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(Press Release) Silver and Gold Befall Charlotte Shop

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Charlotte-based advertising agency STUDIOBANKS cashed in at the 2007 ADDY® Awards on March 8th, winning 4 Awards. The Awards Show and Gala was held at the plush CenterStage@NoDa Convention Center in the artistic district of Charlotte, where over 250 local and regional creative directors, designers and writers gathered for the annual competition. Nearly 50 area agencies submitted work, totaling 400 entries in the competition. STUDIOBANKS walked away with 1 Gold and 3 Silver—an encore to their Best of Show Award last year for website client Urbana.

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(Press Release) Studiobanks Launches New Website for Opera Carolina

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Studiobanks launched a new website for Opera Carolina www.operacarolina.org, the largest professional opera company in the Carolinas with an operating budget of over $2.8 million. Earlier in the year, Studiobanks was chosen by the organization out of a group of area agencies to revamp the Opera Carolina online presence for the 2006-2007 season.

Fitting in alongside the Opera Carolina branding the new website aims to educate visitors about the opera as well as inspire them to attend. With the integration of motion and sound, the new Opera Carolina website is suited to immerse the visitor in the opera experience as well as provide a breath of information in an easy-to-use format without being overwhelming.

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(Press Release) Studiobanks Opens New Southend Office and Expands it's Creative Team

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Studiobanks recently uprooted their operation and moved closer to Uptown Charlotte, opening a new office in Southend’s CITISPACE building. “We felt the need to be closer to the center of the Charlotte design community and closer to our clients. We’re now in a space that better reflects our personality.” — said Studiobanks’ President Banks Wilson.

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(Press Release) Top Honors at ADDY Awards Show

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The Charlotte Ad Club’s 2006 Addy Awards Show held Thursday night at The Big Chill presented hundreds of awards, a few special recognitions, and one great surprise to Charlotte’s advertising industry. Studiobanks, a young business of four designers took home the “Best of Show” award for their Urbana Cityspa & Teabar website www.escape2urbana.com design—the first “new media” project to win the honor in Charlotte’s Addy history.

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(Press Release) Studiobanks Nabs Two ADDY Awards

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On February 18th, 2005, Studiobanks won its first two awards in the company’s three-year history, taking home two Addy’s from the Charlotte Ad Club’s annual Addy Awards Show. The awards ceremony, held in the McGlohon Theatre of Spirit Square in Uptown Charlotte, boldly introduced Studiobanks to the Charlotte advertising and design community.

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(Press Release) Focus on Redesigning Communication

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In February of 2002, inside a small office building in South Charlotte, Banks Wilson started on a quest to build his own design firm aimed at “Redesigning Communication.” After realizing agency work wasn’t for him, Wilson knew starting his own firm was a logical choice and Studiobanks was born.

Wilson attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte concentrating his studies in graphic design. Upon graduation in the spring of 2001, Wilson felt his talents were underutilized working in a corporate environment.

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