TWO big events today - Detroit and Aviary

If you haven't already seen or heard, Carbofos, a new member of the community, took home the Gold in the Detroit Competition with the entry entitled "Michigan". Close behind him were Maymay and Mihai. This was a powerful and challenging competition because it took on the standard notions of Detroit muscle-centric design and pushed to uncover a new language underneath the hard and wizened surface of modern Motown.










(LM Winner - Michigan - by Carbofos)

The critique for Carbofos was not without spicy encouragement and negativity, but the debate raged, and that is what counts.

Along the lines of engagement and debate, Local Motors engaged a new tool today that fundamentally changes the landscape of on-line design. Today we unveiled a fundamental functional addition to the Local Motors web interface - the ability to sketch using the majority of photoshop-like functionalities on any checkup, right from the browser.

No need for your own software - we provide it.
No need to download, open, work, save, reupload - it is all right in the browser.
No need to post reworked images in the right place - this tool does all that for you.

Now that we have launched this, you will be able to rework any checkup AND any visual comment within a checkup stream. Comment on designs, comment on people's comments, make them better, make them worse, make them different....the sky is the limit. Go ahead.










Press the blue "Aviary" tool button beneath any checkup image and the magic begins. If you need some assistance the first time, make sure to click the "?" as we have offered a screencast to take you through the process the first time. When you are ready to brush up on your skills, the "Tutorial" button offers just such brushing up.

Enjoy. Detroit has entered an exciting new era with an exciting "Michigan" car. And a new age of collaboration, sharing, critique, and improvement is upon us in the car industry. As expected, you have found it starting right here at LM.