black ceramic glass. Steering wheel and key use magnetic recognition. Continuous aerodynamic package. Hybrid system uses three inverted high rate NCA battery modules, tuned for burst and range, coordinated by the Nereid electrical control box, balancing sustained electric cruising with instantaneous assist.
- Keywords
- Concept Car, Myth Inspired Design, Three Seat Hypercar Prototype, E Hybrid Concept, Trident Design Grammar, Continuous Aerodynamics, Forged Carbon, Advanced Cockpit Design, Visual Storytelling, Maya Modelling
