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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.

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!

(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

Best Wishes to Keeley & Megan!

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This Halloween weekend, a member of the Studiobanks family married a member of Muzak, our long-time client! Keeley and Megan were celebrated with a beautiful ceremony and a fun-filled, Irish-themed reception. We enjoyed tunes by an Irish folk band and a delicious mishmash of Irish foods and drinks. Emerald green, shamrocks and beautiful Irish blessings placed on tables brought the festive Irish theme together nicely. This was my favorite:

May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
The sun shine warm upon your face
The rains fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of his hand.

Congratulations to the Carrigans - we hope you enjoy your trip to Ireland!

(Project Update) Can I get an Amen!

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In the spirit of giving, earlier this fall we donated our services to create a new website for Banks’ family church, Central Steele Creek Presbyterian. The church, founded in 1793, has a rich history of serving its community through missions, worship and meaningful year-round programs.

We provided the ministry with a useful online tool to enhance and grow its connectivity with existing and new church members. The website features a look into the church's history, a calendar of events, volunteer opportunities and much more. We hope it supports Central Steele Creek's mission to continue making a difference!

Drifting Creatives Pay us a Visit

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This week, Drifting Creatives duo Gavin and Martin made a pit stop at our studio to check out our work and interview Banks. These recent Texas A&M grads are a traveling design firm, road tripping their way across the country in pursuit of design inspiration (as well as design work) to help pay their way. Before arriving in each city, they use Twitter to reach out to design firms to schedule a visit, and to reach out to local chapters of industry organizations like AIGA to see if they can crash at a fellow designer's house. Once the party's over they'll return to Aggieland to open their own design shop.

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(Project Update) Andrew Roby Website Launched

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Our team recently launched a new website for Andrew Roby, one of the premier residential construction firms in the Charlotte region that specializes in high-end custom home remodeling. This award-winning, civic-minded company was founded more than 60 years ago as a simple, one man remodeling firm. Today, Andrew Roby has set a high standard for home remodeling, renovations, new homes, handyman services and custom commercial projects. Check out their portfolio to see their one-of-a-kind homes that combine style, luxury and comfort!

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(Project Update) Where did January go?

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We can't believe it's February already and we're scratching our heads wondering where January ran off to! Time flies so quickly for us here at the studio but we wanted to share some details of awesome projects we launched at the end of 2008.

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2008 Holiday Party

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Holiday cheer was in the air at our company Christmas party this week! Even though we're in the middle of working hard to wrap up some big end-of-year deadlines, we wanted to stop and thank our clients, friends and families for their continued support of the Studiobanks team.

Keeping with tradition, we held our party at Dilworth Billiards, a private club that is about a block away from the studio. Those who came enjoyed some free food, played our holiday game and met some of our other friends. Special thanks to clients Urbana, Varji & Varji, blynk and Asana Activewear for donating door prizes, and to everyone else who was able to make it out!

If you missed the party, check out the photos! Merry Christmas and Happy 2009!

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