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"Driving Forward" - Transportation Signage Competition
Posted by Norbert Florendo in
18 May 2006 — 5:38am
18 May 2006 — 5:38am
For those who haven't seen this --
COOPER UNION ANNOUNCES
“DRIVING FORWARD”
AN INNOVATIVE DESIGN COMPETITION TO RE-ENVISION TRANSPORTATION SIGNANGE
The Maurice Kanbar Program in Environmental and Transportation Graphics at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art recently announced “Driving Forward,” an open international juried competition that is seeking proposals to re-envision and improve traffic signage.
The competition, to be followed by an exhibition and symposium in Fall 2006 at Cooper Union, invites candidates to use graphic design elements and submit traffic signage concepts that promote efficiency, uniformity and safety. The registration deadline for “Moving Forward” is June 1, 2006. The Maurice Kanbar Program in Environmental and Transportation Graphics was launched by inventor and entrepreneur Maurice Kanbar and The Cooper Union to explore the impact of the past 20 years of technological advancements in automobile performance and road construction on transportation signage.
Projects will be reviewed by a diverse panel of judges ranging from architects and designers ! to civil engineers and transportation research associates. The first place winner will receive $5,000, second place $3,000 and $1,000 for the two third place winners.
For more information about deadlines, prizes and obtaining entry forms, visit: www.cooper.edu/drivingforward
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18 May 2006 — 5:40am
Obviously the title of the thread is "Driving Forward" and not "Driving Forwar" as my bumbling fingers posted.
18 May 2006 — 7:01am
fixed it. :D
18 May 2006 — 7:06am
You mean Cooper is not Driving For WAR!
:-)
ChrisL
18 May 2006 — 7:08am
Thanks, Paul.
BTW -- where is Terry Biddle lately?
He was very active last year regarding Wayfinding Systems improvements.
18 May 2006 — 7:10am
Terry is living and trying to be working in Cincinatti--doing another brand of wayfinding :-)
ChrisL
18 May 2006 — 7:15am
Thanks for the update Chris. I just emailed Terry with the info.
18 May 2006 — 9:03am
Best way to promote safety (clean air, good health, etc.):
18 May 2006 — 9:18am
I think Terry would love to take a shot at it as well, sounds like his cup of tea.
ChrisL
18 May 2006 — 9:24am
Wow - interesting! Especially encouraging is the composition of the jury.
(Wish I was qualified...)
hhp
18 May 2006 — 9:32am
Uh-oh!
Better use one of the "6 typefaces" on signage...
Mr. Vignelli is one of the jury ;-)
18 May 2006 — 9:45am
Nick,
Here is a more offensive example :-)
ChrisL
18 May 2006 — 9:46am
Funny, Norbert! ehe. Will be interesting to see how this goes. I mean if there is any improvement.
I think there should be a law passed on how many SUVs are allowed on the road at once. Or maybe SUVs can only drive in the outside lane.
Technically this should be a NEWS post or in the RELEASE area. :^/ I won't move it this time.
18 May 2006 — 9:55am
LOL Chris.
I was recently in the nation's capital (Ottawa, that is) where they have scenic parkways for the mandarins' commuting, and commercial vehicles are prohibited theron. Prohibiting SUVs would be nice too, Tiff.
18 May 2006 — 9:59am
The one in the picture costs $100,000, needs 2 parking spaces, and gets only 8 mpg. With today's gas prices, they are not selling too well :-)
ChrisL
18 May 2006 — 10:20am
> Technically this should be a NEWS post or in the RELEASE area.
Yes, Tiffany... I tried posting it in the news section late last night but it didn't seem to take, so I added it as a topic this morning.
-- enough excuses, now back to the Vignelli bashing! ;-)
18 May 2006 — 10:21am
At your service.
> Mr. Vignelli is one of the jury
Oh crap.
OK, I vote for reducing the jury to six people.
Or actually, one fewer people than it is now. :-)
As for banning SUVs, I can't stand them just as
much as any of you, but I think we need to focus
on the disease and not get overly distracted by
the symptoms. For one thing, many people are
now motivated to reduce US dependency on oil
because they hate Arabs.
hhp
18 May 2006 — 10:36am
OK, I vote for reducing the jury to six people.
LOL!
not get overly distracted by the symptoms
Yeah, climate change can be so distracting.
18 May 2006 — 11:11am
Besides gas guzzling, I just don't enjoy the view. Driving a small car in a city full of SUVs is a nightmare.
18 May 2006 — 12:38pm
" For one thing, many people are
now motivated to reduce US dependency on oil
because they hate..." :
inflation, pollution, economic doom, environmental disaster, asthma, lung cancer, etc.
ChrisL
18 May 2006 — 1:22pm
Which were all present before 9-11...
hhp
22 May 2006 — 12:28pm
And are still very present and even more so now.
ChrisL
22 May 2006 — 1:57pm
I haven't had to drive a car in over 13 years. Public transportation is the way to go.
22 May 2006 — 2:11pm
Chris, are you being thick on purpose?
hhp
22 May 2006 — 6:50pm
I am just indicating that ethnic prejudice is not the dominant reason.
ChrisL
24 Jan 2007 — 7:48pm
Yow! Y'all was gettin' feisty up in here! :)
So, I guess I found this thread a little late. :) I had a couple of people e-mail me about this and I did try to enter it. At the time I was working at a design firm and we entered the contest as the firm. I couldn't get anyone interested, and ultimately didn't have the time to scrape anything together.
So, does anyone know what the winner's final project looked like? All I found was this link on Google.
25 Jan 2007 — 6:46am
> Best way to promote safety (clean air, good health, etc.):
That is a mixed message, Nick. The logo says cars are allowed, the text says not. (There should be a red slash through the logo.)