"We have a phase of our design cycle where we ask the designers... to bring in their inspiration," says Davis.
That was part of our design.
This helped us to learn the potential pitfalls of our design.
"We take any infringement of our design and copyright very seriously," she added.
The thinking was, the exhibition would help us verify the validity of our design.
He said he thought Samsung had "ripped off a bunch of our design elements".
As part of our design, we never collected any personal data on our customers like bank account information.
Our submission, "Voices of the Departed," Entry No. 706345, offered the voices of those lost as the centerpiece of our design.
Olivier Frémont, head of Créapôle's department of transport design, said: "Four or five years ago much of our design work was focused on the Chinese and emerging markets.
Some of our design students have gone on to lead successful agencies; others work in creative roles in organisations such as the Sunday Times, Tate and Sony.
"We want to build our EVs (electric vehicles) in the west Midlands, in the home of our design and engineering," Speth said.
