About the Art and Artist

A Treasured Keepsake

For the past 14 years, the National Space Symposium commemorative space art poster has been a treasured keepsake. The 28th National Space Symposium poster, designed by artist Richard Green, speaks to the aspects that drive all of us in the space industry: the wonder of new, unexplored worlds; the challenge of technological feats not yet attempted; the visceral excitement of a rocket launch; the lure of knowledge undiscovered and the promise of a future better than the present.

Co-sponsored by International Space University (ISU), the poster is being distributed to promote the 28th National Space Symposium and, during the Symposium, it will be distributed to attendees at the Space Foundation booth at the Ball Aerospace Exhibit Center. In addition to being used as a poster, Green's artwork is driving the design for all 28th National Space Symposium advertising, collateral, signage and promotional materials, as well as this website.

About the Artist

Green, a senior environment/cinematics/concept artist in the video game industry for more than 18 years, is best known for his space, 3D and interactive game designs. Among the interactive game titles to his credit are: Rebel Assault; Rebel Assault 2; Star Wars: Rebellion; Full Throttle; Star Wars X-Wing: Alliance; Star Trek Bridge Commander; Secret Weapons over Normandy; Supreme Commander; and DC Universe Online.

Green's design company, Artbot, produces games and 3D designs for LucasArts Entertainment Company, Maxval Drawings, Enterprise Productivity Systems, Paccar, Totally Games, Design Annex, Lucas Learning, Ltd., Soo Hoo Design and the Space Foundation. He has also held design positions with LucasArts Entertainment Company, Mondo Media/Mechadeus and Argyle Design.

Green won the Neutrino Prize in the 2009 CERN/ATLAS multimedia competition for animation depicting the life of a proton as it exists in the Large Hadron Collider's "ATLAS" module. His artwork has been published in the Ballistic Publishing books, Elemental and Expose 1, as well as multiple educational and how-to digital art books.

Green also designed the commemorative 25th anniversary National Space Symposium artwork for the Space Foundation in 2009, which depicted a curious child gazing at a spacewalker from the window of a space habitat of the future.

Green, who is based in Kirkland, Wash., earned a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial design from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, Calif., and an associate of arts degree in filmmaking and general studies from Goldenwest/Orange Coast Community Colleges, Costa Mesa/Huntington Beach, Calif.

To review Green's portfolio of artwork and achievements, visit www.artbot.com.

A Rich History of Design

To date, the Space Foundation has issued 14 National Space Symposium posters, starting in 1999. The subject matter has ranged from actual space photographs to fantastical visions of the future to stunning starscapes. To see all the posters, click here.

About International Space University

ISU, the poster's co-sponsor, provides graduate-level training to the future leaders of the emerging global space community at its Central Campus in Strasbourg, France, and at locations around the world. In its two-month Space Studies Program and one-year Masters Program, ISU offers students a core curriculum covering all disciplines related to space programs and enterprises, space science, space engineering, systems engineering, space policy and law, business and management and space and society. Both programs also involve an intense student research team project providing international graduate students and young space professionals the opportunity to solve complex problems by working together in an intercultural environment.

Since its founding in 1987, ISU has graduated more than 3,000 students from 100 countries. Together with hundreds of ISU faculty and lecturers from around the world, ISU alumni comprise an extremely effective network of space professionals and leaders that actively facilitates individual career growth, professional activities and international space cooperation. For more information, go to www.isunet.edu.