Design-O-Matic [NYC] : Blog & Archived Projects » Flash-based http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog Recent work, archived projects and other info about Design-O-Matic [NYC] : www.design-o-matic.com Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:34:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= UPDATE: New clients & recent projects http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2011/04/update-new-clients-recent-projects/ http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2011/04/update-new-clients-recent-projects/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:39:30 +0000 admin http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/?p=524 For the third year in a row, we’ll be working with the Robin Hood Foundation at their annual Javitz Center Gala. As usual, we’ll be building and performing live interactive Motion Graphics for the Donations & Auctions portion of the event.



This year promises to be as fun and worthwhile as ever, with Brian Williams hosting the evening that wraps up with a performance by Lady Gaga. Last year the evening provided a whopping $86 MILLION for fighting poverty in New York.



Stay tuned for more…

 




We also recently wrapped up some HTML5/CSS3 design consulting with Fancy Pants Interactive for their snappy new site, which should be live very soon. They’re an amazingly capable development team that has powerful technical know-how with an unheard-of creative sensibility– if you need your creative concepts translated into superb interactive, you should get in touch.



In other news, we’ve been working on Interactive and Online Advertising for some pharmaceutical and financial clients, new videos for the World Bank, logos for the set/environment guys at Seth Easter Design, helping out with Malevolent Creation‘s new music video, and working with Uffindell Group on some digital for Ameriprise….among other things!




Been a busy start to the year. More news soon…

]]> http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2011/04/update-new-clients-recent-projects/feed/ 0 Robin Hood Gala event at Javitz Center raises $87m+ to fight NYC poverty http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2010/05/robin-hood-gala-event-at-javitz-center-raises-87m-to-fight-nyc-poverty/ http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2010/05/robin-hood-gala-event-at-javitz-center-raises-87m-to-fight-nyc-poverty/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 17:11:25 +0000 admin http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/?p=454

Apologies for the very grainy (iPhone) photos. We hope to have proper production shots soon. In the meantime…

The event was obviously a huge success: $87+ million dollars raised in one evening! It was a pleasure to see Sting play Message In A Bottle, as well as a full concert by Stevie Wonder. Brian Williams hosted (along with help from Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas, Uma Thurman and Rex Ryan), with comedy by Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon.

All in all, a wonderful experience. Robin Hood sure knows how to throw an amazing gala…and to contribute meaningfully to the fight against poverty in NYC.

(Our graphics can be seen on the large projection screens…more soon.)

]]> http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2010/05/robin-hood-gala-event-at-javitz-center-raises-87m-to-fight-nyc-poverty/feed/ 0 Robin Hood Foundation 2010 Gala event: video/application redux! http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2010/03/robin-hood-foundation-2010-gala-event-videoapplication-redux/ http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2010/03/robin-hood-foundation-2010-gala-event-videoapplication-redux/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:52:47 +0000 admin http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/?p=437 We’re very excited to be working with Alex Coletti Productions and Brian Oakes on this year’s Robin Hood Foundation Gala. We fully expect it to be as fun and as much of a challenge as last year!

See last year’s interactive motion graphics application.

]]> http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2010/03/robin-hood-foundation-2010-gala-event-videoapplication-redux/feed/ 0 Client launches this week http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2010/02/client-launches-this-week/ http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2010/02/client-launches-this-week/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:51:26 +0000 admin http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/?p=411 Our clients Demetri Martin and David Zyla both have big things afoot on Friday.

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]]> http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2009/10/flash-projects-boehringer-ingelheim/feed/ 0 Flash CS4 Crash Course (customized curriculum) : Week 2 PDF posted! http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2009/08/flash-cs4-crash-course-customized-curriculum-week-2-pdf-posted/ http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2009/08/flash-cs4-crash-course-customized-curriculum-week-2-pdf-posted/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:36:24 +0000 admin http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/?p=308 Week 2 Material for our Flash CS4 Training Course now available as a free PDF! While the class has been highly customized for a large ad agency, there’s plenty here for Flash newcomers of all stripes to enjoy.

What You’re Looking At

This is Part 2 of a four-part instructional series, intended to introduce the basics of Adobe Flash CS4 to a group of creatives already versed in other Adobe software such as Photoshop and Illustrator. It has been highly customized for these participants, and a large part of its focus concerns transitioning established designers from a print-based mindset to one more conducive to non-linear interactive projects.

Please let us know what you think. Working with customized instruction on this level is always fun and challenging, and any input is always appreciated.
And of course if you’re interested in discussing curricula creation for your needs, please get in touch!

>> click here to check it out.

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Our video & motion graphics reel has been updated with some recent work. We’ll get more in there as soon as we’re able! (Flash required to view the video.)

See below for more very recent updates…

]]> http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2009/05/videomotion-graphics-reel-updated-to-v172/feed/ 0 Big Site updates! http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2009/05/big-site-updates/ http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2009/05/big-site-updates/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 02:08:43 +0000 admin http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/?p=275 We’ve updated our portfolio site (Design-O-Matic.com) with lots of new work, such as:

We’ve also made some new work entries, including stills from various pharmaceutical videos and a site for photographer Kelly Guenther, on the blog below!

]]> http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2009/05/big-site-updates/feed/ 0 Busboy Productions / Robin Hood charity event & Saatchi+Saatchi work http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2009/05/busboy-production-robin-hood-charity-event-saatchisaatchi-work/ http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2009/05/busboy-production-robin-hood-charity-event-saatchisaatchi-work/#comments Sun, 10 May 2009 15:25:14 +0000 admin http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2009/05/busboy-production-robin-hood-charity-event-saatchisaatchi-work/ We’ve been working furiously around here on tons of stuff for Saatchi & Saatchi, as well as on our preparations for the interactive live event graphics we’ve been developing for Jon Stewart’s Busboy Productions and New York’s Robin Hood charity.

After Tuesday night (that’s when the event is), we should have some time to catch up on updates and post new work examples.

4249_1095871329786_1616670828_229985_2106789_nUPDATE 05/15: event photo with Design-O-Matic’s graphics onscreen.

UPDATE 05/20: more event info at Bloomberg.com

UPDATE 05/20: more project info from Design-O-Matic.com

]]> http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2009/05/busboy-production-robin-hood-charity-event-saatchisaatchi-work/feed/ 0 MiniMePoke : Flash-based Facebook application http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2009/02/minimepoke-flash-based-facebook-application/ http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2009/02/minimepoke-flash-based-facebook-application/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:51:27 +0000 admin http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/?p=194 This “poke” application for Facebook allows users to upload photos, mask them and send messages to their friends. We designed and built the application from start to finish, and its user base has been growing steadily since launch.

If you haven’t seen it already, check it out! It’s pretty fun.

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