If you are interested in video game design a few of us are attending the Global Game Jam 2011 this Friday, Jan. 30 at DU. The concept is to design a video game in 48 hours in competition with artists and designers all over the world. Should be fun!

To register, you need to register both on the Global Game Jam site and on the Facebook page.

ADCD (Art Directors Club of Denver) hosts “The Old Spice Guys”!

The team who made these INGENIOUS commercials is coming from Portland!

ADCD Keynote Speakers – “Old Spice Guys” Buy Tickets
Thursday February 17, 2011 at 6:00pm
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design
1600 Pierce Street
Lakewood, Colorado Get Directions
The Old Spice Guys go to Casa Bonita!

Wieden+Kennedy creatives Craig Allen & Eric Kallman bring ideas, insights, and a tasty reel of work for Skittles, Careerbuilder.com, and yes, the infamous “I’m on a horse” spot for Old Spice that has swept every major award show, has millions of followers on YouTube, and a slew of parodies. They just have one request. Being big South Park fans, they want to go to Casa Bonita. Wanna go with them?

Come hear them at RMCAD Thursday, February 17th at 6PM. We’ll then hold drawings for Casa Bonita vouches so you may go to dinner on ADCD with Eric and Craig. Just think. You’ll get to talk to the winners of the 2010 Cannes Grand Prix for Television AND enter the diabolical Black Bart’s Cave—all in one night! Wow!

The new website for the College of Arts and Media, University of Colorado Denver is now live! The new design has extensive links to student work being created in the Visual Arts program, including Digital Design, Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Music, Film and Theater. We have designed it to be a resource for current students and faculty so that we can see how student outcomes are directly linked to what students are doing in the courses. Plus, it looks cool!

The College of Arts and Media (CAM) at UCD is very pleased to invite you to attend any of four premiere performances of Galileo.the father of modern science. This exciting new piece will play at 7:30 and 9:00 PM on Wednesday, January 19 and Thursday, January 20 in the Dome of Gates Planetarium, which is located inside The Denver Museum of Nature and Science (DMNS). Attendance at all performances is free of charge but seating is limited and reservations are required ( see the end of this Announcement for details ).

Seating is limited and by reservation only due to the limited seats in the Gates Planetarium Theater. The public is welcome, with a Reservation available for each show below:

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Thursday is a video release party showing DS III videos and music:

Thursday, December 16 · 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Crossroads Theatre
2590 Washington Street
Denver, CO

**ALL AGES!!**

$5 cover -or- free with valid UCD student ID

Music Videos created by UCD Digital Design students for:
The Heyday
Glowing House
MTHDS
Regret Night
John Common
My Body Sings Electric
The Hollyfelds
Leslie Brown

Live Performances by:
My Body Sings Electric
Leslie Brown
Glowing House
& Special Guest

Tonight (Friday) on Channel 7 the lead news item at 5PM will be an interview with Michelle Carpenter and her students in Design Studio III – a zombie awareness piece. Check it out!

The Art Directors Club of Denver (ADCD) is accepting entries for its annual competition, The Student Show. In the past, categories have included Graphic Design, Digital Illustration, Graphic Design – Poster, Graphic Design – Packaging, Publication, Editorial Design, Traditional Illustration, Print Advertising, New Media/Web, Direct Mail, Photography, Logo/Identity. Prizes have included $1,000 scholarship, Wacom Intuos tablet, iPod, Adobe Suite, and ADCD membership. Not to mention recognition by the professional design community!

It would be great to see some Digital Design students entering this competition, there have been many winners from CCD, RMCAD, Ai and Metro in past years.

Thanks for sending this Rassamee!

Nice article about scientific and medical animation recently posted in the NY Times. Over the last decade, medical animation has improved dramatically from a simple accessory to a valid, accurate teaching tool.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/16/science/16animate.html?_r=1

Here’s a great article about our Design Studio III course – http://www.heyreverb.com/2010/11/05/news-college-courses-never-used-to-be-this-cool/. Congratulations Michelle and the gang!