Applied Art Develops Real-Time Applications for CNET

CNET, a division of CBS Interactive (CBSi), wanted real-time data displayed in an eye-catching manner for their 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. CES is the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow featuring over 2700 exhibitors.

Applied Art Designer Leon Resh worked with Boston based CBSi Director of Marketing Abbey Flores and the San Francisco based design team of Kirsten Reismera, Shaun Charity and Scott Thibodeaux to create applications that would take a real-time data feeds from CNET and animate the display of the data in a visually exciting way.

According to Resh, “When you develop applications for trade shows you often are working with non-standard displays. This presents a fun creative and technical challenge.” Applied Art worked closely with Jean Powell of Freddie Georges Production Group and Bryan Burris of AV Dimensions to make sure the software and hardware worked together flawlessly.

“The motion graphics looked great - and really contributed to the power of CNET's booth (in fact, we were named one of the top 10 booths at CES.)” said Flores.

~George

Center on Sustainable Communities (COSC) Launches New Website

Center on Sustainable Communities (COSC) is a non-profit membership organization founded in 2005 that serves as Iowa's trusted educational resource for sustainable building. As the recognized leader in providing education and connecting resources, COSC empowers individuals and communities to make everyday decisions that promote sustainability, resulting in a better quality of life for all Iowans.

COSC approached Applied Art to design a fresh look as well as add many additional features to their site. Features include a profile login area for members and registered site users that tracks membership level and site activity, a store, updateable homepage callout areas and online event registration. We also customized a web-based content management system which allows COSC to easily update their new site's content.

~Steph

New Programmer Joins Applied Art

Rick Vanderleest joined Applied Art as a software developer/engineer on Monday, January 10.

Rick, his wife and two daughters are relocating from Iowa City where he has worked for Digital Artefacts - an interactive media development studio - for the last 9 years.

He is a graduate of the University of Iowa with a Masters degree in Biomedical Engineering.

~Jeanie

New Interactive Tracks Iowa's Civil War Regiments

When visiting Waterloo, stop by the Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum. Applied Art worked with the museum staff to develop a high-definition Civil War chronology and an interactive that tracks the travels of each of Iowa's 63 regiments through the war.

You can view more examples of our interactive and museum work by visiting our Interactive Media microsite.

~Jeanie

Keep Iowa Beautiful Launches New Web and Microsite

Keep Iowa Beautiful (KIB) is a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated in engaging Iowans to take greater responsibility for improving their community environment and enhancing the beauty of their state through litter prevention, reduction and beautification programs.

KIB desired a fresh new website that would better reflect their brand as well as a separate design for their Teachers Going Green elementary program microsite. To enhance lesson plans, we provided teachers with two fun and educational games within this microsite: Trash Trivia and Coloring Book.

Applied Art presented KIB with two custom designs ,complete with Flash animation, and teamed with programming house DWebware to provide them with an integrated web-based content management system for both sites. The system features the ability to create/delete apges, re-order navigation and easily update homepage features.

"Changing or modifying your website can be a project fraught with difficulties and problems. Working with Applied Art has made the task easy and at the same time filled with new creative and exciting opportunities."

-Gerald Schnepf, Executive Director
Keep Iowa Beautiful



~Steph