Calling all artists of all ages and descriptions to showcase your talents.
The Renaissance Youth Bike Shop and the Engaged University are proud to announce this special design competition.
Your charge is to Re-invent, Re-define and Re-brand the bike helmet to save lives. Design is the extra sizzle and awesomesauce that can change minds and shift actions. We are reaching out to others with ideas and imaginative design skills.Can you help to redefine bike helmets as an essential fashion statement?
To Submit: Contact Adam or Noma at The Renaissance Youth Bike Shop to register, submit designs and receive special prototype helmet canvas.
Concept Designs due April 24st, 2009
Completed helmets due May 22nd, 2009 
Award & Exhibition Opportunities: You could be eligible for a 25% creatorʼs commission on a custom line of helmets offered for sale at local shops.
Selected entries will also be featured in Art-O-Matic 2009, on our University-linked website and in many other broadcast and print media.
Eligibility: Any resident of Washington, D.C. metro area, Maryland, Virginia
Judging criteria: Youth appeal, humor, and audacity rule. Vibrant colors, powerful letter forms and character renderings welcome. Creative pastiche, sampling o.k. Please, no copywrite or trademark violations. Collaborations encouraged. A fully realized, completed helmet is a necessary part of the final entry.
Jurors: Youth and staff at The Engaged University (http://www.engagedu.umd.edu)
Who we are: The Renaissance Youth Bike Shop (a project of The Engaged University at UMCP). We are a youth-based, bike recycling shop and after school program that uses the bicycle as a catalyst to enhance the lives of young people through educational, recreational and entrepreneurial hands-on learning opportunities.
Download the Call to Artists and Registration Form
Download the Call to Artists and Registration Form HERE