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The MOCAD New Wave is an innovative auxiliary group dedicated to furthering MOCAD's Mission by engaging young professionals and art enthusiasts, actively contributing to increasing public awareness of MOCAD and promoting contemporary art in our community.The competition is open to all students and those who have graduated within the last two years, and will allow the winner an opportunity to enhance their portfolio by designing an official logo for a distinguished art institution. The selected logo will be featured on all promotional materials for the New Wave in the future, and have a prominent place on this website.

In addition to special recognition as the New Wave Logo Competition Winner on our website, the winning designer will also receive one copy of every MOCAD publication in print, a $100 gift certificate to the MOCAD Store, a one-year MOCAD Membership, and a MOCAD t-shirt. Ten finalists will also be recognized on the website. Deadline for submissions is April 10.

Download competition details and entry form at:
http://www.mocadetroit.org/newwave/

Questions?
E-mail newwave@mocadetroit.org

An interesting article in the Free Press tells about the increase of people taking art classes as a way to deal with financial stress. Art Therapy has been used a lot in healthcare, but it I've heard of it used for financial reasons.

Excerpt:
Despite the pullback in consumer spending, two major art centers in metro Detroit -- the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center and the Anton Art Center -- are seeing an increase in people flocking to their classes and workshops. And reservations have been pouring in for Artcenter Traverse City's weekly summer workshops, which start at $350 each.

http://www.freep.com/article/20090222/BUSINESS06/902220440?GID=VdL+c7jym...

It may be freezing cold outside now, but its never too early to start thinking of spring. A great new product for bikes is the LightLane, a safety concept by Altitude, Inc. The system projects a virtual bike lane, using lasers, on the ground around the rider. This provides drivers with a recognizable boundary they can easily avoid. The idea is to allow riders to take safety into their own hands, rather than leaving it to the city.

http://www.good.is/?p=14716

Geekhouse Bikes builds custom bikes and they have developed a process to apply any digital graphics to the frames and rims.

http://www.geekhousebikes.com/index.html

Detroit Renaissance Inc. this week started its "creative economy" initiative by launching the beta site for "Detroit Make It Here." It's up and running, but it will launch formally after early feedback. The site targets companies in creative sectors -- from architecture to engineering to Web design, to lure talent to the area and allow creative to network.

http://www.detroitmakeithere.com/

GDi08 is a showcase of all 2008 graduates of BA(Hons) Graphic Design and BA(Hons) Illustration at the University of Brighton.

http://www.gdi08.co.uk/

The One and Only Tablet Mac®

The Axiotron Modbook™, or Modified MacBook, is a slate-style tablet Mac that allows users to draw and write directly on the screen using applications like Corel Painter and Adobe Photoshop. The design and manufacturing process integrates an Apple MacBook laptop, and Wacom pen-enabled digitizer technology.

The Modbook operates on the Mac OS® X v10.5 Leopard™ platform. It has 2.1GHz-plus of processing speed, 1GB-plus of memory, and the full-range of Apple MacBook connectivity via Ethernet, USB, FireWire®, Bluetooth and AirPort®. Every Modbook also comes equipped with a built-in iSight® camera, optical drive and Global Positioning System (GPS).

http://www.axiotron.com/index.php?id=modbook

Eleven CCS students were sponsored by Ford to create new concepts for the Model T, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The first place prize went to Dong Tran (above) who plans for powering the vehicle with a battery pack that could be removed and used to power other devices.The battery he designed would be powered by solar panels on the hood of the car. It would also have an active suspension system, which could capture energy for re-use as the car moves up and down over the road.

All of the Model T entrants will be on display this summer at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn. Tran's Model T also will be displayed at Ford's world headquarters in Dearborn.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008805010400

University of Windsor Institute for
Diagnostic Imaging Research
Logo Contest

The purpose of this competition is to select the logo for the University of Windsor Institute for Diagnostic Imaging Research. The logo will be used in all communication materials related to this Institute.

Background

The CCS Graphic Design department has developed a student-promotional website for employers. The site features selected works from Sophomore, Juniors, and Seniors.

http://www.gdshowcase.collegeforcreativestudies.edu/