auto.des.sys is pleased to announce the 2005 form.Z Joint Study Program Awards
auto.des.sys is pleased to announce the 2005
form.Z Joint Study Program Awards. These were
given out during the ACADIA conference, October
13-16, in Savannah, Georgia. The winners arrived
in Savannah from four corners of the world to
receive their awards at a dinner that
auto.des.sys sponsored for the conference
attendees. Congratulations and prizes were
extended by Chris Yessios, President and CEO of
auto.des.sys, on October 14, 2005.
Currently in its 14th year, the form.Z Joint
Study Program involves over 250 Universities and
some high schools worldwide. This is a program
with which auto.des.sys, Inc. supports and
subsidizes the learning of the new digital tools,
primarily 3D. At the end of each academic year
auto.des.sys collects the projects that were
created through this program and publishes the
annual form.Z Joint Study Report. This has
evolved into an event that documents the
development and progress, as well as the
excitement generated by computer aided design and
3D modeling education in institutions of higher
learning. One of the traditions the program and
its report have established is the presentation
of annual awards for the exceptional work of
deserving students. This year eight awards of
distinction and eight honorable mentions have
been granted. The nominated projects were divided
in eight categories: Architectural Design,
Interior Design, Urban and Landscape Design,
Fabrication, Product and Industrial Design,
Visualization/Illustration, Animation, and High
Schools.
All Awards of Distinction received a form.Z
RadioZity license with one year technical support
and updates. The winners of Awards of Distinction
were invited, expense paid, to attend ACADIA
2005, where all the awards were officially
announced. In addition, auto.des.sys will wave
the processing costs of a 10-seat JS license for
the school they attend, for next academic year.
Honorable Mentions receive diplomas acknowledging
the award with a one year user license.
A distinguished international jury comprised of
five individuals outside of auto.des.sys, but
experts or theorists of computer aided design,
selected the award winners in a setting that did
not disclose names or school affiliations. The
jurors were:
- Christian E. Allebosch, Industrial Designer, The Clever Lemon Co.
- Greg Conyngham, Integrated CADD Services
- Kelly Dove, Editor-in-Chief, Computer Graphics World
- Loukas Kalisperis, Professor of Architecture, Pennsylvania State University
- David Wolf, Architect, Architects Toolbox
The recipients of the Awards of Distinction this year are:
- Architectural Design: Jeffrey R. Olgin, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
- Interior Design: Po-Yi Lee, Tamkang University, Tanshui, Taipei, Taiwan
- Urban & Landscape Design: Sebastian Guevara
Sinclair, Pontficia
Universidad Católica,
Santiago, Chile
- Product & Industrial Design: Genki Harada, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
- Visualizaton: Mor Rotbart, Holon Academic
Institute of Technology, Holon, Israel
- Animation: James Diewald, Jon Pietro, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
- Fabrication: Dan Tesene, The Minneapolis
College of Art and Design,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
- High School Projects: Danny Salomon, Dalton School, New York, New York
Please visit www.formz.com/ for detailed information about the awards.
View the winning designs
http://formz.com/joint_study/JS2005/awards20042005.html
For additional information please contact
Alexandra Yessios, Vice President of Sales and
Marketing, mailto:ayessios@formz.com
