Tagged With: Design

Press Release from Contour Design

Windham NH -- April 14, 2009 -- Contour Design, a market leader in audio/video editing devices, has released new ShuttlePRO and ShuttleXpress drivers with optimized settings for Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium, Apple Final Cut Studio 2, and Avid Liquid 7. The driver includes new settings for the following video editing, audio editing, and graphics applications:

-- Adobe After Effects CS3 & CS4-- Adobe Encore CS3 & CS4-- Adobe Flash CS3 & CS4-- Adobe Illustrator CS3 & CS4

Press Release from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Beverly Hills, CA -- The opportunities and challenges facing motion picture costume designers working in the current era of digital technology will be explored at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' program, "Costume Design in the Digital Age," on Friday, April 24, at 8 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The evening will be hosted by Oscar-nominated costume designer Dr. Deborah Nadoolman Landis and Academy Governor Bill Taylor.

For the first time in Europe, at fmx/09 (May 5-8 in Stuttgart, Germany), 5D will present a track of sessions themed to the interaction of creativity and technology in world building and storytelling in visual art, entertainment and environmental design.

Ringling College of Art and Design has launched a new BA program -- Business of Art & Design.

The new BA course, The Business of Art & Design, aims to help graduates understand business, and how better to run businesses if they strike out on their own. The program contains echoes of Harvard Business School. To the knowledge of the college, there is no comparable course among other art and design schools.

Ringling's major courses grew from six to 14 in the past three years and the school boasts an 85 percent graduation rate.

Autodesk's Exposure lighting simulation and analysis technology has been validated in a collaborative effort between the National Research Council Canada (NRC), Harvard University and Autodesk. This technology is included in Autodesk 3ds Max Design software. The validation recognizes that quantitative daylight simulation results provided by the software are as accurate and reliable as the existing "gold standard" for simulated test cases.

Troika Design Group, a strategic branding and design agency for companies in media and entertainment, has ushered in a bold new graphic design for top-rated cable network TNT. The launch of the Troika redesign coincided with the premiere of TNT's new series LEVERAGE and introduced a rich multi-dimensional world of light and color. TNT's new on-air design was unveiled Dec. 7, 2008.

For the second year in a row, The Art Institute of California - Orange County has awarded a member of its faculty a quarter-long sabbatical to pursue a passion, add to their body of knowledge and bring the information back to the school. Media Arts & Animation instructor Brian Smith was named the Spring 2009 recipient.

His proposal was titled "The Urban Commuter, An Environmentally Safe Automobile for the Active Family and Its Implications for Teaching in the Area of Industrial Design."

3Dconnexion's line of 3D mice is now supported by e-on software's Vue 7 xStream and Vue 7 Infinite, advanced solutions for creating, animating, rendering, and integrating natural 3D environments. 3Dconnexion 3D mice complement the Vue 7 workflow, providing visual effects studios, animators, illustrators, architects, matte painters, and computer graphics professionals with a high-end 3D scenery solution that enhances design performance and productivity.