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The rules were simple. Google asked for “a creative, original T-Shirt that perfectly captures the spirit of exploration and innovation of the Google Lunar X PRIZE.” See the design at http://www.googlelunarxprize.org. With an innate enthusiasm for the space industry, Julian is excited by the win.

“This is purely levitating,” Bennett said, “Becoming a part, no matter the size, within any segment of our country’s space exploration spectrum is exactly what I yearned and gravitated towards since the Apollo days. It is another method to help support and promote to our country the need to embrace and embark upon space exploration further and further.”

The design clearly communicates the goals of the Google X-PRIZE, a $30 million competition to encourage a private company to launch a rocket to the Earth’s moon, have it land safely, deploy a vehicle that will be able to move 500 meters and which can also collect data and transmit that data back to Earth. The design will be printed on t-shirts and other items and is available in the Google X-PRIZE store at http://www.cafepress.com/glxp/5959462 .

Julian’s design recalls the Apollo program, where considerably larger vehicles made the same journey. Julian remembers when his father, a TV journalist from Orlando, would cover the launches and the safe return of the astronauts.

“I grew up here and watched many Apollo launches and the astronauts’ parade on return,” Julian said. “It was where I wanted to go in my future. I was beyond entranced with any form of aerospace explorations. In high school, it became obvious that I would not be ‘the next rocket scientist’, so I learned that I could empower my dreams via my artistic and design abilities within this immense aerospace industry. Also, through my role at Brandt Ronat and our accomplishments with many diverse aerospace clients, primarily the Space Foundation, we have helped open many wondrous pathways in promoting space. It is cosmic.”

Brandt Ronat + Company (BR+C) is a mature design solutions firm known for creating brand strategies and high-value message development, sustainable communications and advertising systems for clients in financial, health and wellness, space and technology, community infrastructure, real estate development and retail. Recent work with Health First, Hospital de la Concepción (Puerto Rico), The Viera Company, BankFIRST, the Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast, Community Educators Credit Union, Gatto’s Tires & Auto Service and Space Foundation (Colorado/Washington, D.C.) often involves reaching customers in hard-to-capture categories or circumstances and in complex environments where messaging is a challenge. The Brandt Ronat + Company headquarters, at 60 McLeod, Merritt Island, Florida, has received several honors for responsible and inspired renovation of an older property.