Alias/Wavefront and IBM Launch Design Competition for Emerging Computer Technologies;Worldwide Competition May Award $10,000 Cash and $35,000 in Prizes to Winner.Business Editors, High-Tech Writers SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics, www.siggraph.org) The arm of the ACM that specializes in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Providing publications, workshops and conferences, it has served technicians and researchers as well as the artist and business community 2000 NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2000 Alias/Wavefront(TM), an SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SGI) company, and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) (R) Corporation, today announced they have joined forces to give talented and innovative designers, using Alias/Wavefront Studio/Tools(TM) software, an unprecedented opportunity to explore the overall design impact of products enabled by emerging computer technologies. "We are inviting the world's most talented and innovative designers to define a new standard for emerging computer technologies," explained Peter Mehlstaeubler, Vice President and General Manager, Industrial Design Business Unit of Alias/Wavefront. "We want to give these visionaries an opportunity to shape the future and we look forward, with great anticipation, to seeing the fresh and advanced concepts we believe this competition will inspire." "The combination of the IBM IntelliStation The IBM IntelliStation workstation class personal computer was announced March 1997 as the follow-on to the IBM PC Series 360 and 365. In February 2002 POWER processor based workstations, which where previously sold directly under the eServer pSeries brand, where also placed under workstation with Alias/Wavefront Studio/Tools industrial design software offers designers an outstanding solution at an exceptional value," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Dr. Satish Gupta, Vice President and General Manager IBM IntelliStation. "We look forward to seeing how industrial designers envision the computing devices of tomorrow." The Challenge Designers and students are encouraged to design a concept for the evolution of computing devices. "Project yourself five to ten years into the future and express your vision of interaction with computers, assessing the overall impact of the emerging technologies, new forms of interaction, utility, and lifestyle changes," adds Mehlstaeubler. Entry Deadline is February 19, 2001 For details, the official rules and regulations and to register for the competition, designers should visit www.dxnet.net/createdesign. The deadline is midnight on February 19, 2001. Winners will be announced on March 19, 2001. All designs must be created using Alias/Wavefront's Studio/Tools software (StudioPaint(TM)), DesignStudio(TM), Studio(TM), AutoStudio(TM), or SurfaceStudio(TM)). The competition has been endorsed by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Designers of Helsinki, Finland. World Renowned Jury and Up To More Than $70,000 In Prizes The jury of five internationally recognized design and technology leaders will include Bill Buxton, Chief Scientist of Alias/Wavefront and Silicon Graphics, Inc., Bob Brunner, Principal, Pentragram, USA, Dr. Peter Zec, Managing Director, Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen, Leimei Julia Chiu, Director of Global Networks and Marketing, International Design Center NAGUYA Inc., and David Hill, Manager of Design, IBM Personal Systems Group. The competition may award a first place prize of $10,000 US, one license of Studio/Tools software, one IBM(R) IntelliStation(R) Professional Workstation and roundtrip airfare to Toronto for the presentation of the winning design at a ceremony to be held on March 28, 2001 at the Toronto Design Exchange, Canada's center for design. Other awards may include a second place prize of $6,000 and one license for Alias/Wavefront's DesignStudio software; a third place prize of $3,000 and one license for DesignStudio software; and up to ten honorable mention prizes of $1,000 each. About IBM IntelliStation The IBM IntelliStation series of Windows NT and Windows 2000-based workstations deliver high-performance to computer-aided design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive and computer-aided engineering applications. These workstations help design everything from household products to jet fighter Jet fighter may refer to:
About Alias/Wavefront Alias/Wavefront is the world's leading developer of CAID CAID Computer-Aided Industrial Design CAID Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf CAID Clear Accountability In Design CAID Canadian Association for Information Science (computer-aided industrial design Computer-aided industrial design (CAID) is a subset of computer-aided design (CAD) that includes software that directly helps in product development. Within CAID programs designers have the freedom of creativity, but typically follow a simple design methodology: As the world's leading innovator of 2D and 3D graphics technology, Alias/Wavefront develops software for the film and video, games, interactive media, industrial design, technical surfacing and visualization markets. Alias/Wavefront's design customers include AT&T, BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. , Boeing, Fiat, Ford, Honda, General Motors, Italdesign, Kodak, Mattel, Renault, Rollerblade, Teague and Timex. Alias/Wavefront's film and video customers include Blue Sky, Cinesite, CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. , Digital Domain, Dream Quest Images, Industrial Light & Magic, Pacific Data Images Pacific Data Images was a computer animation production company that was bought by DreamWorks SKG. It is now known as PDI/DreamWorks and is half of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., the public company formed by merging PDI and the feature animation division of DreamWorks. (PDI PDI Protein Disulfide Isomerase PDI Personal Docente e Investigador (Spanish: Personal Educational and Investigating) PDI Pre Delivery Inspection PDI Professional Development Institute ), Pixar, Sony Pictures Imageworks Sony Pictures Imageworks, Inc. is an Academy Award-winning, state-of-the-art visual effects and character animation company. Individuals at the company have been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with Oscars for their work on Spider-Man 2 , The Walt Disney Company, and Warner Feature Animation. Games customers include Acclaim Entertainment, Core Design, Electronic Arts, Factor 5, Kodiak Interactive, Lucas Arts Entertainment Company, Midway Games, Naughty Dog, Nihilistic ni·hil·ism n. 1. Philosophy a. An extreme form of skepticism that denies all existence. b. A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated. 2. , Nintendo, Rare Ltd., Retro Studios, Sega, Single Trac, Sony Computer Entertainment, Square, Timeline Studios, Valkyrie Studios, Verant Interactive, Relic Entertainment, and Westwood Studios. Alias/Wavefront is a wholly owned, independent software company of SGI(R) with headquarters in Toronto and technical centers in Seattle and Santa Barbara. Please visit the Alias/Wavefront web site at www.aliaswavefront.com or call 800/447-2542 in North America. Readers in Europe can call +800 4125 4125 or 800 791 174 in Italy; +353 1 890 2244 in the Middle East and Africa; 8 1 3 3470 8282 in Asia-Pacific; and 525 203 0030 in Latin America for the nearest sales office or authorized reseller in their area. Alias/Wavefront, the Alias/Wavefront logo, Studio, DesignStudio, StudioPaint, SurfaceStudio, AutoStudio and Studio/Tools are trademarks of Alias/Wavefront, a division of Silicon Graphics Limited. SGI is a trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc. IBM and IntelliStation are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Alias/Wavefront, 210 King Street East, Toronto, Canada, M5A 1J7 Tel: 416/362-9181, FAX: 416/369-6140. Editor's Note: The vertical bar that appears in the company name, Alias/Wavefront, and its product name, Studio/Tools, has been replaced by "/" in this release because the vertical bar symbol does not translate into most systems. Note to Editors: Digital Images Available |
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