[Reader-list] [Announcements] Fw: Maurice Kanbar Program in Environmental and Transportation Graphics

[Rana Dasgupta]

Dear Friends and Collegues:


The reason for this e-mail is to inform you about an upcoming design
competition entitled Moving Forward - an open, international competition to
re-envisage highway signage - to be hosted by the Maurice Kanbar Program in
Environmental and Transportation Graphics in the Fall of 2006.  For more
information please refer to the website:

http://clients.essl.com/cooper/drivingforward/


The competition seeks to explore the future possibilities of signage for
transportation systems. We are inviting professionals working in a broad
range of related disciplines to participate, including:

  a.. Architecture
  b.. Civil and Roadway Engineering
  c.. Environmental Design
  d.. Graphic Arts
  e.. Industrial Design
  f.. Urban Design
  g.. Intelligent Transportation and Wayfinding Systems


OBJECTIVES:



The past twenty years have witnessed enormous technological advances in the
performance of automobiles, way-finding systems and roadway construction.
>From state-of-the-art Intelligent Transportation Systems to GPS 
communications and self-navigating solar, electric or bio-diesel powered
cars, we appear to be at the threshold of a new era in automobile mobility,
safety and efficiency. Why is it then that Highway Signage in America has
lagged behind the rest of the industry?



Moving Forward is an open international juried competition that seeks
proposals which re-envision automobile wayfinding systems and traffic
control devices that improve traffic flow and optimize navigability while
reducing congestion. The competition invites candidates to propose traffic
signage concepts that promote efficiency, uniformity and safety. Proposals
should be able to adapt to future changes in traffic patterns and
incorporate technological advances as they develop. Entries should address
current innovations in automobile and roadway technology as well as invent
new possibilities for the future.



Competition entrants are asked to reexamine transportation signage in its
entirety, from navigational principals, to new materials, technology, types
of vehicles, pictograms, language and communication.



Please forward this e-mail to anyone you think may be interested in
participating in this anonymous competiton.



Thank you for your consideration.



Sincerely,



Suzan Wines

Assistant Professor of Architecture, The Cooper Union
Architect & Partner, I-Beam Design



I-Beam Design
245 West 29th Street, Suite 501A
New York, NY  10001
Phone: 212-244-7596
Fax: 212-244-7597
Mobile: 917-553-7682
E-mail: suzan at i-beamdesign.com









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