The car and lifestyles of the young have always been inextricably linked. How today’s digital youth will connect with the auto designs of 2030 is the question behind the Youthmobile Design Challenge, a competition in which Tom Matano, director of the School of Industrial Design, will serve as a judge.
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“They are the Invisible People,” says Erik Blome of the estimated 5–7 million orphans, many with HIV, in Ethiopia. “Who speaks for them?” In 2004 Blome and his wife Charlotte adopted an Ethiopian orphan, unexpectedly launching an artistic odyssey that’s evolved into an outreach program called “When I Grow Up I Want to Be …”
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ho is America’s most talented young photographer? Maybe you know. Maybe it’s you. Coinciding with the publication of its fourth annual Art Issue, W magazine is inviting emerging talents to share their photographic work in “W: The Art Project,” a competition sponsored by the Academy of Art University, social networking site ARThood.com and PhotoShelter.com.
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Taking responsibility for environmental outcomes, especially with respect to sustainability, is altering the nature of what constitutes “good design,” says Phil Hamlett, MFA Director of the Academy’s School of Graphic Design. Hamlett is among a group of leading designers who have assembled The Living Principles, a just-released guide for exploring design’s role in sustainability.
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Frank Lin and Michael Lim are both Academy graduates in Illustration. They’ve both embarked on successful careers in what is broadly termed fantasy art … although their styles are startlingly different. And now they share an additional honor: having their artwork selected for a prestigious exhibition at the Museum of American Illustration in New York.
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