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(Press Release) Studiobanks Receives ADDY® Awards

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To celebrate creative excellence in our industry, Studiobanks joined more than 32 Charlotte advertising and design firms at last week's 2010 Charlotte ADDY® Awards & Gala Show. Held at the snazzy Westin Hotel in Uptown Charlotte, our digital agency was honored with a Gold ADDY® Award for Muzak’s 75th Anniversary Mini Site, and a Silver ADDY® Award for Crossroads Charlotte’s Website. Thank you to clients Muzak and Foundation for the Carolinas for their amazing partnership and collaboration on these award-winning projects! Also, cheers to all involved in putting together a tremendous show and congratulations to all of this year's winners.

Conducted annually by the American Advertising Federation, the local ADDY® Awards is the first of a three-tier, national competition. Concurrently, all across the country, local entrants vie for recognition as the very best in their markets. At the second tier, local winners compete against other winners in one of 14 District competitions. District winners are then forwarded to the third tier, the national ADDY® Awards competition.

Support Details

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Last week I stumbled across Support Details – which is a simple, single serving site by Imulus that tells the user the operating system, screen resolution, web browser, browser size, ip address, color depth, if JavaScript is enabled, the version of Flash installed, and if cookies are enabled on a user’s computer. The site even allows the user to take their results and export a PDF, export a CSV or email their results to a desired recipient.

It shouldn’t be hard to see how a service like this can be particularly useful when attempting to debug issues with less computer-savvy clients who are unsure how to acquire any of this information. If you find yourself attempting to address a similar issue with a client, I’d recommend using Support Details.

Bing Ups the Ante With Some Wicked In-Map Augmented Reality

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I was linked to a TED Talk the other day by a friend whose only description of the video was "the crowd actually gasps in the middle of the presentation". Knowing that TED usually features the brightest and most innovative minds of today, you could imagine my surprise when the presenter of the video was an employee of Microsoft.

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The Importance of Web-based Casual Games

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Lately, all the buzz has been around social media.

Facebook and Twitter can work well for some companies, but all the hype is overshadowing the fact that social media should be part of a larger digital marketing strategy. Including a fun, well designed online game in that strategy is often overlooked by companies, yet it provides an excellent opportunity to interact with consumers and highlight products. You’re probably thinking, "Oh well you only care about games because you’re a 20-something guy who’s never grown up and would play any game just because it exists." Well, you might be right but there’s some pretty solid data to show otherwise.

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Make a Wish for 2010

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The New Year is a special occasion that welcomes new opportunity for peace, success and health. To close out 2009 and ring in the New Year, our team partnered with Parker Poe, one of the largest law firms in the Carolinas, to create a festive, inspiring interactive holiday card for its attorneys and clients.

Join Studiobanks in hoping for the best in the coming year by helping Parker Poe reach 2010 wishes for 2010. Visit the winter-themed site to choose a snowflake and submit your New Year's wishes. Once you're finished be sure to view other wishes by clicking the different snowflakes.

Blessings to you and yours in 2010!

Play our 2009 Holiday Game!

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Happy Holidays from all your friends at Studiobanks.

We have created another holiday game to celebrate the season. Enjoy!

Wow!
As if 2009 hasn't been a tough enough year, you have now found your self at the worst holiday party ever. On the way in you passed some people talking about how the party was filled with really annoying people and you quickly realize this is the last place you want to be. You also overheard them talk about another really cool holiday party being thrown by Studiobanks.
The objective of the game is to find a way to escape and get to the Studiobanks holiday party.

2009 Holiday Soiree!

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We hope everyone enjoyed (and recovered nicely) from our holiday party! A crowd of almost 125 guests gathered at Dilworth Billiards for a festive evening of mixing and mingling with our clients, colleagues, friends and family. Cheers to everyone who came out to celebrate the holidays with our team!

A special thank you to new client La Paz for the delicious holiday eats and to clients for donating a wonderful collection of door prizes, including two lunch passes from AAF Charlotte, a $50 gift card from Asana Activewear, $70 in gift cards from Blynk Organic, First Night Charlotte tickets and Ruth’s Chris coupons from Charlotte Center City Partners, a t-shirt and toboggan hat from Dilworth Billiards, four tickets to Discovery Place, a fleece blanket and backpack from Muzak, two tickets to Opera Carolina's La Bohème, a 60-minute massage from Urbana Cityspa & Teabar and a $50 gift card from Varji & Varji!

If you missed the party, enjoy the photos. Merry Christmas and Happy 2010!

(Project Update) Architecture Eye Candy

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We had the pleasure of partnering with the Stodghill family to create a new website for PMA Architecture, an award-winning firm founded thirty years ago in Virginia. PMA offers urban community design, preservation, interior design and planning with key staff trained and accredited in LEED compliance and Green Design. We created a website that showcases their beautiful work in a unique visual experience - enjoy!

Concrete, Art & Wine

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If you’re out and about in Plaza Midwood this Saturday we encourage you to stop by Twenty-Two, a new art gallery and wine shop that was designed by our client, Reaching Quiet. You’ve seen Reaching Quiet’s award-winning concrete work at places like Nikko’s, Andrew Blair’s and even our studio!

Twenty-Two should be a pretty sweet spot featuring monthly rotations of artwork by local, national and international artists, as well as a varied selection of wines, beer, sake and coffee drinks.

Twenty-Two: Grand Opening Party
1500 Central Avenue Map
Saturday, November 7 at 7:00 pm
Inaugural art show Emergence featuring artists Mike Watson & Nick Bloomberg

GUTS!

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Studiobanks recently competed in GUTS, a pumpkin carving competition that benefited the Levine Children’s Hospital. Hawse Design, a local branding agency, organized the event and recruited design firms, ad agencies and architects to compete for pumpkin carving supremacy while raising money for the kids.

Banks’ carving skills earned him 2nd place in the individual category while Team Studiobanks, comprised of Keeley, Will, Mike and Banks, took 4th place in the team category. After the judges selected their winners the competition transformed into a silent auction that raised even more money for the Levine Children’s Hospital. Enjoy our photos from the event!